News You Can Use: 07/01/16
National Security
Presidential Envoy Reports Counter-ISIL Progress, Ongoing Terrorism Threat, DoD News
Interview: HASC Ranking Member Adam Smith, Defense News
Opening Remarks to the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV), State Department
Frontline Civilian Care: Balancing Mission and Risk in High Threat Environments (Protecting Our Diplomats and Development Professionals), State Department
Terrorism Database Used by Governments and Banks Leaked Online, Motherboard
Check Out The US Military’s Sandbox of Silly-Putty That Predicts Disasters and War, Defense One
Islamic State And The Threat Of WMDs, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Military Drones: Evolutionary, Not Transformative, Not Revolutionary, Lawfare
Cybersecurity
DOJ: States, Terrorists Team With Organized Crime Outfits to Commit Cyber Theft, USNI News
Watch out for these 4 types of cyber attacks, Pensacola News Journal
This is South Korea’s elite cyber army that fights North Korea, Market Watch
Benghazi Report
Benghazi committee plans new interview, The Hill
‘Move on’ from Benghazi? Republicans say it’s unlikely, Military Times
Brexit
UK Defense Industry Seeks ‘Bold’ Government Backing After Brexit Vote, Defense News
Carter Calls UK Counterpart Following Brexit Vote, DoD News
The Brexit contagion could consume the French elite next, Brookings
Brexit Means Brexit: Johnson’s Fall Reduces Room for EU-Turn, Bloomberg
Foreign Policy
Is America’s Foreign-Policy Pendulum Swinging Back to Intervention?, Government Executive
The Value of U.S. Alliances, Remarks by Antony J. Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, State Department
5 Attitude Adjustments America’s Foreign-Policy Leaders Need Now, The National Interest
Government & Military Personnel
Vets bill would protect their credit scores, The Hill
DoD Military Spouse Employment Partnership Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary, DoD News
VA commission health care report — contentious until the end, Military Times
Human Rights
Trafficking in Persons Report 2016, State Department
Harmful Child Labor Is Everyone’s Business, USAID
Syria’s Refugee Children Have Lost All Hope, Foreign Policy
Posted: July 1, 2016 by Simons Center
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