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President Trump and then-U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley at the United Nations in 2018.

Commentary Coronavirus White House

America Should Build an International Coalition Now

The United States has an urgent interest in filling the global leadership void during this stateless scourge.

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Soldiers from 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division board an Atlas Air plane at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., March 3.

Coronavirus Pentagon Industry

Military Leaders Worry About Health of Commercial Airlines

The leader of U.S. Transportation Command is looking for ways to give them work.

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An artist's illustration of the OneWeb communications satellite

Space Technology

If Space Startups Fail, the Pentagon’s Going to Need Some New Plans

The coronavirus is threatening young space companies — and the military’s plans to rely on them.

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Kyrgyzstan's people queue up to board a plane to Osh, Kyrgyzstan at the Zhukovsky international airport 36 km (22,5 mikes) southeast of Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 23, 2020.

Navy Coronavirus

Can Better Airplane Boarding Procedures Slow the Spread of Coronavirus?

A new computer model offers a better way to understand how people move in tight spaces, which can affect how viruses spread.

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An Italian Army vehicle blocks the road leading to the town of Contigliano, seen on the hilltop in the background, after it was declared a red zone due to its cases of Covid-19, the third red zone in the region of Lazio, Italy, Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

Commentary Coronavirus NATO

The Coronavirus Pandemic Should Be NATO’s Moment

There’s one multinational organization that has command-and-control for contingencies, the staff to execute operations, and exists to defend its member states.

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The D Brief

1st soldier dies of COVID-19; Aircraft carrier CO pleads for help; Some good news for Afghan talks; N. Korea threatens ‘hurt’ to US; And a bit more.

First U.S. service member dies of COVID-19. Army Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok, a physician assistant in the New Jersey National Guard, died on Saturday after a 7-day hospitalization in Pennsylvania. …

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How Emerging Technology Is Transforming Tomorrow’s Mission, Today

As organizations everywhere modernize their IT infrastructure and implement software-defined data centers and solutions to take advantage of these new tools, many government entities are already realizing some extraordinary wins in the ways that emerging tech can boost mission delivery.

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