News You Can Use: 10/21/16

National Security

10 foreign policy questions for the final Clinton-Trump debate, Brookings

The Hidden Defect In U.S. Nuclear Strategy That Could Spell America’s Doom, The National Interest

False Alarm May Have Triggered U.S. Navy Warship’s Missile Defense System, Military Times

Mission Possible: A Spy Agency Builds A Tech Scout Network, Nextgov

Fear of an imminent terrorist attack runs deep around the world, The Washington Post

The American Military’s Greatest Vulnerability: No GPS in a War, The National Interest

U.S. Builds Force to Retake Islamic State’s Syrian Headquarters, The Wall Street Journal

Putin Throws Out the Old Nuclear Rules, Rattling Washington, Foreign Policy

Kansas man accused in failed Army base bomb plot sentenced, The Associated Press

North Korea carries out second failed missile launch – South, BBC News

Cybersecurity

Adm. Rogers: US ‘Working Our Way Through’ NSA-Cyber Command Split, Defense News

NSA Defense Chief Imagines A Cyber Response Without Borders, Nextgov

DoD issues special notice for Persistent Cyber Training Environment, C4ISR Net

Secret Service must address inadequate IT security, says OIG, Federal Times

How to Win the Cyberwar Against Russia, Foreign Policy

Public Health

How Gaps In Mental Health Care Play Out In Emergency Rooms, NPR

USAID Funds New Innovations to Fight Future Disease Outbreaks, USAID

Baltimore Is Attacking the Roots of Violence with Public Health Measures—and Saving Lives, Scientific American

Foundation to cover fertility-related expenses for some veterans, Military Times

Army and Tufts University study how people think, respond under stress, Army Times

Why it matters: Winner of election will need solutions for veterans’ health care, Portland Press Herald

Human Rights & Humanitarian Efforts

Philippine Tribal Minorities Demand Justice, Human Rights Watch

Humanitarian crisis looms amid Mosul offensive, CNN

Europe Wishes to Inform You that the Refugee Crisis Is Over, Foreign Policy

Russia extends ‘humanitarian pause’ in Aleppo attack, Al Jazeera

The US Relief Mission to Haiti Is Also a Signal to America’s Neighbors, and Russia, Defense One

Is This Vermont City’s Refugee Resettlement Plan Sustainable? (Part 2), Route Fifty

Government & Military Personnel

Are Americans better off than they were a decade or two ago?, Brookings

Election Could Have a Major Impact on DHS Agencies, Government Executive

Navy Federal contacting customers eligible for part of $23 million settlement, Military Times

Are You a Strategic Genius?: Not Likely, Given Army’s System for Selecting, Educating Leaders, Association of the United States Army

Trump Takes a Page from Bill Clinton on Making Feds More Ethical, Government Executive

Three Leadership Rules for the Shark Cage, Government Executive


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