Defense One

The Case for Repealing, and Not Replacing, the Iraq War Authorization

It should be a top priority for Congress to correct its historic blunder of passing the buck when it comes to war and peace.

America Has Come Full Circle in the Middle East

“We are opening a Pandora’s Box,” Dwight Eisenhower warned when he ordered the first U.S. combat mission in the region. Little did he know how right he would be.

State Department Still Has Poor Cybersecurity, Audit Finds

Spending more money didn’t fix problems auditors have been reporting for more than a decade, State’s IG found.

Anti-US efforts surge in Iraq; SOUTHCOM eyed for cuts; China battles epidemic; Clearance backlog stabilizes; And a bit more.

Tens of thousands of protesters demanded the U.S. military leave Iraq “amid a surge of anti-American sentiment” in Baghdad today, the Wall Street Journal reports from the Iraqi capital. Protesters …

How the Pentagon’s JAIC Picks Its Artificial Intelligence-Driven Projects

The organization is looking for developed technology it can deploy right now.

Security Clearance Backlog Hits Long-Awaited ‘Steady State’

About 200,000 people are waiting for background investigations, which lawmakers called a welcome, “sustainable” level.

Pre-merger spinoffs; V-22 COD flies; Gremlins drone crashes, and more…

Raytheon and United Technologies have agreed to sell two businesses to BAE Systems for $2.2 billion — if that deal helps them win U.S. government approval for their own merger.  UTC is selling …

Trump talks Afghanistan, Iraq, downplays troops’ injuries; Saudi phone hacking; Doomsday clock, more dire than ever; And a bit more.

There must be a “significant” reduction in violence across Afghanistan before the U.S. will support a ceasefire with the Taliban, President Donald Trump said Wednesday (al-Jazeera) during a …

2020 Dems Need To Get Up To Speed on Nuclear Weapons. Fast.

Front-runners have displayed key misunderstandings, while other candidates have shied away from the topic.