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Trump budget to combine State and USAID
Posted: April 25, 2017 by the Simons Center
On Monday Foreign Policy published an exclusive on the Trump administration's proposed foreign aid budget and prospective changes to the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Trump plan would dramatically decreased aid funding to developing countries... Read More
News You Can Use: 04/21/17
Posted: April 21, 2017 by the Simons Center
National Security On North Korea, Trump administration talks tough but hopes to avoid war, The Washington Post ICE immigration arrests spike in first months of Trump presidency: report, The Hill Tillerson Warns Iran Could End Up Like North Korea, The... Read More
News You Can Use: 04/19/17
Posted: April 19, 2017 by the Simons Center
National Security Secretary John Kelly names DHS' three biggest challenges, Washington Examiner US conducts tests for upgraded nuclear bomb, The Hill Is the STEM shortage a national security issue?, C4ISR Net The Nuclear Posture Review is underway. Here's what to... Read More
News You Can Use: 04/12/17
Posted: April 12, 2017 by the Simons Center
National Security Former National Security Council Coordinator Reflects On Obama's Syria Policy, NPR How Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs, The Washington Post McCain: Trump administration 'partially to blame' for Syrian chemical attack, Politico A Trump... Read More
News You Can Use: 04/10/17
Posted: April 10, 2017 by the Simons Center
National Security Seven Disturbing Implications of Trump’s Syria Strike, Defense One DHS Device-Screening Catches Pedophiles At The Borders, Nextgov The Future of Intelligence Sharing Is Coming Together in the Syrian War, Defense One At the moment, an “Infrastructure Bill” is... Read More
News You Can Use: 04/07/17
Posted: April 7, 2017 by the Simons Center
National Security U.S. Hits Syrian Airbase With Scores of Cruise Missiles, Defense One Trump Removes Stephen Bannon From National Security Council Post, The New York Times Bannon’s Out. But Did H.R. McMaster Win?, The New York Times Lawmakers introduce bill... Read More
News You Can Use: 03/31/17
Posted: March 31, 2017 by the Simons Center
National Security Trump may actually win the war against Islamic State, Los Angeles Times The US and Russia Should Never Have Stopped Cooperating to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism, Defense One Poll: 42 percent of Americans think the US is winning the... Read More
Interagency effort needed to combat illicit fentanyl
Posted: March 30, 2017 by the Simons Center
Last month officials from multiple government agencies met with the House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Among those speaking were Matthew Allen, Assistant... Read More
News You Can Use: 03/22/17
Posted: March 22, 2017 by the Simons Center
National Security DHS investigator finds weaknesses in immigration system, Federal Times Trump Shifting Authority Over Military Operations Back to Pentagon, The New York Times U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation is at a Historic High. Will That Change Under Trump?, The Washington Post... Read More
News You Can Use: 03/20/17
Posted: March 20, 2017 by the Simons Center
National Security Delays And Bugs In Immigrant Vetting System Trouble Lawmakers, Nextgov The Graveyard of Empires and Big Data, Foreign Policy There was Never a National Security Need for the Travel Ban, Lawfare Dina Powell, Donald Trump Aide, Named to... Read More
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