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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
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CNAS Press Note: President Trump’s Defense Spending Request
Washington, February 28 – As the Trump administration prepares to submit a defense budget request calling for a 10 percent increase in defense spending, Center for a New Ameri...
By Paul Scharre & Adam Routh
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Repeal Of Anti-Corruption Rule May Hurt National Security, Critics Warn
One of the very first bills President Trump signed into law this month killed a Securities and Exchange Commission rule meant to promote transparency in countries riddled with...
By Kate Bateman
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Trump's Pentagon plans in flux after Navy secretary nominee withdraws
Having now lost two of his three picks to become the military's next service secretaries, it appears increasingly likely that President Donald Trump won't have his top team in...
By Phillip Carter
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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
