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David Shulkin Chosen for Secretary of Veterans AffairsPresident-elect Donald Trump named David Shulkin on Wednesday to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Shulkin currently serves as the head of the VA’s health-care sys...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
David Shulkin Is Trump’s Pick for Veterans Affairs SecretaryPresident-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday selected the head of the nation’s sprawling veterans health care system, Dr. David J. Shulkin, an appointee of President Obama, to...
By Phillip Carter
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Why Trump still hasn’t named a leader for the Department of Veterans AffairsWith confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s Cabinet set to start this week, the president-elect still has not chosen a leader for the Department of Veterans Affairs, an agen...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
Trump pressures Lockheed, says told Boeing to price out fighter aircraftU.S. President-elect Donald Trump heaped pressure on Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday, saying he viewed costs for the aerospace company's F-35 fighter as too high and had aske...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
What to make of the NDAA's latest DOD reorgsIt might not be quite as dramatic as the breakup of AT&T, but the congressionally mandated split of the Department of Defense's AT&L office is no small matter. Curren...
By Katherine Kidder
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CNAS Press Note: Army Shelves Blast Gauges to Protect Soldiers’ BrainsThe U.S. Army recently shelved blast gauges that it had issued to troops in order to assess mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) from harmful blast waves. The gauges identified t...
By Phillip Carter & Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital
Viola may be what the Army needs, experts sayWhen President-elect Donald Trump announced Vincent “Vinnie” Viola as his pick for Army Secretary yesterday, one word was on the mind of the defense community. Who? It’s...
By Katherine Kidder
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Army veteran Vincent Viola, billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers, named Trump’s Army secretaryPresident-elect Donald Trump has nominated as his Army secretary Vincent Viola, an Army veteran who became a billionaire after founding an electronic trading firm and went on ...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
Trump’s Generals: How Wartime Service Shaped Mattis, Kelly, & FlynnThe generals likely to hold top positions in the incoming Trump administration share a common trait: They are combat veterans highly attuned to looming threats. While it’s ra...
By Richard Fontaine
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Former DoD Comptroller Hale Offers Cost-Cutting Reform AgendaThe year-end ritual across the Defense Department is “use it or lose it,” with employees racing to spend every last dollar on office equipment and information technology, hopi...
By Robert F. Hale
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Veterans Groups Urge Donald Trump to Keep Current VA SecretarySeveral national veterans advocacy organizations are urging Donald Trump to reappoint Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald, while, separately, the six most prominent groups...
By Sec. Robert McDonald
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Air Force One Costs Billions of Dollars Because It’s a Flying White HouseDonald Trump took aim at one of the most visible emblems of the American presidency with his attack on plans for a new Air Force One, turning the iconoclastic message that got...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump hires a third general, raising concerns about heavy military influencecaPresident-elect Donald Trump has selected retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly as secretary of homeland security, officials familiar with the decision said Wednesday, recruiting ...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
Mattis isn’t just a popular general anymore. He’s an icon faced with running the entire Pentagon.Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Gitto was less than two weeks removed from his 20th birthday when a Taliban sniper hit him two times at a checkpoint in Marja, Afghanistan, in April 2...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump to nominate retired Gen. James Mattis to lead PentagonWASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking once more from presidential custom, Donald Trump is turning to a military man to steer the U.S. military, choosing retired Gen. James Mattis, who wi...
By Richard Fontaine
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AP EXPLAINS: Why officers can't easily become Pentagon headsWASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, will need more than the usual Senate confirmation before being a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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To keep promises to veterans, Trump taps Koch-backed groupPresident-elect Trump is leaning on a once-obscure group backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch as he seeks to make good on a campaign promise to overhaul ...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
Trump loves the sheen of the brass, but generals come with some fixed viewsOn the campaign trail he complained that they had been “reduced to rubble.” At other moments he suggested that he might have to fire them all. Now that Donald Trump is presid...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
After 15 years of war, America's military has about had it with 'nation building'Senior fellow Phil Carter explains the reasons for skepticism surrounding the idea of nation building in the U.S. military in The Military Times....
By Phillip Carter
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Strategic Capabilities Office Preparing for New Programs, Next AdministrationIn Defense News, senior fellow Ben FitzGerald discusses the new programs in the Strategic Capabilities Office....
By Ben FitzGerald