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Special commission envisions treating public service more like military service
A report from the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service envisions a more universal idea of service that recruits feds in some of the same ways as the military.
By Jessie Bur
Esper sees progress to fill top Pentagon vacancies
Congress and the White House are working to fill senior vacancies at the Pentagon.
By Joe Gould
Trump names retired Navy SEAL vice admiral new acting director of national intelligence via Tweet
In a one two punch, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter both that the nation’s number two intelligence official would be resigning and that he had named a new acting director of national intelligence ― current National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Maguire.
By Nathan Strout
Dems warn Shanahan new border actions could break civil-military law
Key senators are asking the defense secretary to stick to a ban on troops performing law enforcement roles.
By Joe Gould
This week in Congress: The fiscal 2020 budget finally drops
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 11, 2019.
US military officers prep the battlefield for White House budget
Ahead of the White House’s FY20 budget submission, a solid push for diplomacy and development spending is coming from, well, the Defense Department.
By Joe Gould
Trump triggers another resignation after sudden Syria policy shift
Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
Trump thought the military’s top officer made $5 million a year: report
The Washington Post reported that his chief of staff had to inform him that even top military officials make far less than that.
Dems fight to wall off military from Trump’s immigration plans
Here's how Congressional Democrats are targeting the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy's reliance on the military.
By Joe Gould