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In a Male-Dominated Administration, Pentagon Chief Seeks More Women
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The Pentagon is still a largely male-dominated place, and Patrick Shanahan, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, is pushing hard to change that by f...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Pentagon tells White House: Keep politics away from the military
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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan had a message for the White House: Politics and the military don’t mix. Shanahan and Navy officials have faced intense scrutiny over ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Echoes of Iraq in Trump’s Confrontation with Iran
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The Trump administration says it does not want war with Iran. Many of its actions suggest otherwise. In the year since U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 Iran ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Who Wants to Be the New Air Force Secretary? Perhaps Not Many
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As the Trump administration shops around for a new Air Force secretary, experts warn it may not be so easy to find top-notch candidates, as many may be reluctant to step up fo...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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At Trump’s Pentagon, Empty Offices Are the New Normal
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The resignation of two senior Pentagon officials last week brings the number of vacancies and posts filled on a temporary basis at the U.S. Department of Defense to a new high...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Jim Townsend
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How Jeanne Shaheen Fills a Void in Trump’s Foreign Policy
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It’s not easy being one of the few women to play a senior role in the making of American foreign policy. Twenty-five months into his presidency, Donald Trump’s national securi...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump Declares National Emergency in ‘Slap in the Face to Military Families’
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President Donald Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency will divert $3.6 billion earmarked for U.S. military construction projects—possibly hospitals and infrastructure ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see it
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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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American Troops Die in Syria as Trump Team Squabbles
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Two U.S. service members and two Department of Defense personnel were killed in an explosion in Syria on Wednesday, the U.S. military confirmed, even as President Donald Trump...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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How the Generals Are Routing the Policy Wonks at the Pentagon
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Frustrated by lack of influence and disheartened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, Department of Defense civilians are heading for the door, leaving key positions unf...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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With Haley’s departure, senior Trump ranks feature even fewer women and minorities
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As an Indian American woman, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has occupied an unusual position in an administration whose broad lack of diversity at the highest levels of the feder...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Why does the Pentagon keep getting surprised by Trump?
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For much of his presidency, Donald Trump has backed the military, promising to support them as much as possible. But over the past two weeks, it seems that his administration ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump’s approach is hurting the U.S., foreign policy experts say
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President Donald Trump and his administration’s lack of a consistent and coherent foreign policy is confusing U.S. allies and ceding ground to countries that do not share Amer...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Was Air Force's Media Freeze Justified? Defense Experts Weigh In
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Bleak times may be ahead for the relationship between the press and U.S. military branches as officials maintain that operational security should outweigh public outreach, acc...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Lauren Fish on Bombshell: No Joy in Munchen
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This week, the Bombshell ladies welcomed CNAS expert Lauren Fish to talk all things FY19 defense budget, including why this big funding increase may not be all that it seems. ...
By Lauren Fish
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Can Mattis makes the National Defense Strategy great again?
BRUSSELS – When the Pentagon rolls out the National Defense Strategy on Jan. 19, expect a lot of statements about how it will serve as a definitive document, one that will gui...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Mattis delegates down and manages up in tricky Trump relationship
James Mattis, the first retired general to serve as secretary of defense in seven decades, has steadily pushed more authority down the chain of command on the battlefield and ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Sexism on America’s Front Lines
Laura Rosenberger remembers telling a senior State Department official that she was going on a beach vacation. He responded by saying how much he’d enjoy thinking about her we...
By Julianne Smith & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump’s generals condemn Charlottesville racism — while trying not to offend the president
One by one, the U.S. military’s most senior leaders have publicly — and bluntly — repudiated the racist violence that plunged Charlottesville into chaos Saturday, declaring th...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump's Qatar Curveball Makes Tillerson Improvise Policy Again
As the Qatar crisis erupted this week, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson found himself performing a familiar task: assuring the world his boss didn’t mean to reverse years...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
