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Defense Department scrambles to fill top job as vacancies and acting appointees pile up
In The News
Reporting from Washington — Who is running the Pentagon? These days it can change with dizzying speed as the Trump administration struggles to find nominees for top civilian a...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump’s defense pick calls for US-led pact to deter Iran
In The News
US President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed Jim Mattis as the Pentagon’s permanent chief insisted Tuesday that passive patrols of the Gulf were deterring Iranian attacks on ta...
By Jim Townsend
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Mark Esper's Confirmation Hearing: CNAS Experts Pose Key Questions for the Nominee
Press Note
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper will face members of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week in a hearing to consider his nomination as Secretary of Defense. As part o...
By Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Ilan Goldenberg, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Carisa Nietsche, Ainikki Riikonen & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
The US is silent as Turkey starts receiving a Russian missile system that could jeopardize the F-35 stealth fighterAs NATO ally Turkey receives its first shipment of the controversial Russian air defense system that has for months been driving a wedge between Ankara and Washington, the US ...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Fast-Forward with 5GSometimes the most valuable military assets are those you can't see. That may be the case with 5G—the lightning-fast, next-generation wireless network technologies that commer...
By Elsa B. Kania
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
Turkey has the S-400. The Trump administration is silent.After months of threatening quick, severe action against Turkey should Ankara accept the Russian-made S-400 air defense system, the Trump administration has yet to react to th...
By Jim Townsend
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No Grunts Under 26, $250K Bonuses: DoD's Most Radical Ideas to Transform the Infantry
In The News
What would it take to transform U.S. infantry into a higher-caliber force modeled after the elite 75th Ranger Regiment? For starters, find recruits in their mid-20s and offer ...
By Chris Dougherty
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In The News
Defense / Technology & National Security
For U.S. Military Drones, Airspace Is Growing More Congested, DangerousUnmanned U.S. surveillance aircraft, with their suites of advanced technology, are the high-price product of years of domestic drone development during an era of nearly uncont...
By Paul Scharre
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Washington Prepares for a July 4 Spectacle, Starring and Produced by President Trump
Two Bradley armored vehicles rumbled into place on Wednesday in front of the Lincoln Memorial, to be joined later by two Abrams tanks parked nearby. Cranes were putting into p...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump touts July 4 military ‘salute’; critics see politics
President Donald Trump is marshalling tanks, bombers and other machinery of war for a Fourth of July celebration that traditionally is light on military might, while critics a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Susanna V. Blume Named Director of CNAS Defense Program
Washington, D.C. — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Susanna V. Blume has been named Director of the Defense Program. Blume joined the ...
By Cole Stevens
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Trump’s Latest Acting Pentagon Chief Faces Immediate Stress Test
In The News
It has been a taxing week for Mark T. Esper, the acting defense secretary, who did not have that title just a few days ago. Last Thursday, Mr. Esper, 55, was still Army secret...
By Jim Townsend
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What’s the difference between Indo Pacific and Asia-Pacific? Regional control for the US or ChinaIndo Pacific? Asia-Pacific? Asean Indo Pacific? The ongoing debate on diplomatic nomenclature was in sharp focus on Monday as leading geopolitical researchers waded into the ...
By Elbridge Colby
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Likely Pentagon Nominee Jumps Into Iran CrisisArmy Secretary Mark Esper won’t have much time to train up as President Donald Trump’s newest acting Pentagon chief. The U.S. Army veteran and defense industry lobbyist, who a...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump downplays Iranian shootdown of U.S. surveillance droneAn unarmed U.S. surveillance drone was shot down by a missile fired from Iran, the Pentagon said Thursday, but U.S. and Iranian military officials disputed whether the unmanne...
By Chris Dougherty
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
How the Pentagon Nickel-and-Dimed Its Way Into Losing a DroneWednesday’s downing of a U.S. drone by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard exposes a weakness in U.S. operations. The United States has some of the world’s most sophisticated drones fo...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump says he will ‘most likely’ nominate his Army secretary to run the Pentagon
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President Trump said he will “most likely” nominate Army Secretary Mark T. Esper to be his next Pentagon chief, potentially creating some stability after acting defense secret...
By Richard Fontaine
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Did China's military-industrial-complex czar pass secrets abroad?
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China's drive to create a 21st century military-industrial complex has hit an obstacle: A key official leading it is under investigation by the country's top anti-corruption a...
By Elbridge Colby
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'You have to know how to hit a curveball': Trump’s Pentagon choice fights to win over doubters
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The knocks on President Donald Trump’s defense-secretary-in-waiting have been circulating for months behind closed doors in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Pat Shanahan is t...
By Elbridge Colby
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America's Current War Plans for China, Russia Will Not Work, New Report Says
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The Pentagon's plans to develop weapons and strategies to penetrate Russian or Chinese complex defense networks are a waste of time and could lead to the defeat of U.S. milita...
By Chris Dougherty
