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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
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Sequestration putting Marine Corps lives in danger (Audio)
Amy Schafer joined Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss how budget constraints affect Marine pilots. Listen to the interview at Federal N...
By Amy Schafer
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Republicans Call on Trump to Exempt VA Caregivers from Hiring Freeze
The top Senate and House Republicans on veterans issues called on President Donald Trump Thursday to lift the federal hiring freeze at the Department of Veterans Affairs for d...
By Katherine Kidder
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Democrats urge Trump to exempt veterans, VA from 90-day federal hiring freeze
Dozens of Democrats urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to exempt the Department of Veterans Affairs from the temporary federal hiring freeze he imposed Monday, saying i...
By Katherine Kidder
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Bob McDonald’s legacy: Trying to fix the VA amid constant conflict
One late night in August, Gulf War veteran Ron Brown was awake – restless - at his home in Roanoke, Va., when he received a call from a familiar number: (513) 509-8454. It’s B...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump team to remove commander of D.C.'s National Guard in middle of inauguration
The Army general who heads the District of Columbia National Guard and has an integral part in overseeing the inauguration said Friday that he will be removed from command eff...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump picks top vets health official as the next VA secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named the Department of Veterans Affairs top health official his pick to run the entire veterans bureaucracy, a surprise move that pu...
By Phillip Carter
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David Shulkin Chosen for Secretary of Veterans Affairs
President-elect Donald Trump named David Shulkin on Wednesday to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Shulkin currently serves as the head of the VA’s health-care sys...
By Phillip Carter
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David Shulkin Is Trump’s Pick for Veterans Affairs Secretary
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday selected the head of the nation’s sprawling veterans health care system, Dr. David J. Shulkin, an appointee of President Obama, to...
By Phillip Carter
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Why Trump still hasn’t named a leader for the Department of Veterans Affairs
With confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s Cabinet set to start this week, the president-elect still has not chosen a leader for the Department of Veterans Affairs, an agen...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump pressures Lockheed, says told Boeing to price out fighter aircraft
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump heaped pressure on Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday, saying he viewed costs for the aerospace company's F-35 fighter as too high and had aske...
By Phillip Carter
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What to make of the NDAA's latest DOD reorgs
It might not be quite as dramatic as the breakup of AT&T, but the congressionally mandated split of the Department of Defense's AT&L office is no small matter. Curren...
By Katherine Kidder
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CNAS Press Note: Army Shelves Blast Gauges to Protect Soldiers’ Brains
The U.S. Army recently shelved blast gauges that it had issued to troops in order to assess mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) from harmful blast waves. The gauges identified t...
By Phillip Carter & Paul Scharre
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Viola may be what the Army needs, experts say
When President-elect Donald Trump announced Vincent “Vinnie” Viola as his pick for Army Secretary yesterday, one word was on the mind of the defense community. Who? It’s...
By Katherine Kidder