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9 Aug 2020, 5:15 am by Matt Gluck, Tia Sewell
Howell also shared a conversation with Michel Paradis, senior attorney for the Defense Department, about his new book, “Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice”: Gluck also discussed a recent Department of Defense report that revealed deficiencies in biosafety and biosecurity practices within high-level Defense Department research labs. [read post]
8 Aug 2020, 11:06 am
This one is tired and overwrought, and there’s no substance to it.Frankly, for the Republicans to be harping on Benghazi in 2020, when under Donald Trump’s watch, three Americans were killed on a U.S. military base in Pensacola, Florida, last year in a terrorist attack inspired by al-Qaeda—what appears to be the first foreign-directed terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11—because the Defense Department failed to adequately vet the Saudi military… [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 1:05 pm by Tia Sewell
ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare Matt Gluck summarized a recent Department of Defense report which detailed substantive safety and security concerns in U.S. biology research labs. [read post]
6 Aug 2020, 12:40 pm by Matt Gluck
Secretary of Health and Human Services, according to Reuters. [read post]
6 Aug 2020, 7:58 am by Matt Gluck
The deputy secretary of defense named the secretary of the Army the executive agent for the Defense Department BSAT Biosafety and Biosecurity Program, which the inspector general’s office noted improved coordination both within the Defense Department and among other government agencies. [read post]
4 Aug 2020, 8:14 am by Robert S. Taylor
   First, we must look to our senior-most political leadership, especially Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. [read post]
3 Aug 2020, 9:35 am by William Ford, Matt Gluck
Thursday, August 6, 2020, at 9:00 a.m.: The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on the nominations of Jason Abend to be the Defense Department inspector general; Bradley Hansell to be the deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security; Lucas Polakowski to be the assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs; and Louis Bremer to be the assistant secretary of defense… [read post]
2 Aug 2020, 1:07 pm by Robert Chesney
And in 1988, Congress did exactly that in the so-called Exon-Florio Amendment to the Defense Production Act. [read post]
1 Aug 2020, 12:24 pm by Matt Gluck, Tia Sewell
Judd Devermont and Nilanthi Samaranayake argued the U.S. should consider using the Quadrilateral Dialogue, the informal strategic coalition between the U.S., Australia, India and Japan, as a model for addressing the surging COVID-19 crisis in Africa. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 1:16 pm by Matt Gluck
The settlement agreement was sent to U.S. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Dems Rebuke Culture of Sexism in Defense of Ocasio-Cortez Politico – Caitlin Oprysko and Sarah Ferris | Published: 7/23/2020 More than a dozen House Democrats lined up recently to support U.S. [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 12:35 pm by Tia Sewell
A new mandatory Pentagon training course launched as part of Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s campaign to protect against leaks refers to protesters and journalists as “adversaries,” writes Politico. [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 9:33 am by Lester Munson
In our under the radar segment, Les highlights the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam raising tensions along the Nile, Loren explores the legislative twists and turns of this year’s NDAA, Jamil discusses the tit-for-tat consulate closures in Chengdu and Houston, and Andrew discusses how rebalancing special operations forces and potentially elevating the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict to full Under Secretary will impact… [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 8:13 am by Judd Devermont, Nilanthi Samaranayake
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo chided South Africa for accepting Cuban medical support; and the U.S. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 2:37 pm by Unknown
Fredericks (Jurisdiction; Breach of Contract) U.S. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 6:01 am by Zoe Bedell, John Major
” On July 27, the secretary of commerce filed the petition contemplated by the executive order. [read post]
27 Jul 2020, 2:16 pm by William Ford, Tia Sewell
The subcommittee will hear testimony from Tibor Nagy, Jr., the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, and Christopher Maloney, the acting assistant administrator for Africa at the U.S. [read post]