Must Reads!!

• Robert Kagan: How the fiscal crisis puts national security at risk
• Top US commander in Afghanistan linked to Petraeus scandal
• Obama considering John Kerry for Secretary of Defense
• Wings Over Iraq - Daily Defense Briefing
• Obama reassessing foreign policy issues now that election is over
• Max Boot: A few foreign policy suggestions to Pres. Obama
• Syria presses bombardment of border town
• GsGf - The Fall of General Petraeus
• Panetta: Decision on post-2014 Afghanistan deployment nearing
• China’s aristocratic class wields its influence to shape politics
• Aaron Friedberg: China’s disastrously divided leadership
• Deficit cutters look to Defense Department budget