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Coats Stuck in Middle as Trump Takes On Intelligence Agencies
Dan Coats will wade into the middle of a fight when he goes before his former colleagues on the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday for a confirmation hearing to serve as di...
By Adam Klein
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U.S. Allies Are Learning that Trump’s America Is Not the ‘Indispensable Nation’
On Saturday night, President Donald Trump dined at his new D.C. hotel with the governor of Florida, Rick Scott, his daughter Ivanka, her husband and powerful senior White Hous...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Iraq Takes the Fight Against ISIS to Syria
Iraq’s air force on Friday carried out its first-ever strikes against Islamic State in neighboring Syria, the country’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, marking a dramatic...
By Nicholas Heras
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We really could have a sane foreign policy if we wanted to. Here’s how.
President Trump repeated his “American First” slogan at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday and knocked down row after row of straw men. He declared, “Globa...
By Julianne Smith
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Selling Trump a new Afghanistan commitment
The Trump administration is considering whether to plunge more resources and troops into the United States’ longest war — Afghanistan — as some of the president’s top generals...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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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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The Future of Transatlantic Defense: More Europe
Europe faced a wave of ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks last year, from Brussels to Nice to Berlin. As ISIS-occupied territories in Iraq and Syria continue to shrink under the ...
By Julianne Smith
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Trio of military men gain growing influence with Trump
In a White House laden with competing power centers, a trio of military men has emerged as a force to be reckoned with. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Homeland Security Secreta...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Analyzing President Trump's foreign policy agenda
In The News
Richard Fontaine, president of The Center for a New American Security, joins CBSN to discuss what the Trump administration means for foreign policy in the United States. Watch...
By Richard Fontaine
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Pentagon mulling split of NSA, Cyber Commandsa
The Pentagon is beginning to assess whether it’s time to split up the leadership of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. Right now, the two organizations shar...
By Alexandra Sander
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Does the Trump administration want to destroy the E.U. or not?
European leaders and U.S. experts are confused and concerned about what they see as conflicting messages from the Trump White House about policy toward the European Union. The...
By Julianne Smith
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Mattis mulls consolidation in IT, cyber
In the 2016 defense bill, Congress told the Department of Defense to split up its office of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Now, the secretary of defense is tasking his...
By Ben FitzGerald
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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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John McCain Becomes Critic in Chief of the Trump Administration
Senator John McCain has long had a reputation as a political maverick. But with the rise of a president who has vowed to shatter the old order, Mr. McCain has emerged as an ou...
By Richard Fontaine
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Europe’s “Existential Threat”
In The News
Europe welcomed a distinguished delegation of American leaders: Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Defense General James Mattis and Senator John McCain. In meetings with ...
By Julianne Smith
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Who Is Sebastian Gorka? A Trump Adviser Comes Out of the Shadows
Since President Trump appointed Sebastian Gorka last month as a deputy assistant, Mr. Gorka has been an increasingly visible defender of the administration. He has spoken out ...
By Julianne Smith
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Tillerson Forced to Stay at Sanitarium in German Village for G-20
On his first trip abroad as U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson was forced to stay at a sanitarium in a German village known for its hot springs, 30 minutes from where othe...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump signals change with Flynn replacement
President Trump has asked a widely respected career naval officer to replace Michael Flynn, a choice that appears designed to soothe growing anxiety about turmoil on his natio...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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The Pivot?
Will the Trump administration reverse the Obama administration pivot to Asia? And if they do what would it mean for Australia and the rest of the region? Former foreign policy...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
