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Trump says a shutdown would hurt the military ‘very badly.’ Here’s what would happen

Travis J. Tritten -

January 16, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump arrives to sign the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 12. But the NDAA provides no actual money to the Pentagon and analysts believe lawmakers will eventually settle on deal to fund at least the 10 percent increase in base defense spending requested by the president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Foreign Policy

Defense industry poised for boost by ‘Trump tailwind’

Travis J. Tritten -

January 16, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump's nominee to lead the military healthcare system, Dean Winslow, has a history of being outspoken and taking political risks. (David B. Gleason / Wikimedia Commons)

Foreign Policy

Your survival guide to the coming blizzard of Pentagon papers

Jamie McIntyre -

January 14, 2018 5:01 am

On Sunday, SpaceX launched a secret satellite codenamed Zuma on its first flight of the new year. Since then, no one knows what has happened to it. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)

Foreign Policy

Mystery deepens over fate of super-secret $1 billion military satellite

Jamie McIntyre -

January 11, 2018 7:51 pm

Unarmed and armed drones, vehicles, helicopters, and artillery are among the items that will be shipped. Members of Fort Benning's Army security-force assistance brigade could be deployed by February to serve as combat advisers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)

Foreign Policy

Trump’s Afghanistan strategy includes deploying 1,000 combat advisers, military equipment: Report

Anna Giaritelli -

January 11, 2018 4:54 pm

National Security

‘Star Wars’ references pulled from Pentagon memo

Mandy Mayfield -

January 10, 2018 9:01 pm

Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell made the threats in a tweet and Facebook post on Tuesday evening. (Department of Defense photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Foreign Policy

Top enlisted leader to remaining ISIS fighters: Surrender or we’ll beat you to death with shovels

Travis J. Tritten -

January 10, 2018 6:24 pm

Some problems have already been found. In an initial audit, the Army found 39 Black Hawk helicopters that weren't on the books, Defense Department Comptroller David Norquist said. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

National Security

Audit work and fixes could cost Pentagon nearly $1 billion this year

Travis J. Tritten -

January 10, 2018 4:48 pm

The big flaw in the strategy is there is no way for Kim to know if the strike is truly limited, and not the opening salvo in a war designed to topple him from power. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

National Security

At the Pentagon, little appetite for a ‘bloody nose’ strike on North Korea

Jamie McIntyre -

January 9, 2018 7:54 pm

When journalists asked Defense Secretary Jim Mattis about a new tell-all book about the Trump administration, he joked:

National Security

Jim Mattis: I’m too busy ‘actually doing my job’ to read Michael Wolff’s book

Naomi Lim -

January 6, 2018 1:57 am

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Trump says a shutdown would hurt the military ‘very badly.’ Here’s what would happen

Defense industry poised for boost by ‘Trump tailwind’

Your survival guide to the coming blizzard of Pentagon papers

Mystery deepens over fate of super-secret $1 billion military satellite

Trump’s Afghanistan strategy includes deploying 1,000 combat advisers, military equipment: Report

‘Star Wars’ references pulled from Pentagon memo

Top enlisted leader to remaining ISIS fighters: Surrender or we’ll beat you to death with shovels

Audit work and fixes could cost Pentagon nearly $1 billion this year

At the Pentagon, little appetite for a ‘bloody nose’ strike on North Korea

Jim Mattis: I’m too busy ‘actually doing my job’ to read Michael Wolff’s book

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