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4 Sep 2018, 12:35 pm
Trump questioned why the government was spending resources in the region at all. 'We’re doing this in order to prevent World War III,' Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told him.... 'Mattis was particularly exasperated and alarmed, telling close associates that the president acted like — and had the understanding of — "a fifth- or sixth-grader. [read post]
4 Sep 2018, 10:17 am by William Ford
.: The Brookings Institution will host former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for a conversation with Strobe Talbott about her new book “Fascism: A Warning. [read post]
2 Sep 2018, 7:30 pm
For China and Cuba, the disadvantage has been to be placed on the defensive (with potentially great effects on their international relations) at just the time they thought they could exploit the civil war among American intellectuals and elites over the person of the U.S. president, as the administration engaged in high stakes projects around trade and the shape of the world order. [read post]
2 Sep 2018, 7:00 am by Bob Bauer
McGahn and his office later shared in the criticism of the botched vetting of former Staff Secretary Rob Porter, who held a temporary clearance long after information about his history of domestic abuse became available to the West Wing. [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 12:25 pm by Sarah Tate Chambers
Defense Secretary James Mattis said that the State Department is communicating with  Russia about how to avoid the use of chemical weapons in Syria, reported Reuters. [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 7:30 am by Dakota S. Rudesill
” The Trump administration has reportedly eliminated much of that interagency review, and has provided the Defense Department and its U.S. [read post]
28 Aug 2018, 1:19 pm by Stephanie Zable
Defense Secretary James Mattis warned Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that U.S. military and intelligence support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen is “not unconditional” and that the coalition needs to do “everything humanly possible” to avoid civilian casualties, reports CNN. [read post]
28 Aug 2018, 11:26 am by Matthew Waxman
Secretary of State John Forsyth and British Ambassador to the United States Henry Steven Fox. [read post]
28 Aug 2018, 6:06 am by J. Dana Stuster
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said that more sanctions may be forthcoming. [read post]
27 Aug 2018, 2:09 pm by William Ford
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described the suit as a baseless attempt to interfere with the U.S. [read post]
27 Aug 2018, 12:21 pm by William Ford
.: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will host a conversation with Randall Schriver, the assistant defense secretary for Asian and Pacific security affairs, on “The U.S. [read post]
24 Aug 2018, 1:18 pm by Sarah Tate Chambers
”Pakistan disputes the U.S. claim that Secretary Pompeo and Prime Minister Khan discussed militants operating in Pakistan, says Reuters. [read post]
23 Aug 2018, 9:17 am by Scott R. Anderson
Late in the evening on Monday, Aug. 13, about six hours after President Donald Trump publicly signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal 2019 into law, the White House quietly released a signing statement identifying “constitutional concerns” with more than 50 of the new NDAA’s provisions. [read post]
22 Aug 2018, 9:20 am by David Stanton, Wenqing Zhao
Analysis & Commentary A spate of recent Lawfare articles have examined developments in U.S. technology and defense policy. [read post]
21 Aug 2018, 10:27 am by Nathan Swire
“The U.S. is the world superpower, with a GDP of US$16 trillion,” he said. [read post]
20 Aug 2018, 5:00 am by Sarah Grant
” The President ordered that “[t]he Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the U.S. [read post]