Free Beacon Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz was senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon.


China Defense Ministry Confirms Naval Confrontation

Beijing sends mixed messages on warship encounter in South China Sea

Kim Kyong Hui

Purge in Pyongyang

Kim’s aunt absent from new leadership lineup

Iran Reveals New Details of Shoulder-Fired Missiles

Anti-terror officials concerned missiles could be given to Iran-supported terror orgs

China Conducts Second Flight Test of New Long-Range Missile

DF-41 is second test of road-mobile, likely MIRV-capable ICBM

Chinese Navy / AP

China’s State Media Blame U.S. for Near Collision of Warships

Global Times says Cowpens posed threat to China

USS Cowpens

Chinese Naval Vessel Tries to Force U.S. Warship to Stop in International Waters

Landing ship sailed dangerously close to U.S. guided missile cruiser

Al-Nusra Front fighters in Syria

Al Qaeda Theorist Tells Islamists Not to Emulate Mandela

Says South African leader was an ‘infidel’

Winter Games

China holds war games near Korean border

Pentagon: No Unusual Chinese Military Maneuvers Despite Tensions with Japan

Beijing launches first naval exercises since declaring ADIZ

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey

Pentagon: China Failed to Consult Before Imposing Air Defense Zone

Hagel, Dempsey do not demand roll back of zone; no contacts with Chinese counterparts