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12 Nov 2019, 11:08 am by Gordon Ahl
The hearing will feature testimony from Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment; Robert Behler, the director of operational test and evaluation in the office of the secretary of defense; Lt. [read post]
11 Nov 2019, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
“While we typically provide a rigorous defense for every statute enacted by the Legislature, in this case where there exists no plausible legal defense the better and less-costly course of action is for the Department of Agriculture to work with the Legislature to modify the statute so it complies with the U.S. [read post]
11 Nov 2019, 5:28 pm by Charlotte Butash, Patrick McDonnell
Later, he would advise the Ukrainian defense minister to talk to Defense Secretary Mark Esper about the issue. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 6:00 am by Elaine Kamarck
Reformers faced intense opposition within the military, particularly from the Navy, and they also faced opposition from Reagan’s secretary of defense. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 5:00 am by Arindrajit Basu
Further, on his trips to New Delhi, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has regularly argued that data localization restrictions are a barrier to U.S. companies and stressed the need to eliminate such barriers. [read post]
3 Nov 2019, 7:00 am by Jessica Brandt
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act prohibited the use of its appropriated funds for Chinese-language instruction at Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes or at universities that host them. [read post]
1 Nov 2019, 11:59 am by Susan Landau
Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency …. [read post]
1 Nov 2019, 9:43 am by Gordon Ahl
Simon Gregory Jerome discussed the increased prevalence of provisions related to the Arctic in the draft 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. [read post]
30 Oct 2019, 11:53 am by Gordon Ahl
Deputy Secretary of State John J. [read post]
30 Oct 2019, 6:36 am by Allan Blutstein
.) -- in dispute over records concerning involvement of medical professionals in interrogation programs, finding that: (1) Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense properly withheld four documents pursuant to Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege, but failed to show that privilege applied to fifth document generated in part by non-government entity; (2) U.S. [read post]
30 Oct 2019, 6:04 am by Bob Bauer
White House press Secretary Stephannie Grisham declared that the resolution did “nothing to change the fundamental fact that House Democrats refuse to provide basic due process rights to the administration. [read post]
29 Oct 2019, 12:44 pm by William Ford
Both committees heard testimony from James Jeffrey, the U.S. special representative for Syria engagement and the special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and Matthew Palmer, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. [read post]
29 Oct 2019, 6:00 am by David Kris
As the third edition of our treatise goes on sale, al-Qaeda has proliferated but declined, the Islamic State has gained and lost control over vast territory in Syria and Iraq (and its leader has been killed by U.S. forces), domestic terrorism is on the rise, and new challenges and threats are now posed by nation-states including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. [read post]
28 Oct 2019, 1:07 pm by Gordon Ahl, William Ford
The subcommittee will hear testimony from David Schenker, the assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, and Michael Harvey, the assistant administrator for the Middle East at the U.S. [read post]
28 Oct 2019, 6:09 am by Emma Broches, Julia Solomon-Strauss
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has said that, so far, “more than a hundred” Islamic State foreign fighters have escaped from prisons guarded by Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops after the Kurds abandoned the prisons in order to try to fend off Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s forces. [read post]
24 Oct 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
” Critics like Doug Obegi of the Natural Resources Defense Council pointed out that U.S. [read post]
24 Oct 2019, 3:59 pm
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been derided as “the little schoolgirl. [read post]
24 Oct 2019, 12:48 pm by Gordon Ahl
Cooper, a deputy assistant secretary of defense, reports the New York Times. [read post]