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27 Jan 2017, 10:28 am by Jordan Brunner
The Times tells us that the White House drafting a directive that calls on Defense Secretary James Mattis to devise plans to aggressively target ISIS. [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 7:30 am by William Lietzau, Ryan Vogel
The Department of Defense has developed individualized detainee review processes to ensure we don’t hold the wrong people and that detention remains necessary in an evolving conflict. [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 5:30 am by Chris Mirasola
Defense Secretary James Mattis will make his first overseas visit to US allies Japan and South Korea next week. [read post]
26 Jan 2017, 10:19 am by Jordan Brunner
Josh Rogin of the Washington Post reports that the entire senior management team of the State Department resigned as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was making the rounds of the Department’s headquarters in Foggy Bottom. [read post]
24 Jan 2017, 10:47 am by Jordan Brunner
Secretary of Defense James Mattis spoke with both NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and U.K. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 11:36 am by Jordan Brunner
    General James Mattis was confirmed as  Secretary of Defense and General John Kelly as Secretary of Homeland Security shortly after Trump swore the oath of office on Friday. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
  Andrew Puzner, the nominee for Secretary of Labor, is an outspoken critic of labor laws and worker protections, exactly the measures his department is charged with enforcing. [read post]
22 Jan 2017, 7:00 am by Ariane Tabatabai, Dina Esfandiary
But Trump and his choice for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson’s focus on cutting deals and willingness to depart from some of the practices of the past could result in a more pragmatic approach to Tehran. [read post]
20 Jan 2017, 7:55 am by Matthew Moriarty
Section 1841 instructs the SBA head to work with the Department of Homeland Security to develop a cybersecurity strategy for small businesses. [read post]
20 Jan 2017, 5:30 am by Chris Mirasola
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana had stronger words for Beijing, stating that, “the actions of China in militarizing those disputed features are very troubling” and that “they do not square the Chinese government’s rhetoric that its purpose is peaceful and friendly. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 9:01 pm by John Dean
James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, will tolerate it long.) [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 1:31 pm by Jonathon Churchin
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Wednesday that the Department of Defense must release a cache of photos taken at Abu Ghraib and other sites in Iraq and Afghanistan. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 12:10 pm by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
For most Indian tribes, this will mean playing defense against federal interventions in their affairs. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 9:05 am by Jordan Brunner, Quinta Jurecic
The situation is at its worst in the Defense Department, where Defense Secretary-designate General James Mattis—whom Politico reports is set to be confirmed after a green light from the Senate Armed Services Committee—has had numerous fights with senior members of the transition team over positions at the Pentagon. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 8:02 am by J. Dana Stuster
For scale, the State Department and USAID’s total resources last year was $69.3 billion, and the Defense Department’s budget was close to $600 billion. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 6:42 am by Steven Wildberger
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday refused to intervene [opinion, PDF] to overturn a Defense Department [official websites] decision to continue the detention of Algerian prisoner Sufyian Barhoumi [CCR backgrounder]. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 5:10 am by SHG
Billionaire Betsy DeVos was the target of Democratic senators, as her confirmation hearing as Secretary of the Department of Education got underway. [read post]