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CNAS Releases Report on Community Efforts to Serve Veterans
A new study from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) examines the collaborative networks formed by private and nonprofit organizations as they seek to support vetera...
By Neal Urwitz
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‘What’s your end game?’ Trump delegating Afghan war decisions to the Pentagon faces scrutiny
President Trump’s decision to delegate authority to the Pentagon to set troop levels in Afghanistan has raised concerns that a few thousand additional troops expected to deplo...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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No competition, no cost estimate as Kansas City firm picked for coveted VA contract
The Trump administration picked Kansas City-based Cerner Corp. for a coveted contract to modernize veterans health records, but the news came with a caveat: There will be no c...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump’s Cabinet of Generals Is Testing the U.S. Military’s Political Neutrality
In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss the Manchester bombing and U.S. President Donald Tru...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey & Amy Schafer
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VA eyes building closures to boost care under Trump
The Trump administration is considering whether to shut down Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities and consolidate hospitals to save money. The move, tentatively sup...
By Phillip Carter
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CNAS Releases New Report “Generations of War: The Rise of the Warrior Caste and the All-Volunteer Force”a
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Military, Veterans, and Society Program today released a new report examining the increasingly small subset of the U.S. populatio...
By Amy Schafer
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CNAS Releases New Report “Generations of War: The Rise of the Warrior Caste and the All-Volunteer Force”
Washington, May 8 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Military, Veterans, and Society Program today released a new report examining the increasingly small subset o...
By Amy Schafer
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Every Marine a rifleman no more?
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter shocked the military last summer when he called for boosting the military’s high-tech force by finding civilians who already have those vit...
By Katherine Kidder
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Solutions for the all-volunteer military
Katherine Kidder, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Amy Schafer a research associate for the military, veterans and society program there, tell Federal D...
By Amy Schafer & Katherine Kidder
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Trump nominates two new DOD officials
President Trump will nominate Robert Story Karem for assistant secretary of Defense for international security affairs and Kari Bingen for principal deputy under secretary of ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Where diversity initiatives are still falling short in national security jobs
When it comes to eliminating barriers to women serving in national security positions within the U.S. government, there’s plenty of data to show progress. Women now make up 45...
By Katherine Kidder
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US Drops Most Powerful Non-Nuclear Bomb in Afghanistan
The U.S. military on Thursday dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal against the Islamic State in Afghanistan, marking the first ever combat use of the mass...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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It’s uncertain who will be on the DoD chopping block with new government reforms
The Trump administration’s April 11 directive to cut the federal workforce and improve performance runs parallel to initiatives the Defense Department and Congress have been w...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump makes little headway filling out Pentagon jobs
The hearing this week for President Trump’s Air Force secretary nominee was a rare sight for those monitoring Trump’s progress filling Pentagon positions. Former Rep. Heather...
By Katherine Kidder
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VA Urged To Take Advantage Of Momentum And Keep Reforming Itself
The combination of a GOP controlled government and a secretary held over from the Obama administration may have created an opportunity for progress at the troubled Department ...
By Phillip Carter
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Watchdog Criticizes Veterans Affairs’ Suicide Hotline
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ suicide crisis hotline is understaffed, poorly supervised and sometimes leaves veterans on hold so long that they simply hang up, according...
By Phillip Carter
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The 'old Corps' under siege. The photo scandal and the big changes coming soon.
The Marine Corps has always struggled with change. A decade ago, when the Corps adopted new desert boots and the digital-pattern, wash-and-wear camouflage uniforms, many ol...
By Amy Schafer
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Still Fighting, and Dying, in the Forever War
In November 2016, Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Dayton became the first member of the United States military to die in the continuing conflict in Syria. Chief Dayton w...
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Trump Weighs Paying for His Wall by Gutting National Security
Beyond his fantastical claim that Mexico would pay for his promised border wall, Donald Trump has never provided a satisfying explanation for how he would fund its constructio...
By Katherine Kidder
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Trump plan pays for immigration crackdown with cuts to coastal, air security
The Trump administration wants to gut the Coast Guard and make deep cuts in airport and rail security to help pay for its crackdown on illegal immigration, according to intern...
By Katherine Kidder