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Army veteran Vincent Viola, billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers, named Trump’s Army secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated as his Army secretary Vincent Viola, an Army veteran who became a billionaire after founding an electronic trading firm and went on ...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump’s Generals: How Wartime Service Shaped Mattis, Kelly, & Flynn
The generals likely to hold top positions in the incoming Trump administration share a common trait: They are combat veterans highly attuned to looming threats. While it’s ra...
By Richard Fontaine
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Former DoD Comptroller Hale Offers Cost-Cutting Reform Agenda
The year-end ritual across the Defense Department is “use it or lose it,” with employees racing to spend every last dollar on office equipment and information technology, hopi...
By Robert F. Hale
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Veterans Groups Urge Donald Trump to Keep Current VA Secretary
Several national veterans advocacy organizations are urging Donald Trump to reappoint Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald, while, separately, the six most prominent groups...
By Sec. Robert McDonald
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Air Force One Costs Billions of Dollars Because It’s a Flying White House
Donald Trump took aim at one of the most visible emblems of the American presidency with his attack on plans for a new Air Force One, turning the iconoclastic message that got...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump hires a third general, raising concerns about heavy military influenceca
President-elect Donald Trump has selected retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly as secretary of homeland security, officials familiar with the decision said Wednesday, recruiting ...
By Phillip Carter
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Mattis isn’t just a popular general anymore. He’s an icon faced with running the entire Pentagon.
Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Gitto was less than two weeks removed from his 20th birthday when a Taliban sniper hit him two times at a checkpoint in Marja, Afghanistan, in April 2...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump to nominate retired Gen. James Mattis to lead Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking once more from presidential custom, Donald Trump is turning to a military man to steer the U.S. military, choosing retired Gen. James Mattis, who wi...
By Richard Fontaine
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AP EXPLAINS: Why officers can't easily become Pentagon heads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, will need more than the usual Senate confirmation before being a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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To keep promises to veterans, Trump taps Koch-backed group
President-elect Trump is leaning on a once-obscure group backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch as he seeks to make good on a campaign promise to overhaul ...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump loves the sheen of the brass, but generals come with some fixed views
On the campaign trail he complained that they had been “reduced to rubble.” At other moments he suggested that he might have to fire them all. Now that Donald Trump is presid...
By Phillip Carter
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After 15 years of war, America's military has about had it with 'nation building'
Senior fellow Phil Carter explains the reasons for skepticism surrounding the idea of nation building in the U.S. military in The Military Times....
By Phillip Carter
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Strategic Capabilities Office Preparing for New Programs, Next Administration
In Defense News, senior fellow Ben FitzGerald discusses the new programs in the Strategic Capabilities Office....
By Ben FitzGerald
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Why the US Navy Should Fear China's New 093B Nuclear Attack Submarine
Director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program Jerry Hendrix explains the technology of the new Chinese 093B Nuclear Attack Submarine in The National Interest....
By Jerry Hendrix
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The Pentagon Reboots Its Silicon Valley Outpost
In Bloomberg, senior fellow Ben FizGerald notes the rudimentary difficulties facing the new DIUx program in Silicon Valley. ...
By Ben FitzGerald
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An Air Force Without Pilots? Critics Call for an Unmanned B-21 Bomber
Senior fellows Kelley Sayler and Paul Scharre discuss the benefits of having unmanned B-21 Bombers in The Fiscal Times....
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
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A First Look at America's Supergun
In The Wall Street Journal, senior fellow Elbridge Colby discusses the loss of a conventional American military advantage as other nations improve technology....
By Elbridge Colby
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Nuclear Deal Promised to Spur Investment. Iran’s Still Waiting.
In Bloomberg, senior fellow Elizabeth Rosenberg shares insight into the recent hostility between Iran and world powers in the year following the nuclear deal. ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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On Ivy League campuses, military brass find a warmer welcome
In Reuters, Bacevich fellow Katherine Kidder praises Ivy League schools for introducing ROTC to the elite. ...
By Katherine Kidder
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Carter Gambles with DIUx Direct Report
Senior fellow Ben FitzGerald analyzes former DIUx director George Duchak and the organization's recent changes in Defense News ...
By Ben FitzGerald