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National Security New Trump National Security Strategy Wrapped Up, Foreign Policy McMaster: National security team ‘not missing a beat’ because of Trump controversies, The Washington Post Pentagon Building Wish List for New Technology Spending, Defense One Report: Core elements of Trump’s National Security Strategy approved, The Hill A guide to better national security decision-making, War […]
... Read MoreNational Security Insiders Accused of Stealing Personal Data From Homeland Security, The New York Times A Key Intelligence Advisory Board Has No Members, Foreign Policy North Korea Says It Has ‘Completed’ Its Nuclear Program. What Does That Mean?, The Atlantic America Is Not Going to Denuclearize North Korea, The Atlantic Mattis: Diplomacy hasn’t failed with North […]
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Featured article: A CGSC International Hall of Fame Member and the CIA’s Covert Action in 1954 by John G. Breen The International Hall of Fame at the Army’s Command and General Staff College (CGSC), Fort Leavenworth, KS, was established in 1973 to recognize prominent, international military officer graduates. Inductees have included those who rose through the […]
... Read MoreNational Security Trump calls for crushing terrorists with military means, The Associated Press The jihadist plan to use women to launch the next incarnation of ISIS, The Washington Post ‘Beyond Snowden’ Book Argues For U.S. Surveillance Reform, Government Executive What’s Dangerous About Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy?, The Atlantic Avoiding war: Containment, competition, and cooperation in […]
... Read MoreNational Security Watchdog says Homeland Security bottling up travel ban report, Politico DHS ends temporary residency program for 60K Haitians, The Hill Trump Vows Justice (and a Wall) After Border Patrol Agent Was Killed on Duty, Government Executive It Takes a Nuclear Weapons Lab to Find a Nuclear Weapons Lab, Defense One Trump puts […]
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Dr.’s Sean Kalic and Gates Brown presented their lecture on “The Russian Revolutions” as part of the General of the Armies John J. Pershing Great War Centennial Series on Nov. 15, at the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth. Kalic and Brown published Russian Revolution of 1917: The Essential Reference Guide, a book just published […]
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Featured article: A Brief History of Scandals: Special Oversight Challenges in National Security Interrogations by Erik Jens A history of (at least) American national security operations and initiatives shows, fairly convincingly, the need for external oversight. Time and again, executive branch agencies have, with the best of motives as they perceived them, violated Americans’ civil rights, compromised foreign relations, or […]
... Read MoreNational Security Senate Democrats introduce bill to block Trump’s refugee ban, The Hill South Korea fears further missile advances by North this year in threat to U.S., Reuters The Leap into Quantum Technology: A Primer for National Security Professionals, War on the Rocks Trump To Designate North Korea As A State Sponsor Of Terrorism, […]
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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Ambassador (Ret.) Mark Green spoke on the subject of USAID’s role in international development and U.S. national security at a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on November 1. In his opening statement, Green spoke about […]
... Read MoreNational Security Post-9/11 U.S. War Costs Will Soon Top $5.6 Trillion, Government Executive Retired US general says nuclear launch order can be refused, The Associated Press Senate panel approves Trump choice to lead Homeland Security, Federal Times Watchdog Warns Uncorrected Mistakes Risk Billions During Disaster Recovery, Government Executive Sessions: surveillance reform could be ‘exceedingly […]
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