Department of Defense

List of Department of Defense articles

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  Ctrl + Alt + Delete

  Resetting America's military.

  Feature

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  Shawn Brimley, Paul Scharre

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  FP’s Situation Report: Manned aircraft joins the Nigerian search; Dempsey: direct action the most expensive; Al-Qaeda journalism in Yemen; An NSA reformer is a tweeting Trekkie; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  FP’s Situation Report: Boko Haram suggests a swap; Abdullah Abdullah wins a major endorsement; Syria wants antiaircraft missiles; Hagel wheels up today; The Army’s search for a Patron Saint of Public Affairs; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  Hagel to Congress: Stop Monkeying Around With My Budget

  The Complex

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  Gordon Lubold

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  FP’s Situation Report: Iraqis want attack drones; Anbar rages; Obama’s war on transparency; House passes a budget; Worries about CIA’s Afg plans; Why Geoff Morrell makes the big bucks; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  Pentagon Inks $1.2 Billion Deal For White House Helicopter — And the Expenses Start There

  The Complex

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  Dan Lamothe

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  Pentagon To Help In Search For Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls

  The Complex

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  Gordon Lubold

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  Target:?

  The United States has spent $1 billion on a weapon that 
has no mission. And started an arms race with China in the process.

  Feature

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  James M. Acton

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  FP’s Situation Report: Hagel to make pitch for engagement; Boko Haram wants to sell the girls; American Legion: Shinseki should resign; Is it ethical to use dolphins in war?; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  Pakistan’s Tactical Nukes Threaten Stability in South Asia

  The South Asia Channel

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  Monika Chansoria

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  FP’s Situation Report: Is the CIA pulling out of Afg?; A nonprofit profits big time; Fixing UCLASS; A secret arms cache in Texas?; Troops don’t got milk; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  FP’s Situation Report: Ukraine is feeling outmatched

  Hagel's hotline to the Kremlin; Iraq's election today; Denny Blair debuts; Obama as Captain America; At the Pentagon, if it looks like an alligator… and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  FP’s Situation Report: Obama gets defensive on his use of Defense

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  Through the Fiscal Looking Glass

  The latest plans for the Pentagon's budget present an alternate reality.

  COLUMN

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  Gordon Adams

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  FP’s Situation Report: The sanctions are coming, the sanctions are coming

  Military muscle flexing in Asia; Hagel's approval rating low; Crash in Afg probably an accident; Assad to seek a third term; In China, the Big Ban Theory; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel