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Row explodes between Pentagon, Biden transition team
In The News
The U.S. acting defense secretary has canceled planned meetings between Defense Department officials and the Biden transition team. It’s a move the department is categorizing ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump admin officially makes it easier to export military drones
In The News
The U.S. State Department has officially loosened restrictions on exporting military-grade unmanned aerial vehicles to foreign nations, a move long sought by the defense indus...
By Michael Horowitz
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Inhofe, Reed back new military fund to confront China
In The News
As the U.S. Congress hardens against Beijing, two key lawmakers publicly added their support for a new military fund to boost deterrence against China in the Pacific, virtuall...
By Eric Sayers
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North Macedonia to officially join NATO on Friday
In The News
North Macedonia is expected to deliver paperwork to the U.S. State Department on Friday that will officially make it the 30th member of the NATO alliance. The move — decades ...
By Jim Townsend
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How coronavirus could impact the defense supply chain
In The News
As the American defense industry tries to assess the way forward under the new coronavirus pandemic, it should keep a close eye on the lower tiers of its supply chain, analyst...
By Paul Scharre & Martijn Rasser
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The Pentagon is racing against inflation for military might
In The News
In 2017, the top two officials at the Pentagon — then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford — testified to Congress that...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Trump wants NATO to be more involved in the Middle East. That may take some convincing.
In The News
As the American-Iranian crisis shows signs of de-escalation, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to ask NATO allies to step up efforts in the Middle East — at a time t...
By Jim Townsend
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Congress weighs closing up No. 3 office at the Pentagon
In The News
Just three years after Congress created a new civilian position focused on Defense Department reforms and named it the No. 3 official in the Pentagon, key lawmakers are leanin...
By Susanna V. Blume
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US to Europe: Fix Open Skies Treaty or we quit
In The News
NATO allies worried U.S. President Donald Trump will abandon the Open Skies Treaty have been told the administration views the arms control agreement as a danger to U.S. natio...
By Jim Townsend
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The Pentagon has created a new office solely focused on China. Is that a good idea?
In The News
Since the release of the National Defense Strategy in early 2018, top Pentagon officials have stressed that the department needs to keep its focus on the long-term challenge f...
By Eric Sayers
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Esper calls for new basing investments in the Pacific
In The News
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper today called for expanding base locations in the Pacific while continuing regular freedom of navigation operations in the region, as part of a ...
By Eric Sayers
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Tension between South Korea and Japan could hurt US goals in the Pacific — and China is watching
In The News
The tweet came Aug. 2, following an emergency meeting of the South Korean government. It was a photo of President Moon Jae-in, sent out from the government’s official Twitter ...
By Eric Sayers
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Lawmakers say Trump is locked into Turkey sanctions
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After days of silence about whether Turkey will be punished for accepting a Russian-made air defense system, U.S. President Donald Trump reluctantly seemed to agree Turkey wil...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Turkey has the S-400. The Trump administration is silent.
In The News
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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European defense industry could come to regret new US weapons fund
In The News
A new initiative by the Trump administration to subsidize U.S. weapons sales to some former Warsaw Pact countries could rankle European defense leaders, some of whom are fumin...
By Jim Townsend
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Inside America’s multimillion-dollar plan to get allies off Russian equipment
In The News
When the Soviet Union fell, many of the former Warsaw Pact nations founded their new militaries on the back of leftover military equipment. And in the thaw of the Cold War, ma...
By Jim Townsend
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The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see it
In The News
Gen. Joe Dunford, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has finished his new edition of the National Military strategy — but currently has no plans to roll out a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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How Trump’s new chief of staff can impact the FY20 defense plan
In The News
Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney’s takeover, at least temporarily, of the White House chief of staff position could have repercussions for defense spendi...
By Susanna V. Blume
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US warns against ‘protectionism’ with new EU defense agreement
BRUSSELS ― A top American diplomat is concerned that a new European Union defense agreement could lead to “protectionism” that could ice American firms out of sales in Europe....
By Jim Townsend
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US Air Force requests $156.3 billion in FY19, plans to retire B-1, B-2 fleets
ROME — The fiscal 2019 budget for the U.S. Air Force plans to grow the service from 55 to 58 combat squadrons over the next five years, while buying dozens of high-end aircraf...
By Susanna V. Blume
