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National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Conspiracy theories and a call for patriots entice veterans at the CapitolThe day President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, Jeremy Michael Brown, a retired Special Forces soldier with multiple combat tours, was in Washington, D.C., dressed f...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
Who decides when there are helicopters? Experts weigh in on National Guard monitoring protestsIt was not lost on many Americans — including President-elect Joe Biden — that after a violent mob of President Donald Trump's supporters broke into the Capitol in Washington,...
By Kyleanne Hunter
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National Security Human Capital Program
Vaccination crisis: The National Guard is being mobilized to come to the rescueIn a bid to speed up the vaccine roll-out, states are enlisting their National Guards. More than 20,000 members of the National Guard are engaged in the vaccination mission, w...
By Emma Moore
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Pelosi says she spoke to top general about ensuring Trump doesn’t launch nuclear attackSpeaker Nancy Pelosi told her House colleagues Friday that she had spoken to the Pentagon’s top general about keeping an “unstable president” from accessing the nuclear codes,...
By Jim Golby
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National Security Human Capital Program
Trump is just itching to declare martial lawSome dangerous ideas about the role of the U.S. military in American civil society are finding an audience in President Donald Trump. Both the New York Times and Axios report ...
By Jim Golby
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
‘This can’t be my Army’ — The Fort Hood report is a long-overdue wake-up call for Army leadersWhen Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston finished reading an independent committee’s review of Fort Hood — every single line of the 152 pages, he says — he flipped back to ...
By Emma Moore
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defensePresident-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If conf...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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National Security Human Capital Program
4 looming foreign policy crises that could derail Biden’s agenda early onPresident-elect Joe Biden may want his administration to focus on long-term issues like the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, rebuilding alliances, and America’s relations...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
The United States has closed at least 10 bases around Afghanistan. But drawdown details remain murky.The United States has closed at least 10 bases across Afghanistan since the signing of a deal with the Taliban in February, according to Afghan and U.S. officials, part of a d...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Trump’s Afghan Troop Withdrawal Puts Biden in a JamAs President Donald Trump tries to end America’s longest war, he has settled on a compromise. Instead of withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Christmas, as he boast...
By Jim Golby
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Trump’s just-announced troop drawdown from Afghanistan and Iraq, explainedPresident Donald Trump is planning to withdraw more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, bringing a few thousand more service members home but still falling short of his promi...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
Biden Family’s Military Ties May Influence Approach to Policy in White HouseAs the U.S. military awaits its new commander in chief, experts predict that the White House under Joe Biden will cut defense spending, encourage more social diversity in the ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
Why Trump is suddenly replacing Pentagon officials with loyalistsA retired brigadier general who called former President Barack Obama a terrorist. A former staffer to Republican Rep. Devin Nunes who wrote a memo accusing federal investigato...
By Jim Golby
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
Commandant’s Reading List includes books about female Marines for the first time ― but is it enough?The Marine Corps overhauled the Commandant’s Reading List in 2020 in a modernization effort to become more relevant to the modern-day Marine. As part of the process, the Corps...
By Kayla M. Williams
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National Security Human Capital Program
Air Force takes steps to clear path for women’s advancementWhen Alexandra Jackson joined the West Virginia Air National Guard in 2018, she was looking forward to becoming a pilot with the 167th Airlift Wing, like her father. But at 5-...
By Kayla M. Williams
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National Security Human Capital Program
Marine Corps boots infantryman investigated for sharing alleged white supremacist materialThe Marine Corps has kicked out an infantryman investigated earlier this year for allegedly sharing white supremacist material, one of more than two dozen Marines to come unde...
By Emma Moore
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National Security Human Capital Program
Deployed soldiers face punishment for their ‘message to liberals’ videoTwo deployed Michigan Army National Guard soldiers who in September posted an obscenity-laced TikTok video of themselves, armed and in uniform, chiding “liberals and Democrats...
By Jim Golby
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
As election nears, Pentagon leaders’ goal of staying out of elections is testedPentagon leaders faced renewed challenges in their attempt to steer clear of divisive election politics this week, as events during the final sprint toward the Nov. 3 polls un...
By Jim Golby
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
Army will encourage urgency to find missing soldiers after high-profile disappearancesThe Army is planning to introduce a policy calling for more urgency in finding missing soldiers, top leaders said, after a handful of high-profile disappearances at Fort Hood ...
By Kayla M. Williams
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National Security Human Capital Program
Top general did not give his consent to be used in Trump political adPresident Donald Trump's campaign is running an online political ad that uses an image of his vice president, his Pentagon chief and his most senior military adviser watching ...
By Jim Golby
