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10 Dec 2021, 5:01 am by Raul "Pete" Pedrozo
That interpretation of the Mutual Defense Treaty was reaffirmed at the 9th U.S. [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 11:01 am by Benjamin Bissell
A little over a week after Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced he was leaving his post, CNN reports that President Obama has decided on Ashton Carter, who served as Deputy Defense Secretary under both Leon Panetta and Hagel, to be his replacement. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 7:00 am by Charley Snyder, Michael Sulmeyer
Deputy Secretary Robert Work’s implementation memo informs the Department of Defense of some broad categories that the Secretary of Defense has determined meet the national security and public safety exemption (more on this later). [read post]
2 Feb 2007, 2:22 pm
Stimson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, is the guy who made the offensive comments about the law firms representing Guantanamo detainees. [read post]
2 May 2018, 4:17 pm by Scott R. Anderson
Notably, al-Darbi’s transfer takes place on the same day that Secretary of Defense James Mattis provided the White House with recommendations for changes in U.S. detention policy, pursuant to the president’s Jan. 30 executive order. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 9:09 am by Stuart Kaplow
In a tectonic shift in government policy, the Department of Defense will now permit the use of both the Green Building Initiatives’ Green Globes and U.S. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 9:18 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by Take Justice Back and comes from www.nytimes.com Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the military on Wednesday to improve access to treatment, quality of care and patient safety at its hospitals and clinics, giving underperforming hospitals four to six weeks to show how they will address shortcomings.At a Pentagon news conference, Mr. [read post]
11 Jul 2022, 9:42 am by Benjamin Pollard
ET: Brookings will host a conversation between former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Brookings senior fellow Michael O’Hanlon about the National Defense Strategy (NDS) and great power competition. [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 6:28 pm
"Charles 'Cully' Stimson, deputy assistant secretary for defense for detainee affairs, has sparked a firestorm of anger, from Capitol Hill to America's law schools to even conservative quarters. [read post]
3 Jan 2019, 12:37 pm by Scott Harman
A U.S. defense official told CNN that acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan reminded Pentagon staff to focus on the threat posed by China during a meeting with military service secretaries and undersecretaries of defense. [read post]
23 Jun 2017, 11:00 am by Jared Dummitt, Eliot Kim
Secretary Tillerson reported that, in accordance with Acting Assistant Secretary Thornton’s comments, “The U.S. position remains unchanged. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 12:14 pm by PJ Blount
Government efforts to reassure allies of U.S. commitments to collective self-defense and to identify areas for mutually beneficial cooperation. [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 2:01 pm by Robert Chesney
 That said, it is an interesting legal question, especially in light of recent testimony from Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Wormuth to the effect that Article II could be invoked to permit U.S. forces to defend DOD-trained Syrian forces in the event of an attack on them by Assad regime forces. [read post]
22 Dec 2013, 3:26 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
 Starting on October 4, 2001, President Bush authorized the Secretary of Defense to employ the capabilities of the Department of Defense, including the National Security Agency (“NSA”), to collect foreign intelligence by electronic surveillance in order to detect and prevent acts of terrorism within the United States. [read post]