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State Department Opens Emerging-Tech Office
The Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology will facilitate strategic partnerships to develop and regulate innovative technology.
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Pentagon Scrambles to Prep New COVID Rules as Vaccine Mandate Nears End
Vaccine-refusal separations are on hold as DOD develops “further guidance.”
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New Ranking Member Could Shake up a Key Senate Oversight Committee
A new Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee wants the body to "reassert itself."
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Senate Reaches Breakthrough and Passes $1.7T Omnibus Funding Bill
Measure now heads to the House ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline.
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Zelenskyy to America: Our Fight Is Your Fight
“Your money is not charity," the Ukrainian president said, but "an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way.”
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Omnibus Bill Would Add 3 Warships, Save 9 from Retirement
Lawmakers tinkered with the Navy’s shipbuilding plan in the proposed 2023 omnibus bill.
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Omnibus Spending Bill Would Ban TikTok on Government Devices
Congress may need to do more to ward off the national-security threat of the Chinese-made video app, one senator says.
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The 2023 Omnibus' Cyber, Tech, and Space Provisions
The $1.7 trillion bill introduced on Tuesday aims to spur investment in cyber defense, space, and other cutting-edge tech.
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Defense Spending to Soar to $858B in $1.7T Omnibus Bill
10% bump over 2022 mark is far more than then 4% proposed by Biden.
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The Saudi-China Deal Tells Us What Autocracies Want From Each Other
Biden’s blunt democracy-vs.-autocracy rhetoric may be pushing U.S. security partners toward Beijing.
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Why Congress Can’t Stop the CIA From Working With Forces That Commit Abuses
The Leahy Law prohibits the U.S. military from providing training and equipment to foreign security forces that commit human rights abuses, but it does not apply to U.S. intelligence agencies.
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US To Expand Ukraine Training Mission Early Next Year
New program aims to train 500 Ukrainians a month in Germany.
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House Moves to Avoid a Friday Shutdown, But Hurdles Remain in the Senate
Lawmakers are looking to create enough time to pass a full-year funding measure.
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World Leaders Expected to Push for Ukraine War Crimes Trials at Munich Security Conference
“How do we get them in front of courts?” says the German ambassador who leads the annual event.
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Amphibious Warship To Be Named for Fallujah Battles
The 45,000 metric-ton ship will be the first Navy vessel to honor a post-9/11 battle.
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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban TikTok, Citing National Security
Bipartisan bill follows FBI warnings about Beijing's sway over the world's largest social-media platform.
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Congress Prepares One-Week CR as Lawmakers Work Toward Full-Year Funding Deal
The continuing resolution would push off a government shutdown from Friday night to Dec. 23.
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How the New Republicans Could Reshape US National Security
From China to anti-extremism efforts, a GOP-led House will have its say.
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‘Broken Culture’ Keeps Troops at Risk of Sexual Assault, Advocates Say
They wonder whether real change is possible before today’s leaders age out and leave.
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