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12 Feb 2016, 1:26 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Defense Secretary Ash Carter made the announcement that the UAE will join the fight at a meeting in Brussels today. [read post]
12 Feb 2016, 8:02 am by Lawfare Staff
  President Obama originally proposed the upcoming U.S. [read post]
11 Feb 2016, 1:09 pm by Alex R. McQuade
In Europe today, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said that he expects more than two dozen countries to contribute to the battle against the Islamic State, as the United States seeks to accelerate efforts in the fight. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 12:08 pm by Elina Saxena
  Hoping to demonstrate U.S. initiatives to accelerate the campaign against ISIS, Defense Secretary Ash Carter will address NATO defense chiefs on Thursday. [read post]
8 Feb 2016, 1:03 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
While Islamic State targets continue to suffer from U.S. drone strikes, the U.S. air campaign has notably not targeted Jabhat al Nusra, al Qaeda’s deadly affiliate in Syria. [read post]
8 Feb 2016, 9:30 am by Elina Saxena
He went on to advocate an expansion of U.S. missile defense capabilities and suggested the installation of missile interceptors in South Korea. [read post]
7 Feb 2016, 9:47 pm by Cody M. Poplin
 Jane Harman, President of the Wilson Center, will introduce Secretary Johnson. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 11:24 am by Elina Saxena
” The candidates briefly touched on the question of U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan. [read post]
4 Feb 2016, 2:03 pm by Alex R. McQuade
The statement follows Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s remarks that supplies are beginning to dwindle in light of the fight against the Islamic State. [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 1:41 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
In a preview of the 2017 budget request yesterday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter suggested that the United States faces a “dramatically different” security environment than at any point in the last 25 years, and argued that the U.S. does not have the “luxury of just one opponent, or the choice between current fights and future fights—we have to do both. [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 2:02 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter broke the news today as President Obama prepares to ask Congress to approve $1.8 billion to buy new bombs. [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 4:15 am by Susan Landau
In a July 2015 Washington Post op-ed former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, former NSA Director Mike McConnell, and former Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn concurred, observing that “Strategically, the interests of U.S. businesses are essential to protecting U.S. national security interest ... [read post]
1 Feb 2016, 1:07 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has new hopes for this year in regards to the fight against the Islamic State. [read post]
1 Feb 2016, 9:55 am by Julian Ku
This time, the U.S. government — via the Office of the Secretary of Defense — was prepared with a clear message regarding both the legal basis and the purpose of this FONOP: This operation challenged attempts by the three claimants, China, Taiwan and Vietnam, to restrict navigation rights and freedoms around the features they claim by policies that require prior permission or notification of transit within territorial seas. [read post]
30 Jan 2016, 1:23 pm by Tom Smith
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates occasionally meets veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars in his travels. [read post]
29 Jan 2016, 12:27 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Speaking of those sailors, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said that he was “very, very angry” when he saw footage of the ten U.S. [read post]
29 Jan 2016, 7:25 am by Lawfare Staff
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter deemed China’s recent maritime moves as “self-isolating. [read post]
28 Jan 2016, 12:47 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Foreign Policy has the latest with SOCOM Commander General Joseph Votel’s memo to Defense Secretary Carter demanding the Pentagon stop talking about what special operations are up to in Iraq or elsewhere. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 11:23 am by Elina Saxena
Secretary General’s remarks added to increasing international criticism of Israel and its policies under Netanyahu. [read post]