Defense One
Joint Chief Adm. Greenert Evacuated From Navy Yard During Shooting
CNO Greenert was at the Navy Yard during Monday’s shooting, Defense One learned. The Joint Chief of Staff member was evacuated, briefed, and later visited with Navy families. By Kevin Baron
Defense One
America Needs a Robust Crisis Response Force
With a sequestered budget, a force design of 174,000 is right sized to allow the Marine Corps to remain America’s crisis response force.
Management
State Department Management Chief Under Fire for Statements on Kabul Security
Sen. McCaskill and nonprofit watchdog challenge assertion of effective protection.
Management
Bipartisan Letter Suggests Pentagon Include Contractors in Staff Cuts
Lawmakers advise the Defense secretary to review all options before slashing the headquarters workforce by 20 percent.
Defense
Analysis: The U.S. Government Still Isn't Ready for a Catastrophic Terror Attack
If a major attack incapacitated the president, Congress, or Supreme Court, the nation would have no way to replace them -- despite 12 years of warnings.
Defense
Taliban Attack U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan
Similar attacks have grown more frequent in the northern and western region of the country.
Management
Sequester Forces Intel Agencies to Take More Risks, Chief Says
Automatic cuts' effect on intelligence-gathering won’t be obvious right away, Clapper warns.
Pay & Benefits
Current Service Members and Retirees Won't Lose Any Retired Pay Under Reform
President reminds military compensation and retirement modernization panel about grandfather clause.
Nextgov
New ICE App Enlists the Public’s Help to Catch Sexual Predators
The program is similar to a Most Wanted app from the FBI.
Defense
The CIA Begins Weapon Delivery to Some Syrian Rebels
State Department and other agencies are offering non-lethal aid.
Defense One
Obama's Wrong, Syria's Chemical Weapons Require Boots on the Ground
There's no way around it. Securing chemical weapons amid a civil war requires troops. By Joshua Foust
Nextgov
Zero Sum: Americans Must Sacrifice Some Security to Reform the NSA
The nation can survive the occasional terrorist attack, but our freedoms can't survive an invulnerable leader like Keith Alexander operating within inadequate constraints.
Pay & Benefits
Independent Agency Makes Headway on Furlough Appeals
MSPB begins to consolidate and adjudicate record number of appeals.
Nextgov
7 Reasons Why iPhone Fingerprint Security Might Not Be So Secure
NSA, pockets and wood slicers can all foil Apple’s iTouch biometric ID tool, security pros say.
Defense One
The Obama Doctrine
This wasn’t just an address to the nation about Syria, it was a major foreign policy speech that finally spells out the Obama Doctrine. By Stephanie Gaskell
Defense
Obama Pledges to Consider Syria Plan, While Keeping Threat of a Strike
President says he will continue to pursue congressional authorization for military intervention.
Defense One
One Veteran’s Battle to Bring His Afghan Interpreter to the United States
It took five years, amid constant death threats from the Taliban, to get one Army unit’s Afghan interpreter and his family to the United States. There has to be a better way. By Matt Zeller
Defense
What Does Obama Get From a Syria Compromise Besides Political Relief?
President now has an easier case to make.
Defense One
Americans Staunchly Opposed to Military Intervention in Syria
New poll suggests that Americans want Obama to find another way to avert a military response to the crisis in the Middle East. By Ronald Brownstein
Nextgov
Second Round of Solicitations Added to Simplified Federal Contracting Site
The RFP-EZ beta site gets a reboot.
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