Defense

Can Trump Make a Deal With North Korea?

One of the biggest problems facing the president-elect might also be his biggest opportunity.

Defense

Trump ISIS Strategy Worries Top House Armed Services Democrat

HASC's Rep. Adam Smith, in a C-SPAN-hosted interview, challenged Trump's incoming team to produce a national security strategy that doesn’t alienate the U.S. military's Muslim partners fighting terrorism.

Pay & Benefits

Vets Affected By Calif. National Guard Bonus Debacle Would Not Owe Government Under House Bill

Republican lawmakers also want Defense to repay with interest anyone who already paid their debt, which resulted from overpayments by military recruiters.

Defense

Universities Worry That They Have No Way to Protect Their Students From Federal Immigration Agents

Trump has vowed to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants an exemption from deportation to children who arrived in the US before they turned 16 or before January 2010. .

Nextgov

Democratic Senate Shuffle Could Aid Encryption Advocates on Intel Committee

Incoming ranking member Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., supports a committee to examine long-term encryption compromises.

Defense

U.S. Troops Are Still in the Philippines, Despite Duterte’s Insults and Threats

PACOM commander Adm. Harry Harris will head to the islands ‘optimistic’ but expecting a ‘refocusing’ of joint exercises.

Defense

A 'Nation-State' Used Wikileaks to Influence the U.S. Election, the Head of the NSA Says

Rogers did not name the nation-state in question, nor elaborate on the effect it sought.

Management

Why Donald Trump (and His Family) Won’t Be Subject to Security Clearance Background Checks

A CIA chef undergoes more scrutiny for his job than does the president to receive the nation’s most closely-held secrets.

Defense

How Special Operators Trained for Information Warfare Before the Mosul Fight

At a two-day exercise in April, U.S. troops practiced waging warfare on an invisible yet vital battlefield.

Defense

Fighting Terrorism in the Age of Trump

The president-elect has vowed to kill the families of ISIS members and bring back Bush-era torture tactics.

Defense

Unmanned Hueys Are Coming

Remote-controlled helicopters for resupply enter new phase of development.

Defense

White House: $11.6B More Needed for ISIS Fight, Afghanistan

The request brings the expected 2017 price tag for both wars to $85.3 billion.

Defense

Trump’s Long List of National Security Unknowns

Nobody knows what the president-elect will do about ISIS, NATO, or the size and shape of the U.S. military and intelligence workforce.

Defense

Will Trump Keep Obama’s Top Mideast General?

As candidate, he vowed to demand a new anti-ISIS war plan in 30 days. Here’s the top commander who could answer the call—or be fired.

Management

World Leaders Are Awkwardly Congratulating Donald Trump

"I want to sugarcoat anything. Nothing is easier, much will be difficult," said Angela Merkel.

Defense

Lessons for Combat in Mosul, From a Trio of Watchdogs

U.S.-assisted push against ISIS examined by Defense, State and USAID inspectors general.

Defense

Homeland Security Still Slow to Fill Law Enforcement Jobs, Watchdog Finds

ICE, Secret Service and CBP struggle with stretched work force and weak tools to track job applicants.

Defense

How U.S. Policy in Honduras Set the Stage For Today’s Mass Migration

Violence, poverty and oppression in Honduras are causing thousands to flee to the U.S. Will the next president own the role of U.S. foreign policy in creating these problems?

Defense

No, the National Guard Can’t ‘Secure’ the Election

By design, the role of the military in voting-related activities is highly limited. Proposed legislation may change that.