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VA Expands Vets' Access To Private Care But Gives No Plan To Pay For ItThe VA Mission Act passed into law with broad bipartisan support last year, but that unity began to wane immediately, when President Trump signaled after signing it that he wo...
By Kayla M. Williams
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VA Approves Fewer Male Veterans' Claims for PTSD Related to Sexual TraumaThe Department of Veterans Affairs approves claims for post-traumatic stress disorder related to military sexual assault at significantly lower rates for men than women -- a g...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Trump Declares National Emergency in ‘Slap in the Face to Military Families’President Donald Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency will divert $3.6 billion earmarked for U.S. military construction projects—possibly hospitals and infrastructure ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see itGen. Joe Dunford, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has finished his new edition of the National Military strategy — but currently has no plans to roll out a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Recruiting soldiersEmma Moore joins The World and Everything in It to discuss the causes underlying low rates of enlistment in the armed services by young Americans, as well as the National Comm...
By Emma Moore
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Army Real Talk: PerspectivesCo-hosts Nzinga Curry and Major (MAJ) Brad Cooper speak with young professionals CPT Jared Stefani and civilian Ms. Alexis Williams about careers, professional development, an...
By Jared Stefani
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National Security Human Capital
Mission ‘Accomplished’? Trump Boasts of Being Boon for MilitaryOver the past two weeks, President Trump has repeatedly boasted of being a boon for the military. He has trumpeted the Pentagon’s $700 billion budget, taken credit for staving...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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What Does Military Service Look Like for a Gen Z Soldier?“It’s been the best-worst thing I’ve ever done.” That’s how Alex, a 22-year-old volunteer infantryman, sums up his past year as an enlisted Marine. He’s currently aboard a sh...
By Emma Moore
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
U.S. Heightens Attacks on Taliban in Push Toward Peace in AfghanistanThe Pentagon has stepped up airstrikes and special operations raids in Afghanistan to the highest levels since 2014 in what Defense Department officials described as a coordin...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Eric Altamura and Carole House Join CNAS as Adjunct Research AssistantsWashington, February 5, 2019 -- The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Eric Altamura and Carole House have joined the Center as adjunct rese...
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Is Peace Possible In Afghanistan? Retired Army Officer Who Served There Weighs InThe Taliban said Monday it will participate in "intra-Afghan" talks in Moscow. The meeting Tuesday is seen as another step in a process aimed at resolving the longest war in A...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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'Badass' national security women offer Democrats a Trump antidoteVirginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger had a potent defense against attacks by President Donald Trump and other Republicans casting her party as weak on national security: her c...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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US Army looks to social media for Midwest recruitmentU.S. Army recruiters in Indiana and other Midwestern states where recruitment has consistently fallen short are exploring other recruitment tactics, such as social media, as t...
By Emma Moore
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Here's what the US Army is doing to overcome recruitment challenges in Indiana, MidwestUncle Sam wants young people in the Midwest. But they don’t seem to want Uncle Sam. The U.S. Army, the oldest and largest branch of the nation’s military, has a problem that ...
By Emma Moore
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Trump rankles veterans with comments about PTSD and California shooterSome veterans and mental-health advocates bristled at President Trump’s comments regarding the Thousand Oaks shooter and post-traumatic stress disorder, saying such broad-base...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Post-9/11 Vets' Groups Poised to Out-Raise Legacy Organizations, Report FindsOrganizations founded to serve veterans following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are raising money more quickly than their pre-9/11 counterparts, save at higher rates, ...
By Emma Moore
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AI experts tell MEPs ban on 'killer robots' is unrealisticA panel of defence and artificial intelligence (AI) experts on Wednesday (10 October) poured cold water on the feasibility of an international a ban on autonomous weapons syst...
By Wendy R. Anderson
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National Security Human Capital
Democrats Are Ignoring One Key Voting Group: VeteransWith control of Congress at stake in next month’s midterm elections, Democrats have a rare opportunity to gain a foothold against President Trump’s Republican Party. But if th...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Margaret Seymour joins CNAS as Adjunct Research Assistant in the Military, Veterans and Society ProgramWashington, September 26 -- The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Margaret Seymour has joined the Center as an Adjunct Research Assistant i...
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Researchers Find Transgender Veterans Are as Healthy as Their Cisgender Peers“The navy was something I always wanted to do, ever since I saw the Blue Angels as a little kid,” Chief Petty Officer Sarah Sardinha tells me. “I knew I wanted to work on figh...
By Kayla M. Williams
