News You Can Use: 09/09/16
National Security
Dinner, Drinks, and a Near-Fatal Ambush for U.S. Diplomats, Foreign Policy
9/11 Commission leader: US at ‘stalemate’ in anti-terror fight 15 years later, The Hill
Party lines split U.S. on terror threat 15 years after 9/11: poll, Reuters
Obama Unlikely to Vow No First Use of Nuclear Weapons, The New York Times
The Unfinished Legacy of Obama’s Pivot to Asia, Foreign Policy
Congress: Four things to watch in the next four weeks, Brookings
Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s National Security Speech, The New York Times
War on Terror Forever, Foreign Policy
GAO: DOD’s recovery from war ops, budget cuts might take another 10 years, Stars and Stripes
Cybersecurity
White House Names First Chief Information Security Officer, Nextov
New Malware Targets Android Banking Apps, Cybersecurity Group Says, The Wall Street Journal
Congressional Probe Says OPM Hackers Arrived in 2012 and We Will Never Know What They Took, Nextgov
The Global Threat That Went Undiscussed at the G20 Summit, Defense One
Cybersecurity expert says ‘almost everything can be hacked’ and endpoint protection is not enough, Healthcare IT News
Top spy: ‘Russians hack our systems all the time’, The Hill
Watchdog: DoD Needs Better Insight Into National Guard’s Cyber Response Capabilities, Nextgov
Public Health
Zika Funding Fails Again in Congress, NBC News
Millions protected in Africa’s largest-ever emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign, World Health Organization
Why Combining Zika Money and Funding to Avoid a Shutdown Is Key to the Hill’s Exit Strategy, Government Executive
Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts
Experts set to reveal South Sudan’s money theft, arms deals soon, Sudan Tribune
Pressing Asia Agenda, Obama Treads Lightly on Human Rights, The New York Times
Zimbabwe denies opposition supporters food aid: Rights group, Associated Press
Drums of war put South Sudan’s children at risk, The Huffington Post
Government & Military Personnel
9/11 Documentary Recalls How Pentagon Employees Stayed On The Job During Disaster, Government Executive
DHS Exposes Thousands of Individuals’ Private Information — Including Feds, Golfers and Priests, Government Executive
Army Announces Long-Anticipated Family Program Cuts, Military.com
An Inside Look at How Agencies Handle Whistleblower Revelations, Government Executive
Study: Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men — They Just Don’t Get Them, Government Executive
Posted: September 9, 2016 by Simons Center
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