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Training Quick and Staffing Unfinished, Army Units Brace for Surging TalibanWASHINGTON — They are being heralded as a key part of President Trump’s new strategy to resolve the nearly 17-year war in Afghanistan. But their training has been cut short by...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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The Army's latest weapon to turn around the war in AfghanistanFORT POLK, La. — The Army has a new tool it hopes will finally tip the scales in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan — and potentially other Islamist insurgencies. But ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Highest-ranking female officer in Afghanistan would rather talk about war than genderKABUL, Afghanistan — Sitting in her office at NATO’s Resolute Support headquarters one recent afternoon, Army Maj. Gen. Robin Fontes played down the history she made this summ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Members of Congress join the 21CF-CNAS screening of Nat Geo’s ‘The Long Road Home’On Nov. 1, 21CF and the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted the first event in a new national security-themed film and television series in Washington, D.C., feat...
By Phillip Carter
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These generals are following orders — even as they lead America off a cliff“If you want to get into a debate with a four-star Marine general, I think that is something highly inappropriate.” When Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke these words about White H...
By Phillip Carter
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Kelly, in Defending Trump Call, Holds Up Military as an Elite ClassWASHINGTON — When John F. Kelly stood in the White House briefing room on Thursday and described how the remains of American troops killed in combat are shipped home and then ...
By Phillip Carter
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For some veterans, John Kelly’s remarks add to a worrying military-civilian divideThe deaths of four Special Forces soldiers in Niger this month have sparked wider debate about military service, the civilian-military divide in the United States and the cont...
By Phillip Carter
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Kelly has widened the gap between the military and the rest of usWhen White House Chief of Staff and retired Marine General John Kelly participated in a press conference on Thursday, he delivered an emotional, moving, and ultimately divisiv...
By Amy Schafer
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Pentagon Says Storm Response Will Slow Combat DeploymentsWASHINGTON—Defense Department efforts to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria will delay troop deployments to Afghanistan and affect deployments across the globe into...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
An Unfit President Fails Puerto RicoIn the frustrated anguish of Puerto Rico, we can see the real-world consequences of Donald Trump’s flagrant incompetence. A little more than eight months ago, the United State...
By Phillip Carter
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Those Serving In The US Military Don’t Actually Represent The Country As A WholeUnder the Trump administration, the likelihood that the nation goes to war seems to be at an all-time high. But is it really “the nation” that goes to war these days? The mili...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump wants to kick trans troops out. “Deployability” might keep them in.President Donald Trump’s order banning transgender troops from serving in the military alarmed top military and civilian defense officials. But a little-known provision may gi...
By Amy Schafer
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Mattis’ transgender policy review is just ‘following orders’Defense Secretary James Mattis is doing exactly what President Donald Trump asked of him in ordering a review of the transgender troop ban in the military, analysts say. Tuesd...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump’s most popular Cabinet secretary is Obama holdoverVA Secretary David Shulkin has proved to be something unique in President Donald Trump's Washington: an Obama appointee nominated by Trump who is beloved by almost everyone an...
By Phillip Carter
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Investigators Repeatedly Warned Navy Ahead of Deadly CollisionsCongressional investigators and military officials warned repeatedly about overworked sailors, shortened training schedules and budget cuts in the years leading up to two fata...
By Amy Schafer
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Analysis: Could Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Actually Become Policy?Just days after a national address on defense policy in Afghanistan in which Trump lauded the diversity and inclusivity of the U.S. military, the White House appears ready to ...
By Katherine Kidder
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10 U.S. Navy Sailors Missing After Destroyer Collides With Tanker Off SingaporeThe destroyer USS John S McCain collided with a merchant vessel near Singapore early Monday local time. Ten U.S. Navy sailors are missing, and five were injured. This is the f...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Phillip Carter on The Rachel Maddow Show Discusses President Trump's Afghanistan SpeechPhilip Carter, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Military, Veterans, and Society Program, talks with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow about why the lack of details in Donald Trump's...
By Phillip Carter
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Congress is using a $28.6 billion fund as a sequestration bargaining chipTucked in the House legislation funding the Defense Department for 2018 is a provision that basically gives the Pentagon a $28.6 billion check to spend however it desires. The...
By Lauren Fish
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Congress Reaches Deal to Avert Shutdown of Veterans’ Health Choice ProgramLawmakers reached a deal late Thursday to stave off a painful shutdown of the multibillion-dollar Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. But the days-long stand...
By Phillip Carter
