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31 Jul 2020, 1:16 pm by Matt Gluck
ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare Elliot Setzer shared a livestream of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the State Department’s fiscal year 2021 budget request. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 10:45 am by Jordan Brunner
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is among those who has raised concerns over working with the SDF. [read post]
16 Mar 2021, 5:01 am by Sean Quirk
Defense Secretary Austin reaffirmed this position on Jan. 23. [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 8:15 am by Ashley Deeks
Section 1264 of the 2019 NDAA prohibits the Defense Department from using funds to reduce the number of active-duty members of the U.S. armed forces in South Korea below 22,000. [read post]
12 Nov 2020, 9:43 am by Valentin Weber
Former national security officials, such as former Defense Secretary Ash Carter and former CIA and National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden, have defended strong encryption as in the interests of national security, reasoning that any weakness in encryption will be inevitably exploited by criminals or foreign governments. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 11:51 am
From its response today on the photos: "We are disappointed that the president has signed a law giving the Defense Department the authority to hide evidence of its own misconduct, and we hope the defense secretary will not take advantage of that authority by suppressing photos related to the abuse of prisoners," said Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 9:54 am by Sean Gallagher
The Distinguished Warfare Medal, which was announced two months ago by outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, was shelved by new Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on April 15. [read post]
3 Mar 2022, 8:01 am by Christopher Gorman
Gehlhaus recommends the Defense Department work with the military services to establish AI-specific goals for cultivating technical talent. [read post]
31 Aug 2017, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan
Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over the U.S. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 12:21 pm by Jordan Brunner
Patterson has never held a Defense Department position, having previously been U.S. ambassador to Colombia and Pakistan, and the assistant secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 5:40 am by Patrick G. Lee
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled Monday that two American men can move forward with a civil lawsuit against the former Defense Secretary regarding allegations of torture by the U.S. military in Iraq. [read post]
19 Oct 2010, 2:00 am
Department of Veterans Affairs; and Rosa Brooks, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Rule of Law and Humanitarian Policy.Details and registration information here. [read post]
17 Jun 2008, 2:37 pm
In October and early November of 2002, numerous lawyers with the Defense Department advised General Counsel Jim Haynes that the contemplated use of severe "SERE" interrogation techniques would likely violate the torture statute and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 2:59 am
State Department's website, this mutual defense treaty, designed to ensure security in the Pacific region, did not include Great Britain notwithstanding the Commonwealth status of 2 states parties. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 11:10 am by Tia Sewell
Lloyd Austin to serve as Biden’s defense secretary today with a 93-to-2 vote, writes the Washington Post. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 8:02 am by J. Dana Stuster
Defense Department is considering proposing the deployment of conventional U.S. combat troops to northeastern Syria, CNN reported last week. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 3:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire
Committee of the Blue Shield on efforts to promote and protect international cultural property.Under the terms of the legislative proposal, the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Secretary of Defense, and United States Agency for International Development Administrator would be required to submit reports to the cultural property protection czar that describe each department’s efforts to protect cultural property from the threats of armed conflict,… [read post]
18 Jun 2021, 12:44 pm by Jordan Brunner, Emily Weinstein
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with their Chinese counterparts for the first time in March 2021. [read post]
2 Sep 2013, 2:59 am by Robert Kraft
Veterans can learn more about disability benefits on the joint Department of Defense-VA web portal, eBenefits, at www.ebenefits.va.gov. [read post]