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Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's West Point Commencement Address on CNN
By Michèle Flournoy
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Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's Plan for Afghanistan on PBS NewsHour
By Michèle Flournoy
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Fontaine: Afghanistan Announcement is One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
The President’s decision to retain an initial residual force in Afghanistan of 9,800 troops represents a step forward in America’s efforts to succeed in that country. But his...
By Richard Fontaine
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Smith: 3 Questions for NATO on Pres. Obama's Plan for Afghanistan
The President’s announcement today that the United States will maintain 9800 troops in Afghanistan throughout 2015 has ended months of speculation about the U.S. post-2014 tro...
By Julianne Smith
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Brimley: Slow But Steady in Afghanistan and Beyond
President Obama made the right call in deciding to maintain 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan – a number close to that recommended by U.S. military commanders. Augmented by coa...
By Shawn Brimley
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Bensahel: A Slower Zero Option
President Obama’s decision to keep U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan through the end of 2016 is good news for U.S. military commanders and others who argued against the...
By Nora Bensahel
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Barno: President's Announcement is mixed news at best
The President’s announcement of a residual force in Afghanistan of 9, 800 U.S. troops after the end of this year is mixed news at best. While the number is just adequate to s...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Video: Ben FitzGerald on VOA News Discussing Spying Charges Against China
WASHINGTON — The U.S. indictment of Chinese army officers on charges that they spied on American industries reveals a basic disagreement about what the two nations consider as...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Eric Shinseki is still the right person to lead Veterans Affairs
After Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki appeared before a Senate committee last week, one television commentator indicated that when Shinseki said he was “mad as ...
By Thomas Davis
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Video: Under scrutiny before, VA delay allegations strike a chord
By Phillip Carter
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2014 QDR maintains focus on climate change and operational energy
The Department of Defense released its 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) this week. The QDR is mandated by Congress to provide information on the current state of the U.S....
By Edward Delman
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The Ghosts of Armies Past
The U.S. Army, like the nation as a whole, is facing difficult new strategic challenges. Thirteen years of constant warfare will end in 2014, when the last U.S. combat troops...
By Kelley Sayler, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Reflections on the Chatham House Autonomy Conference
Chatham House recently held a conference on autonomous military technologies, the focus of which was really the current debate regarding autonomous weapon systems. Kudos to Ch...
By Paul Scharre
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It Should Be Tough
Lone Survivor is a hard movie to sit through, and that’s a good thing. Bringing to life former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell’s book by the same name, the movie recounts the story...
By Jackson Keith
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A Delicate Dance: The Need to Respond to Chinese Assertiveness in the Western Pacific
Recent Chinese assertiveness, manifested in the establishment of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) and the harassment of the USS Cowpens in the South China Sea, couple...
By Stuart Montgomery
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Thanks, Congress. Really.
The ink on yesterday’s budget agreement had scarcely dried before analysts and media outlets began speculating about the next big congressional “battle.” (Lest you be tempted...
By Kelley Sayler
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The Budget Deal: Good, But Not Great, News for DOD
Yesterday’s budget deal is good news for the Department of Defense (DOD). Yet DOD will still feel the sharp pain of the sequester for the rest of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 and fo...
By Nora Bensahel
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The Quest for Camo
In the latest installment of the ongoing military camouflage saga, the U.S. Army is said to have abandoned its $10 million investigation into replacing the Universal Camouflag...
By Kelley Sayler
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Finishing the Nation’s Longest War
The headlines earlier this week on Afghanistan mark a rare front page story for a war that has largely gone forgotten in the United States. Negotiations between Secretary of ...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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School House Rock for Flag Officers: Developing Military Leaders in Austerity
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” –Benjamin Franklin As defense spending continues to decline and the international security environment becomes increasingl...
By Stuart Montgomery