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20 Jul 2016, 12:15 pm
Slahi was one of two so-called “Special Projects” whose brutal treatment then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld personally approved. [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 5:00 am by Daniel Byman
So far, the president himself remains unconvinced and loyal to his Saudi friends, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense James Mattis both called for a ceasefire, suggesting the administration position on the Yemen war may be softening. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 12:28 pm by Anna Salvatore
In two speeches yesterday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper called for increasing the U.S. military budget to confront rising threats in the Indo-Pacific Region. [read post]
13 Apr 2021, 11:57 am by Victoria Gallegos
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the plan at a news conference in Berlin, and he said the troops will be stationed in the Wiesbaden area and may arrive by fall. [read post]
In the case of Mohamedou Slahi, we're calling on Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel not to contest his habeas case. [read post]
19 Aug 2021, 12:27 pm by Christiana Wayne
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. [read post]
13 Dec 2016, 11:43 am by Quinta Jurecic
The Wall Street Journal reports on the potential Secretary of State’s business connections to the Kremlin and to other “strongmen on the wrong side of the U.S. government,” including Moammar Gadhafi. [read post]
15 May 2015, 10:40 am
Secretary of Agriculture called from increased agricultural production to meet international food needs. [read post]
7 Nov 2021, 7:01 am by Stacie Pettyjohn
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has stated that the Defense Department is looking to establish additional base access to “shorten the legs” of flights to Afghanistan. [read post]
They were the outcome of an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which found that Chinese steel and aluminum overcapacity (a product of China’s market-distortive industrial policies) is flooding the global market with cheap metals and threatening U.S. domestic industries critical to defense. [read post]
19 Dec 2023, 4:48 am by Beatrice Yahia
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Israel yesterday where he offered “thoughts about how to transition from high intensity operations to a lower intensity and more surgical operations. [read post]
13 Mar 2018, 12:50 pm by William Ford
In a surprise visit to Kabul, Defense Secretary James Mattis stated that he is just as focused on promoting peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan as he is on winning the ground war against the Taliban, the Journal reports. [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 5:00 am by Ariane Tabatabai, Colin P. Clarke
The New York Times reported last month that two camps within the administration are battling out how to respond to these developments, with one camp (led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien) trying to convince the president to act more forcefully against these groups and the other (mostly composed of U.S. military and Department of Defense officials, including Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and the… [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 11:04 am by Garrett Hinck
The Houthi-run news agency said that Houthi air defenses shot down a U.S. [read post]
20 Oct 2017, 8:17 am by Garrett Hinck
Secretary of Defense James Mattis said the possibility of an ambush “was considered unlikely” and pledged to get answers about the attack, Politico reported. [read post]
12 Sep 2017, 12:17 pm by Alex Wagner, Richard Eisenberg
   Trump’s August 28th presidential memorandum to the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security formalized his Twitter declaration into official policy guidance. [read post]
2 Jun 2021, 12:59 pm by Christiana Wayne
U.S. defense officials say there are currently no plans to monitor or deter the Iranian ships with U.S. [read post]
Blocks Most Cleared Detainees from Going Home: The Senate NDAA would block the transfer home of the vast majority of cleared detainees by imposing a blanket ban on transfers to Yemen, instead of continuing to allow the secretary of defense to make decisions on an individual basis. [read post]