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23 Dec 2011, 8:23 am by Robert Chesney
Cully Stimson of the Heritage Foundation, who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs between 2006 and 2007, writes in with the following thoughtful essay about the Daqduq case: There is an old saying that only the toughest issues make it to the President’s desk. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 2:32 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the Pentagon will open all combat roles to women without exception. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 1:22 pm by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who arrived in Erbil, Iraq earlier today for talks with Kurdish leaders, said “the strike showed that U.S. forces continued to fight al Qaeda even as the U.S. counterterrorism focus shifts to Islamic State. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 12:31 am
When Indonesia’s health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it “the nuttiest thing” he’d ever heard. [read post]
21 Aug 2017, 10:13 am by Matthew Kahn
On Sunday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that “[t]he president has made a decision. [read post]
22 Aug 2017, 8:30 am by Matthew Kahn
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Iraq as Iraqi forces begin an offensive to retake the city of Tal Afar, reports Reuters. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 12:21 pm by Cody M. Poplin
In March Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told the SFRC that the Administration had not yet made a legal determination as to whether it had the authority to protect the new Syrian forces from the Syrian government. [read post]
27 Jun 2023, 5:50 am by Reed Brody
Henry Kissinger, who served as national security adviser and secretary of state under Presidents Richard M. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 1:56 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Attorney’s office, which represents the government in this case, along with named defendants Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta filed its notice of appeal with the 2nd U.S. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 10:05 pm by Lyle Denniston
  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be represented by the U.S. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 12:42 pm by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
Defense Secretary Ash Carter praised Pakistan’s effort in the fight against terrorism. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 9:46 am by Tara Hofbauer
” Breaking Defense offers five rules that U.S. lawmakers can use in evaluating defense spending proposals. [read post]
16 Sep 2016, 12:12 pm by Rishabh Bhandari
  The Washington Post reports that the Defense Department remains deeply skeptical of the ceasefire deal brokered by Secretary of State John Kerrywith Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. [read post]
8 Feb 2023, 10:14 am by Barbara Lichman
No matter what objection or challenge the United States taxpayers bring in response to Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) initiatives, FAA’s defense is always the same: changes are required for “safety and efficiency. [read post]
8 Feb 2023, 4:18 am by Emma Snell
  China rejected a request from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to speak with his Chinese counterpart on Saturday, the Pentagon said yesterday. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 12:33 pm by PJ Blount
Blount with the blog faculty A round up of news and commentary on President Obama’s speech on space exploration yesterday: Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton en route Cape Canaveral, Florida Aboard Air Force One – The White House Obama Speech Redefines NASA Plans, Space Experts Say – Space.com Commercial Spaceflight Federation Hails President’s Space Plan As Creating “More Spacecraft, More Astronaut Flights, and More Jobs” –… [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 11:01 pm
In contrast, neither Lewis nor Paulson could even offer the defense in a criminal fraud trial that they thought that the good things that they were telling BofA shareholders about the Merrill Lynch deal were true. [read post]