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Was Air Force's Media Freeze Justified? Defense Experts Weigh In
Bleak times may be ahead for the relationship between the press and U.S. military branches as officials maintain that operational security should outweigh public outreach, acc...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Technology & National Security
The ChallengerNOTHING moves in the 40 black cabinets in the facility outside Shanghai except the water in the cooling system. But the 10m processing units within crunch through numbers at a...
By Elsa B. Kania
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State Department Veteran Says Rank And File Are Relieved By Leadership Change
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NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Victoria Nuland, a former assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs about the Mike Pompeo's nomination to lead the State ...
By Victoria Nuland
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Amanpour: Victoria Nuland, Sir Tony Brenton and James Martin
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Victoria Nuland, Former Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, talks with Christiane Amanpour about Trump firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
By Victoria Nuland
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Tillerson's departure imperils Iran deal, shifts path on Venezuela oil sanctions: analysts
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had removed Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, a move likely to end US involvement in the Iran nuclear deal and alter the adminis...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Turmoil Ahead of US-N.Korea Summit
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Turnover at the top of Trump's diplomatic team shortly before the potential summit with Kim Jong Un. Will North Korea try to capitalize on it?Watch the full interview here....
By Patrick Cronin
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Who is Mike Pompeo, President Trump’s pick for secretary of state?
WASHINGTON — Mike Pompeo, the current CIA director who President Donald Trump has picked to replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, is known for both his close ties with ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Julianne Smith on Channel 4 News: Rex Tillerson Departure
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Julianne Smith, who was deputy national security adviser to former vice president Joe Biden, discusses Rex Tillerson’s firing and his replacement by Mike Pompeo.Watch the full...
By Julianne Smith
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Mattis losing a close ally in Tillerson but also a weak partner
The loss of one of his closest allies may give Defense Secretary Jim Mattis a strengthened relationship with President Donald Trump. Departing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Pompeo can make the State Department great again
For over a year, the State Department has found itself on the sidelines of the policymaking process. The secretary of state never earned the trust of the diplomats he was mean...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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7 years on, Syria war shifting gears but still deadly
Syria enters its eighth year of war on Thursday, free of the jihadist "caliphate" but torn apart by an international power struggle as the regime presses its blistering reconq...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pompeo expected to reinforce Trump's hardline instincts on Iran and North Korea
CIA Director Mike Pompeo's expected move to lead the State Department is likely to lead to harder-line policies toward Iran and North Korea, though his ability to shape policy...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How much longer will US and partner forces ‘own the night’ in combat?
Filmed through the tinted green of night vision goggles, a February video by the Taliban depicts their assault on an Afghan security forces outpost in Kandahar province. After...
By Adam Routh
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Will Trump’s North Korea gamble actually pay off?
Last week was a whirlwind for North Korea watchers. On Thursday, South Korean officials announced that President Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Ex-Pentagon Official: Trump failed to prevent Iran's entrenchment in Syria
So respected is Michèle Flournoy that she not only was presumed to be Hillary Clinton’s secretary of defense in waiting, but was also offered the No. 2 position by Trump’s Sec...
By Michèle Flournoy
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National Security Human Capital
Ugly power struggle paralyzes Trump's plan to fix veterans' careWASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is managing the government's second-largest bureaucracy from a fortified bunker atop the agency's Washington headquarters...
By Phillip Carter
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Donald Trump's historic bet on Kim Jong Un summit shatters decades of orthodoxy
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - US President Donald Trump took the biggest gamble of his presidency on Thursday (March 8), breaking decades of US diplomatic orthodoxy by accepting an...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un can both claim a diplomatic victory - but can they secure a real breakthrough?c
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, have more in common than they think. They both love drama and they delivered it in spades on Thursday, in an extra...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Chemical weapons in Syria: a real-false red line?
If confirmed, it would be the fifth chemical attack on Eastern Ghouta in less than two months. According to the NGO Union of Relief and Medical Organizers (UOSSM), a chlorine ...
By Nicholas Heras
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7 Big Things to Understand About Trump’s Talks With North Korea
President Trump has accepted North Korea’s invitation for direct talks with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to be held by May. It’s a big deal, but you’re probably wonde...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
