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News You Can Use: 01/19/18
Posted: January 19, 2018 by the Simons Center
National Security National Defense Strategy released with clear priority: Stay ahead of Russia and China, Defense News Nearly half of federal agencies miss DHS email security deadline, Fifth Domain The Pentagon no longer has a leader on space programs. What... Read More
Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force bill moves on to Senate
Posted: January 10, 2018 by the Simons Center
The House of Representatives reviewed, debated, and passed the DHS Interagency Task Force Act of 2017 on January 9. The bill, which would authorize the participation in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces of personnel of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was originally introduced... Read More
News You Can Use: 01/05/18
Posted: January 5, 2018 by the Simons Center
National Security 2017: A record year for US counterterrorism strikes, Long War Journal 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2018, Foreign Policy The ‘Nuclear Button’ Explained: For Starters, There’s No Button, The New York Times Waiting for the Bomb to Drop,... Read More
Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act introduced
Posted: December 12, 2017 by the Simons Center
On December 5, Representative John Rutherford (R-FL) introduced to the House Homeland Security Committee a bill to authorize the participation in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces of personnel of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task... Read More
News You Can Use: 11/07/17
Posted: November 7, 2017 by the Simons Center
National Security It Took Comfort 39 Days to Get Pierside in Puerto Rico. That’s a National-Security Problem., Defense One Trump seeks billions of dollars to counter NKorean missiles, The Washington Post Google's mass-shooting misinformation problem, Nextgov These Cities Are... Read More
Call for Papers: 2018 Ethics Symposium
Posted: October 31, 2017 by the Simons Center
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Ethics Symposium Announcement and Call for Papers Organizers: The United States Army Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and the CGSC Foundation, Inc. will co-host a symposium... Read More
Agency partnerships vital to defeat ISIS
Posted: October 6, 2017 by the Simons Center
Earlier this week, Mark Swayne spoke before the House Armed Services subcommittee on the Department of Defense's (DoD) role in defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Swayne is the acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for stability and humanitarian affairs in... Read More
Pershing lecture takes a look at the German home front
Posted: September 28, 2017 by the Simons Center
On Sept. 20, Dr. Scott Stephenson, a professor in CGSC's Department of Military History, delivered a lecture entitled "Total War Comes to the Fatherland: The German Home Front, 1914-1918," at the Stove Factory event space in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. [caption... Read More
Featured Article: …Synchronization of Civil Information Management
Posted: September 27, 2017 by the Simons Center
Featured article: A Call for Synchronization of Civil Information Management by Michael L. Jones Special operation forces (SOF) and interagency partners face unique challenges when conducting civil information management (CIM) within the joint interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational (JIIM) environments. Information management... Read More
Public invited to Great War lecture Sept. 20
Posted: September 12, 2017 by the Simons Center
The Department of Military History of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation at Fort Leavenworth invite the public to attend the 12th in a series of lectures intended to educate the public about World... Read More
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