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13 Dec 2004, 1:51 pm
[JURIST] Two more Afghan detainees have died while in US custody, and the US failed to properly investigate a third death this fall, Human Rights Watch charged Monday in an open letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 12:07 am
On July 20, 2011, according to the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Defense Department has failed to deliver to Congress a report on cyber warfare policies which may clarify the legal authorities and rules of engagement to be used in the event of a cyber attack. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 12:07 am
On July 20, 2011, according to the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Defense Department has failed to deliver to Congress a report on cyber warfare policies which may clarify the legal authorities and rules of engagement to be used in the event of a cyber attack. [read post]
During a briefing, secretary of the security and defense council, Oleksy Danilov, stated that Ukraine was sanctioning Derkach along with members of the Russian military and judiciary. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 5:18 pm by Tom Smith
WASHINGTON — Two senior Islamic State group leaders were killed in U.S. and coalition airstrikes in northern Iraq over the last week, U.S. officials said Thursday, as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel approved new orders for several hundred troops to deploy to Iraq to train Iraqi forces. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 12:13 pm by Michelle Lindo McCluer
As we edge closer to the Secretary of Defense's certification that the military services are ready to implement the repeal of the law that has kept openly gay individuals out of the military since the 1990s, AP reports that 3 airmen sought discharges under the policy within the past month. [read post]
1 Dec 2003, 1:01 am
In Monday's media and information law news, the Arab satellite television station Al-Arabiya has denied claims by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that the station had cooperated with insurgents in Iraq, Agence-France [read post]
4 Apr 2008, 12:49 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff joined forces Thursday to speak out against the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 [S 2035 materials] in separate letters [Chertoff letter, PDF; Mukasey and McConnell letter, PDF; Gates letter, PDF] to US senators, arguing [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 9:18 am
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England and Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Patrick Walsh [statements, PDF] argued that US military interests are at risk [read post]
13 Feb 2004, 5:53 am
In remarks in Miami Friday, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay Cuba will be allowed to appeal their detentions to a review board that would meet annually to determine whether they remained a threat to the United States or could be released. [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 11:28 pm
[JURIST] US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [official profiles] addressed questions [video] about the specific plans for closing the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detention facility before the US Senate Committee on Appropriations [official website] on Thursday. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 7:40 am by Garrett Hinck
Brian McKeon, former acting under secretary for policy, Department of Defense (Written testimony) The livestream is below:  [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 7:40 am by Garrett Hinck
Brian McKeon, former acting under secretary for policy, Department of Defense (Written testimony) The video is below:  [read post]
22 May 2009, 7:45 am
The defendant is the State of New Jersey (Governor and Secretary of State). [read post]
1 Oct 2011, 9:48 am by Erin Bock
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] on Friday issued a memorandum [text, PDF] giving military chaplains permission to participate in or officiate same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] ceremonies. [read post]
30 Mar 2007, 12:26 pm
[JURIST] New US Defense Secretary Robert Gates [official profile] said Thursday that the White House and Congress should collaborate to close the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] by transferring the more dangerous detainees elsewhere. [read post]
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday sanctioning the Russian defense industry. [read post]
22 Apr 2008, 3:13 pm
Defense News published yesterday an interview with Frank Ruggiero, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Defense Trade and Regional Security in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. [read post]