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Mike Pompeo, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on April 18, 2018.

Commentary White House North Korea

Pompeo’s Secret Korea Trip May Not Save His Nomination, But It Could Save Trump’s Summit

The president needs a “win” somewhere so badly that at the summit he may accept a nuclear freeze and a determined process as a major victory. That is a good thing.

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Artificial Intelligence

Eric Schmidt Didn’t Know That Google Was Working the Pentagon’s AI Project

The former chairman of Google was kept in the dark about the company’s outreach to the Defense Department — by design, he says.

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An Panzergrenadier of the Austrian armed forces protects the area with a grenade rifle, while an Ulan armored personnel carrier drives up on the outskirts of a village .

Commentary Veterans Civilians

What Austria Can Teach the US About Civil-Military Relations

I was raised in a culture in which soldiering is seen as just another dangerous profession.

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The D Brief

Syria, after the strikes; Secret US-NK meeting; New USAF attitude toward space biz; Facial recognition, in the dark; and just a bit more…

Someone shot at chemical weapons inspectors Tuesday in Syria, Agence France-Presse’s Maya Gebeily reports from the war-torn country. No one was injured in the incident, and the investigatory team …

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The USAF's new approach to acquisition will be tested by its replacement of the SBIRS missile-warning satellites, seen here in an artist's conception.

Air Force Space Industry

US Air Force Is Moving Faster on Space Contracts, Industry Execs Say

The service has new purchasing authorities, a planned new structure for its satellite-buying arm — and a new attitude, company leaders say.

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An Indian army major looks through “the big eyes” on the bridge of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a joint exercise. The nominee to head PACOM said he'll devote "great energy" to the U.S.-India relationship.

Asia-Pacific China

Three Things to Watch from the PACOM’s (Likely) Next Commander

The current leader of U.S. Fleet Forces command says he would work on the U.S.-India relationship “with great energy.”

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Modernizing the U.S. Munitions Arsenal

The past several decades of U.S. military munitions development have seen tremendous innovation and groundbreaking research into weapons advancement.

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., right, confers with committee member Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 11, 2017.

Commentary Congress White House

The Corker-Kaine Bill Would Codify, not End, the Forever War

The replacement AUMF would formalize a reversal of the Constitution, allowing the president to declare wars and Congress — if it dares — to veto them.

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The D Brief

US says Arabs should take over Syria mission; Joint warning about Russian hackery; New AUMF debated; Italy’s answer to not-quite-wars; and just a bit more…

The U.S. wants an “Arab force to replace the U.S. military contingent in Syria and help stabilize the northeastern part of the country after the defeat of Islamic State,” U.S. officials told the …

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