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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
Trump’s Space Corps proposal has the right stuff, Shanahan tells Congress
When it comes to the Space Corps, the head of the House Armed Services Committee and the White House are not on the same page.
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.
With Mattis leaving the Pentagon, is Dunford next to go?
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford shares many of the world views that drove Defense Secretary Jim Mattis out of favor with President Trump.
By Tara Copp, AP and Aaron Mehta
Mattis out: Defense secretary says his views no longer aligned with Trump
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will retire "with distinction," President Trump tweeted Thursday.
Trump picks Army Chief Gen. Mark Milley as next top military adviser
The president made the nomination official in a Saturday morning tweet.
By Deb Reichmann