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Trump Chose Pompeo as Kindred Spirit to Take Over U.S. Diplomacy
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Mike Pompeo had an audition for his new job as secretary of state just about every morning at the White House, where the CIA director gave President Donald Trump his top-secre...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Senior Kurdish official, key to US policy in Syria, killed
BEIRUT — A senior Kurdish official who played a key role with the United States in implementing its post-Islamic State group policy in northern Syria has been found dead in hi...
By Nicholas Heras
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Is Boeing working on a second MQ-25 drone prototype?
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ST. LOUIS — Boeing is confident it can win the Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based tanker drone competition. In fact, it’s so bullish that it may already be on a path to building a sec...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Wine and Diamonds: How North Korea Dodges Sanctions
TOKYO — The United Nations detailed on Friday how North Korea gets around international sanctions designed to hobble the government and its nuclear weapons program. President ...
By Peter Harrell
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National Security Human Capital
Veterans Affairs chief, once a Trump favorite, fights for his job over ethical lapsesDavid Shulkin is struggling to hold on to his job as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs as he grapples with allegations of ethical missteps and mismanagement, as ...
By Phillip Carter
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon Wants Silicon Valley’s Help on A.I.SAN FRANCISCO — There is little doubt that the Defense Department needs help from Silicon Valley’s biggest companies as it pursues work on artificial intelligence. The questio...
By Robert O. Work, Gregory C. Allen & Paul Scharre
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Press Release
Technology & National Security
CNAS Launches Artificial Intelligence Task ForceThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce the launch of its Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and National Security, which will examine how the ...
By Paul Scharre, Robert O. Work, Dr. Andrew W. Moore, Amir Husain & Cole Stevens
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After seven years of war in Syria, is a diplomatic solution still possible?
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Wednesday marks the seventh anniversary of the ongoing civil war in Syria, and as casualties continue to mount, an end does not appear to be in sight. The United Nations Secur...
By Nicholas Heras
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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
