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Scalise Emerges as Defense Hawks' Pick for House No. 2
The majority whip backed their plan to evade spending limits by using the wartime contingency fund.
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How Fear Slammed America’s Door on Syrian Refugees
As millions flee from war to uncertainty or death, ‘national security concerns’ have kept US arrivals to a trickle.
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Defense Policy Bill Heads to Obama, Who Readies Veto Pen
The 2016 NDAA would give the Pentagon all the money the White House requested — but without resolving four-year-old budget caps.
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U.S. Commander in Afghanistan: Now Is Not the Time to Leave
Gen. Campbell tells lawmakers he has sent the White House various options for keeping troops beyond 2016.
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Lawmakers' Defense Spending Agreement Ignores Obama on War Fund, Guantanamo
House and Senate members agreed to military personnel and acquisition reforms, yet set up a showdown over the offshore prison and wartime supplemental funding.
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The Real Audience for Obama’s U.N. Speech Was Republicans
Though he was speaking in an international forum, the president’s message actually seemed targeted at the 2016 GOP field.
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Putin Makes the Case For Dictators With UN Speech
Obama and Putin both want to defeat ISIS. But their visions for how the world should look after its defeat don't match up.
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Who Cares If Russia Helps Stabilize Syria
If Putin and Obama don't want a fight, Moscow and Washington should get over themselves and let this work.
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Congress Plans To Keep Government Open
A short-term spending measure would keep the government running until early December.
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Obama Administration: Terror-War Authorizations Don't OK Defending US-Trained Syrians Against Assad
Instead, administration officials say, the Constitution gives the president the authority, in certain circumstances, to order action against Assad’s forces.
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Can the U.S. Trust China to Stop Stealing Business Secrets?
Obama threatened sanctions, but proving responsibility for a cyberattack will be difficult.
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Obama, Xi Reach Agreement Over Chinese Data Thefts
The two leaders agreed that neither government would conduct or knowingly support web enabled theft of intellectual property.
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NSA Head: Loss of Access to Metadata Will Hurt Intelligence
The director of the NSA says the Freedom Act will slow and hamper intelligence gathering. Too bad it’s already law.
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Would Sun Tzu Endorse Donald Trump's Total-War Political Strategy?
Forget The Art of the Deal—what does The Art of War have to say about whether the Republican frontrunner’s campaign has peaked?
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Hillary Clinton: Come Clean or Get Out
If Clinton won't say how and why she hid her State Department emails related to national security, why should the public--much less the FBI--believe her on anything?
Science & Tech
White House: No Cyber Attack Pact with China, For Now
The Chinese president’s visit to Washington will highlight how far apart the two nations are on cyber issues.
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McCain Vows One Continuing Resolution Only, Then It’s Budget Deal or Bust
The Armed Service Committee chairman compared his own majority leader’s strategy on defense spending to the administration’s in Iraq and Syria: nonexistent.
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Is Joni Ernst the Next John McCain?
The freshman Iowa senator and Iraq vet is making her way into the GOP’s national-security leadership.
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Lawmakers Reheat War Over Defense vs Non-Defense Spending
The announcement from Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell is seen as a coup for Democrats who want a plan to raise budget caps on both defense and nondefense spending.
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