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27 Feb 2017, 5:11 pm by Lyle Denniston
Earlier this month, lawyers for the Justice Department in the new administration had told the U.S. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 10:00 am by Steve Vladeck
As for the judges, as with the CCAs, CMCR judges could be military judges “assigned” to the CMCR by the Secretary of Defense under 10 U.S.C. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 9:27 am by Rishabh Bhandari
The Times profiles the challenges facing Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, who has assumed the role of a reassuring figure to rattled allies in Europe and Asia. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 10:34 am by Jordan Brunner
Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said that the Pentagon was looking at the issue, pointing to Defense Secretary Mattis’s recent memo asking for an initial plan to better support information management and cyber operations. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 6:00 am by Russell Spivak
" Meanwhile, reports allege that after his capture, then-Prime Minister Tony Blair and then-Home Secretary Dave Blunkett engaged in a “high profile campaign” for al-Harith’s release, in addition to other British nationals being held at the U.S. facility in Cuba. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 5:29 am by Jimmy Chalk, Sarah Grant
  In Other News… United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this month appeared to moderate hawkish comments he made on the South China Sea at his confirmation hearing, where he suggested that the U.S. should deny China access to the islands it claims in the South China Sea. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 9:59 am by Jordan Brunner
  The Washington Post tells us that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary will meet today with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray, who drew a sharp line against “unilateral” U.S. immigration policies yesterday ahead of the talks, saying that “do not have to accept provisions” of the immigration orders Trump put out yesterday. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 5:57 am by Stephan Haggard
The struggling Trump administration had had a pretty good ten days with respect to Asia: a successful trip by Secretary of Defense Mattis to Korea and Japan; the restatement of the one-China policy with President Xi, even if under some duress; and the Abe summit. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 3:30 am by Eric B. Meyer
Late last month, I blogged here about some smoke signals from the U.S. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 3:30 am by Eric B. Meyer
Late last month, I blogged here about some smoke signals from the U.S. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 10:44 am by Jordan Brunner
German Defense Minister Ursula von Leyen is now working to muster the political will to approve increased NATO spending and keep the U.S. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 5:04 pm by Sally Satel
In a unanimous 2012 ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 10:41 am by Jordan Brunner
Patrick Tucker of Defense One examines how McMaster’s past could shape the way that the U.S. goes to war. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 8:02 am by J. Dana Stuster
The size of the deployment has not been discussed publicly, but the proposal follows comments from Secretary of Defense James Mattis that the U.S. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 5:58 am by Jordan Brunner
Having accepted the position, McMaster will now join the ranks of numerous generals serving at high-level positions in the Trump administration, including Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly. [read post]
While Tom Price has been confirmed as the Secretary of HHS and Rick Mulvaney has been confirmed as the OMB director, confirmations and a nomination are still pending for the Secretary of the U.S. [read post]