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17 Mar 2016, 3:22 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Yesterday on the Hill, top Army and Marine Corps generals warned lawmakers that they would be unable to fight and win another war in the midst of budget cuts, two current wars, and heightened global threats. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 12:00 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
Following Iran’s missile tests, the Obama administration is facing pressure from Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill. [read post]
17 Feb 2016, 12:34 pm by Elina Saxena
Months after the attack in San Bernardino, a U.S. [read post]
12 Feb 2016, 1:26 pm by Alex R. McQuade
As debate over whether to require women register for the draft continues on the Hill, some lawmakers have an easy solution: get rid of it completely. [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 1:41 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
When it unveils its annual budget request next week, the New York Times reports that the Obama administration will request $582.7 billion in defense funding. [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 2:02 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
The Hill has more on the new agreement and what it means for U.S. national security authorities. [read post]
29 Jan 2016, 12:27 pm by Alex R. McQuade
ICYMI: Yesterday, on Lawfare Cody flagged a new threat to two GTMO detainees recently transferred to Ghana. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 12:29 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
The Hill reports that it’s possible that U.S. troops may advance closer to the battlefield alongside Iraqi forces as they make preparations to retake Mosul from the Islamic State. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 1:18 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has clear the way for debate on a new AUMF that would give President Obama broad authority to fight the Islamic State, the New York Times and The Hill reports. [read post]
19 Jan 2016, 2:08 pm by Alex R. McQuade
And finally, Cody also shared events coming up this week in The Week That Will Be. [read post]
14 Jan 2016, 1:31 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
The Hill tells us that Tamara Fields, who lost her husband to an ISIS attack on a police training facility in Jordan last November, filed a complaint in a federal court in Oakland, CA. [read post]
8 Jan 2016, 12:27 pm by Cody M. Poplin
Susan and Cody flagged the responses from Apple, Facebook, and other U.S. voices to the draft U.K. [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 12:55 pm by Elina Saxena
In light of the attacks in San Bernardino, in the Hill, Rachel Brand of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board calls for a “renewed discussion about whether the laws governing our intelligence agencies enable them to pursue terrorist threats nimbly and aggressively while also respecting american’s privacy and civil liberties. [read post]
15 Dec 2015, 1:17 pm by Cody M. Poplin
Los Angeles public schools were shut down today and all students and faculty were sent home after police received what they considered a credible bomb threat against the school system. [read post]
11 Dec 2015, 12:56 pm by Elina Saxena
The Hill reports that Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) "is circulating his own draft authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), adding to a growing list of such bills. [read post]
1 Dec 2015, 1:30 pm by Elina Saxena
Defense Secretary Ash Carter testified before the House Armed Services Committee about the U.S. strategy against the Islamic State today, appearing on Capitol Hill where several anxious lawmakers, including Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), have recently called for troop increases in Iraq and Syria. [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 3:02 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
Editor’s Note: Today’s Headlines and Commentary will be in a turkey coma for the remainder of the week. [read post]