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Keeping America Safe: Is Trump's Military Budget Enough?
On the campaign trail and now as commander in chief, President Donald Trump has pledged to boost America's depleted armed forces. During his recent address to Congress, he ann...
By Alexandra Sander
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Ambassador role places Branstad on the 'front line of American power and influence'
Serving as ambassador to China will be the challenge of Terry Branstad’s life, foreign policy experts and a former envoy said — at times frustrating and demoralizing, always d...
By Harry Krejsa
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Manbij and the Unforgiving Complexity of the Syrian War
Top U.S. defense officials believe all of the warring parties in Manbij got the message after American forces deployed an armored convoy through the Syrian city earlier this w...
By Julianne Smith
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Still Fighting, and Dying, in the Forever War
In November 2016, Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Dayton became the first member of the United States military to die in the continuing conflict in Syria. Chief Dayton w...
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WikiLeaks pledges to release software code of CIA hacking tools to tech firms
WikiLeaks will release to tech firms the software code of CIA hacking tools that were designed to compromise smartphones and other products, the group’s founder said Thursday,...
By Adam Klein
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Trump’s claim of FISA use against him puts focus on spying scope
President Trump’s claim that the Obama administration used a law meant for snooping on foreign agents against him during the presidential campaign has raised new questions abo...
By Adam Klein
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U.S. deployment of missile system in South Korea riles China
China voiced its objections to the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system to South Korea this week, saying it would “take necessary measures” to defend its national secur...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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WikiLeaks Dumps CIA Hacking Docs Online
WikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of classified documents onto the Internet, exposing hacking programs used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The torrent of data is...
By Adam Klein
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Trump Weighs Paying for His Wall by Gutting National Security
Beyond his fantastical claim that Mexico would pay for his promised border wall, Donald Trump has never provided a satisfying explanation for how he would fund its constructio...
By Katherine Kidder
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IS Leaders Reportedly Fleeing Syrian De Facto Capital
Islamic State reportedly has moved some of its high-ranking commanders and their families from its de facto capital of Raqqa to the nearby Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, activ...
By Nicholas Heras
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European Diplomats to Congress: For Our Sake, Don’t Cut Foreign Aid Funding
President Donald Trump proposed slashing State Department and foreign aid budgets by nearly 40 percent. Now European diplomats are warning those cuts would be dangerous and ex...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Rumblings of a ‘Deep State’ Undermining Trump? It Was Once a Foreign Concept
President Trump’s allegations that former President Barack Obama tapped his phone and his assertions that the bureaucracy is leaking secrets to discredit him are the latest si...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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McMaster Faces Limits in Overhauling Flynn’s NSC
President Donald Trump’s newly installed national security advisor was promised full authority to reorganize the National Security Council to his liking after his predecessor ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump plan pays for immigration crackdown with cuts to coastal, air security
The Trump administration wants to gut the Coast Guard and make deep cuts in airport and rail security to help pay for its crackdown on illegal immigration, according to intern...
By Katherine Kidder
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Some Military Experts Say Trump’s Defense Budget Doesn’t Add Up
It appeared to be a classically braggadocios claim from President Donald Trump: The new administration's budget for 2018 would add $54 billion to the defense budget, "one of t...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump touts increased military spending but some lawmakers call for more
In his first address to Congress, President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted his plans to build up the military with more spending, a promise he has pursued since his campaign. ...
By Paul Scharre & Adam Routh
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Skirmishes Mar Fight Against IS in Northern Syria
Nearly one week after Islamic State fighters were driven from the strategic town of al-Bab, northern Syria is in military disarray with U.S.-supported factions fighting each o...
By Nicholas Heras
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Does Rex Tillerson have the worst job in Washington?
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson might not have the toughest job in the Trump administration. But it’s not the easiest one, either. One month after his confirmation, Tillerson...
By Richard Fontaine
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Unanswered questions hover over Army drone’s 630-mile odyssey across western US
Mystery shrouds the rogue flight of an Army unmanned surveillance aircraft that was launched from southern Arizona on Jan. 31, flew hundreds of miles independent from human co...
By Paul Scharre
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US diplomats fear drastic Trump funding cut
President Donald Trump's review of government spending has forced US diplomats to consider drastic budget cuts they fear would harm their ability to head off conflict -- and s...
By Ilan Goldenberg