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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
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Trump's Pentagon plans in flux after Navy secretary nominee withdraws
Having now lost two of his three picks to become the military's next service secretaries, it appears increasingly likely that President Donald Trump won't have his top team in...
By Phillip Carter
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Twitter and Facebook are politicizing the military
Social media’s angry partisan divides are seeping into the U.S. military, raising fears that the tradition of political neutrality in the armed services is eroding on sites li...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Trump's new warrior-scholar
President Donald Trump has picked one of the military’s leading warrior-scholars to restore order to the National Security Council — but also one who has staked out a decidedl...
By Phillip Carter
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Not Much Has Changed Since the Revolutionary War
Jackie Kilby, an archives technician at the National Archives, was parsing old letters to the US State Department when a name caught her eye: Caleb Brewster, a key member of G...
By Amy Schafer
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What really caused that F-35 price drop
Ronald Reagan famously said, there is no limit to the good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit. So who gets the credit for a price breakthrough in the next order ...
By Amy Schafer
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VA Hospitals Still Struggling With Adding Staff Despite Billions From Choice Act
Before they get to work on reforming the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress and the White House might want to take a closer look at the last time they tried it — a ...
By Phillip Carter
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CNAS Briefing: Key Questions for VA Secretary Confirmation Hearing
Washington, January 30– In advance of the confirmation hearing for Dr. David Shulkin to be the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Center for a New American Security Military,...
By Phillip Carter, Katherine Kidder & Amy Schafer