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News You Can Use: 10/28/16
Posted: October 28, 2016 by the Simons Center
National Security Security experts: Foreign nation not behind Friday internet attack, The Hill Battlegrounds: The Fight for Mosul and Election Day Disruptions, Foreign Policy US wants Mexico under grid security pact before year's end, Washington Examiner Norm Augustine on Public-Private... Read More
U.S. agencies support relief in Haiti
Posted: October 14, 2016 by the Simons Center
Over 10,000 federal employees from various agencies have been deployed to aid the areas effected by Hurricane Matthew. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Department of Defense (DoD), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel have also been deployed to... Read More
News You Can Use: 10/14/16
Posted: October 14, 2016 by the Simons Center
National Security A Military View on Climate Change: It’s Eroding Our National Security, Government Executive Dunford: Military families key to national security, Military Times Need to detect drones? There’s an app for that, C4ISR Net Federal Agencies Deploy Thousands of... Read More
News You Can Use: 10/12/16
Posted: October 12, 2016 by the Simons Center
National Security What Keeps This FEMA Regional Administrator Up at Night?, Route Fifty The World the Combatant Command was Designed for is Gone, War on the Rocks Post-Hurricane Matthew cleanup begins for US military bases, surrounding communities, Stars and Stripes Russia... Read More
News You Can Use: 10/10/16
Posted: October 10, 2016 by the Simons Center
National Security Pentagon: Dozens of Afghan Troops Missing from U.S. Military Training, Reuters The American Brexit Is Coming, Foreign Policy Improving workforce diversity a ‘national security imperative’, The Washington Post Islamic State Positions Tracked by U.S. Satellites as a Bonus,... Read More
News You Can Use: 10/07/16
Posted: October 7, 2016 by the Simons Center
National Security Pence, Kaine spar over national security in vice presidential debate, Military Times White House Rolls Out Armed Drone Declaration, Defense News Change Coming to Strategic Levels in Military, Dunford Promises, DoD News Pentagon Pushing "Multi-Domain Battle" Concept, National... Read More
News You Can Use: 10/05/16
Posted: October 5, 2016 by the Simons Center
National Security America’s National Security Trilemma — and How to Solve It, Defense One What JASTA will mean for U.S.-Saudi relations, Brookings DOJ National Security Chief 'Not Afraid To Impose Consequences' On Hackers, NPR Obama administration discussing military options against... Read More
Civilians and military respond to Hermine
Posted: September 9, 2016 by the Simons Center
Civilian and military emergency response teams sprang into action after Hurricane Hermine made landfall on the western coast of Florida earlier this month. Responders included the Florida National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package and... Read More
GAO testifies on FEMA progress since Katrina, Sandy
Posted: October 26, 2015 by the Simons Center
Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released their testimony on the progress made by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) since Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. The testimony is based on previous GAO reports that were issued between 2012 and... Read More
National Preparedness Month begins
Posted: September 2, 2015 by the Simons Center
This week marked the beginning of National Preparedness Month, and U.S. government agencies are encouraging their personnel and all other Americans to be prepared at all times to respond quickly to disasters and emergencies. According to Deputy Defense Secretary Bob... Read More
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