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Thornberry: Trump Budget Too Small; Pentagon Needs $91B More Than Defense Spending Caps Allow

March 1, 2017 5:32 PM

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller visits the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Feb. 19, 2016. Neller toured the depot to observe the FA-18 maintenance repair process. US Marine Corps photo.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Armed Services Committee chairman wants a defense spending increase nearly 70 percent larger than what the White House has called for –$91 billion, compared to President Donald Trump’s $54 billion – above what spending caps allow for Fiscal Year 2018. Read More →

UPDATED: Financier Philip Bilden Withdraws From SECNAV Nomination

By: Megan Eckstein and Sam LaGrone

February 26, 2017 5:27 PM

Philip Bilden

This post has been updated to include a statement from Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Philip Bilden.

Financier Philip Bilden has withdrawn himself from consideration to be the next Secretary of the Navy, he said in a Sunday statement. Read More →

Trump Calls to F-35 Program Head, Boeing CEO Led to Super Hornet, JSF Review

By: Sam LaGrone

February 16, 2017 10:53 AM

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two phone calls then President-elect Donald J. Trump made to the military head of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program officeled to a Pentagon review to compare capabilities of the JSF to an advanced variants of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the head of the JSF Joint Program Office told a House panel on Thursday. Read More →

Panel: Putin’s Influence on Ukraine Civil War Major Global Security Challenge

By: John Grady

February 8, 2017 12:53 PM

Pro-Russian separatists at a check point in Kharkiv in Eastern Ukraine on 2014.

Pro-Russian separatists at a check point in Kharkiv in Eastern Ukraine in 2014.

A former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s escalation of the conflict in Ukraine is a major global security challenge facing the administration of President Donald Trump. Read More →

Cotton Calls for a $26B Uptick in Planned Defense Supplemental

By: John Grady

February 6, 2017 5:44 PM

A member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committee is calling for a $26 billion addition to this year’s emergency defense spending bill to rebuild readiness — starting with increased flying and training times and increasing the end-strength of the Army and Marine Corps. Read More →

Document: Report to Congress on Trump Changes to the National Security Council

February 6, 2017 9:08 AM

The following is the Jan. 30, 2017 Congressional Research Service memo Trump Administration Changes to the National Security Council: Frequently Asked Questions. Read More →

Document: Defense Department Exemptions to Federal Hiring Freeze

February 2, 2017 12:19 PM

The following is a Feb. 1, 2017 memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work that includes a list of Defense Department jobs that are exempt from President Donald Trump’s Jan. 23 federal government hiring freeze. Read More →

Trump Calls for Plan to Defeat ISIS, Requirements Mirror Obama Admin Approach

By: Megan Eckstein

January 31, 2017 12:41 PM

Image from a propaganda video released on March 17, 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) via AFP.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the creation of a strategy to defeat the Islamic State, bringing in multiple federal departments and agencies with requirements that closely mirror how the Obama Administration had approached the problem. Read More →

Opinion: The Strategic Impact of Trump’s Executive Orders and Actions

By: Cmdr. Daniel Dolan, USN (Retired)

January 30, 2017 4:42 PM

ISIS forces in Iraq

CORRECTION: The following piece was mislabeled as an analysis piece rather than opinion.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week that bars citizens from Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Syria from entering the United States for 90 days, suspends refugee admission programs for 120 days and indefinitely bans Syrian refugees. Many questions have been raised about this controversial executive action. Since this action is characterized as a national security measure, this analysis will examine two questions: first, will such a policy measurably contribute to U.S. national security interests at home and abroad? And second, why the sudden change in strategy? Read More →

Former DoD Officials Laud International Development Programs, Question Their Future In Trump Admin

By: John Grady

January 30, 2017 3:54 PM

Four F-35B Lightning II aircraft perform a flyover above the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on Nov. 20, 2016. US Navy Photo

The Trump administration’s focus on “America first” throws into question whether it would launch any new large-scale international joint development programs such as the F-35, a former under secretary of defense for policy said Monday. Read More →

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Tag Archives: Donald Trump

Thornberry: Trump Budget Too Small; Pentagon Needs $91B More Than Defense Spending Caps Allow

UPDATED: Financier Philip Bilden Withdraws From SECNAV Nomination

Trump Calls to F-35 Program Head, Boeing CEO Led to Super Hornet, JSF Review

Panel: Putin’s Influence on Ukraine Civil War Major Global Security Challenge

Cotton Calls for a $26B Uptick in Planned Defense Supplemental

Document: Report to Congress on Trump Changes to the National Security Council

Document: Defense Department Exemptions to Federal Hiring Freeze

Trump Calls for Plan to Defeat ISIS, Requirements Mirror Obama Admin Approach

Opinion: The Strategic Impact of Trump’s Executive Orders and Actions

Former DoD Officials Laud International Development Programs, Question Their Future In Trump Admin

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