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11 Mar 2019, 11:29 am
While the 2018 Defense Department study asserted that Secretary Carter had misread reports on the Canadian military’s experience with transgender inclusion, Carter had added his guidance in a direct response to the problems that Canada’s lack of guidance had caused. [read post]
10 Mar 2019, 8:08 am
Department of Justice and U.S. [read post]
9 Mar 2019, 9:33 am
Trump, removing, in the government’s view, the sole remaining obstacle to the Defense Department’s implementation of a policy prohibiting transgender individuals from serving in accordance with their gender identity (the “Mattis policy”). [read post]
8 Mar 2019, 2:30 pm
Earlier this month, five former U.S. members of or nominees to the IACHR — including 2017 Trump nominee Professor Douglass Cassel — came to the defense of the IACHR and CIM in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. [read post]
8 Mar 2019, 6:04 am
Kimberly Morin, president of the Women’s Defense League of New Hampshire, said opponents of gun control measures have been wearing pearls at gun-related hearings since 2016. [read post]
8 Mar 2019, 6:00 am
Defense Secretary James Mattis visited Macedonia to signal U.S. support for the referendum. [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 8:12 pm
What constitutes a national security interest crisis in a world that has undergone substantial transformations in recent decades and how should defensive conduct taken in reaction to the threat be evaluated? [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 12:28 pm
” In light of these highly publicized events, the Defense Department recently tasked the Defense Innovation Board (comprising high-profile Silicon Valley tech leaders) with developing ethical principles to guide the department’s use of AI in military weapons and operations. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 10:40 am
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, largely hewing to positive rhetoric, has said that the administration is “completely united” on the trade file. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 9:58 am
(b) Section 1057 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) similarly requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense committees, by May 1 each year, a report on civilian casualties caused as a result of United States military operations during the preceding year (civilian casualty report). [read post]
3 Mar 2019, 9:01 pm
. that requires use of the armed forces, the Secretary of Defense, without regard to any other provision of law, may undertake military construction projects” which are “not otherwise authorized by law [and which are] necessary to support such use of armed forces. [read post]
2 Mar 2019, 9:05 pm
The reason is that the Secretary of State or Defense or Attorney General is just going to get you a little hometown press. [read post]
27 Feb 2019, 6:53 am
Here’s what then-Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) chief Michael Flynn included in his threat assessment of 2014: "DIA is leading an Information Review Task Force to examine grave damage caused to the Department of Defense equities and U.S. national security as a result of the unauthorized NSA disclosures. [read post]
22 Feb 2019, 11:19 am
Marra noted that “[i]t was a deviation from the Government’s practice to negotiate with defense counsel about the extent of crime victim notifications. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 9:30 pm
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 7:38 am
Adding to the Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DCMA) new cybersecurity responsibilities, the Department of Defense (DoD) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USDAS) recently issued a memorandum titled Strategically Implementing Cybersecurity Contract Clauses that increases DCMA’s role. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 5:00 am
The Defense Department has repeatedly (and to some extent credibly) argued that the activities that the United States is pursuing in support of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen—the provision of defense articles and services, certain intelligence support, and military advice—do not constitute “hostilities” as the term is used in the War Powers Resolution, meaning that the joint resolution would have no legal effect. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 11:36 am
” In contrast, the Summary of the 2018 Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Strategy, also released last week, noted the “significant investments in AI for military purposes” made by both China and Russia. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 9:36 am
The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, and Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt in the District Court for the District of Columbia on Saturday February 16. [read post]
18 Feb 2019, 4:19 pm
President Trump plans to use the national emergency in order to access funds previously allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD) to build a border wall. [read post]
