U.S. Government

List of U.S. Government articles

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  FP’s Situation Report: Concerns over Libya, Marines move in; What was Petraeus’ role in Swenson’s lost MOH file?; Dempsey: Syrian opp not ready for prime time; The fight to save the A-10; Afghanistan needs a runoff; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  Obama’s Unwanted Legacy

  Shadow Government 2009-2017

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  Dov Zakheim

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  Leaderless in Venezuela

  Transitions

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  Juan Cristóbal Nagel

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  Reading Between the Targeted Killings

  Richard Clarke's new thriller about the U.S. drone program hits surprisingly close to home. But is the administration insider a critic of Obama's war on terror?

  Feature

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  J. Dana Stuster

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  Congress is hating on SOCOM, but please don’t take it out on the battered troops

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  A junior officer asks: Tell me, just what is this ‘authorities’ of which you speak?

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  A postcard from the Special Ops counterterror Olympics, held in Jordan

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  FP’s Situation Report: Africa has a new bad boy; The Pentagon is prepared for a ‘chicken zombie’ apocalypse; Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete with the U.S. military; Saudi makes an overture to Iran; Dempsey, Odierno to Aspen; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

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  Washington’s Sleeping Sickness

  The greatest force at work in America's capital is inertia.

  COLUMN

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  David Rothkopf

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  Ctrl + Alt + Delete

  Resetting America's military.

  Feature

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  Shawn Brimley, Paul Scharre

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  Future of War contest: The voting so far

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  The Dakota War (AKA ‘Little Crow’s War’): Lincoln the killer or the merciful?

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  No pizza for Mr. Taliban?

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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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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  Goldich: A few words in defense of the National Guard, even its politicization

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks