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SpaceX's Biggest Military Advantage Isn't Just Cheap Rockets
As the upstart competes for Air Force contracts, it hopes that its competitor's reliance on Russian parts gives it an advantage.
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Here’s What Is in the Senate’s Cybersecurity Bill
The new measure would increase information sharing amongst the intelligence community, while expanding the NSA's surveillance authorities.
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Republicans Push Climate Change Cuts at CIA, Defense Department
The new GOP budget wants to gut the Pentagon's research into the national security implications of climate change.
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GOP Budget Hawks Want To Use War Funds To Skirt Defense Caps
McCain, but not everyone, dismissed using OCO funds as a 'dodge' around ending sequestration and getting back to a normal budget process.
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Tom Cotton, the GOP's Newest Hawk, Takes Flight
Is Sen. Tom Cotton the hawk to lead the GOP back to national security supremacy?
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Support for Government Surveillance Could Imperil GOP's 2016 Hopefuls
That's one of several takeaways from a Pew survey measuring how much the Snowden leaks have changed how Americans protect their privacy online.
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Is There a Future for Russia Without Vladimir Putin?
Even if the president reappears, his absence reveals the chilling degree to which he has consolidated power in the country.
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Undoing Netanyahu's Damage to US-Israel Relations
The former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, argues that it will crucial for Jerusalem's next government to get right with Washington.
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Senate Panel Advances Cybersecurity Bill
In the wake of last December's Sony hack, the Senate Intelligence Committee passed a controversial information sharing bill that could embolden the NSA's surveillance programs.
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The Only Thing the White House and Congress Agree On About the War Against ISIS
Senators and Obama’s top officials agree on one thing on the war against the Islamic State -- Congress is unlikely to authorize it, and it’s unlikely to matter.
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US To Ramp Up Military Equipment for Ukraine But Still No 'Lethal' Arms
Humvees, radars, and drones are on their way to the Ukraine front lines.
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GOP 2016 Hopefuls Line Up To Endorse Letter to Iran
Despite criticism the Senate GOP stumbled in writing Tehran's leaders, the party's 2016 hopefuls are racing to take a stand on what's seen as a lasting issue.
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Can Congress Be Trusted With America’s Foreign Policy?
Iran, Ukraine and a new war powers request to fight the Islamic State give Congress plenty to consider and even more to mess up.
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Republicans May Have Undermined Their Own Cause Against Iran
The letter from 47 Republicans to Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei could provide an excuse to blame the U.S. if nuclear negotiations fail.
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One Year Later, Obama Administration Still ‘Reviewing’ Lethal Aid to Ukraine
For roughly a year, Obama officials have been weighing lethal aid to Ukraine. Some 6,000 Ukrainians have been killed since, but they’re no closer to a decision.
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Bob Menendez Pressures White House on Ukraine as Charges Loom
With his political future in question, the senator from New Jersey isn’t backing down on criticizing the administration's handling of the crisis in Ukraine.
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Why Obama's ISIS War Powers Request Is Going Nowhere
A month after the White House released a new draft to authorize military force against the Islamic State, the measure hasn't gained support in either chamber or party.
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Pacific Command’s Adm. Locklear Shortlisted for Joint Chiefs Chairman
PACOM commander Adm. Samuel Locklear asked to delay retirement so Carter can consider him for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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More Democrats Urge Obama To Arm the Ukrainians
On the heels of Ash Carter and Martin Dempsey’s testimony the U.S. should ‘absolutely consider’ arming Ukraine, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing Obama further.
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