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Number of Foreign Companies Within Defense Supply Chain Grew Over Past Decade, Report Says

Reliance on foreign suppliers in the defense industrial base rose—notably in packaged software and IT services—even as calls for reshoring increase, according to a new report.

  • Mila Jasper
Ideas

The Navy Needs More Ships — and Vision, Too

From shipyards to sea, the Navy needs to show more passionate leadership articulating what its future must be, and why.

  • Brent D. Sadler
Threats

New tensions in NE Syria; Iran bounties on US troops; Eyes on Belarus; US expands Huawei blacklist; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
Ideas

We Need to Reorganize More than the Military

U.S. defense and diplomacy needs a major redesign to get serious about strategic competition with China and Russia.

  • Steve Ferenzi and Keith Weber
Threats

Pompeo confirms Russian bounty warning; Harris’ foreign policy; Israel, UAE make up; US mail sorters are disappearing; and a bit more...

  • Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
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US retreats in Iraq; USAF helo takes fire over Virginia; Naval standoff between NATO allies; COVID deaths hit 3-month high; and a bit more...

  • Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
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Iran Is Our Top Priority, Says Senior US Commander In Middle East

Shiite military attacks have made it harder to fight ISIS, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said.

  • Katie Bo Williams
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Kamala Harris on national security; Belarus crackdown; Seoul funds an aircraft carrier; That Russian vaccine; and a bit more….

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
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Russia touts untested vaccine; Protests rage as Lebanese PM quits; Yet another new SOLIC chief; DoD frees 5G freqs; and a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
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Lebanon, imploding; COVID window, closing; China, emboldened; Giant ice shelf, collapsed; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
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Today's D Brief: Trump bans 2 Chinese apps; Iran-Contra figure back to Iran; ‘Last hurdle’ for Afghan peace talks; Dire COVID prediction; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Top DOD Spox: No Conclusions Yet On Cause Of Beirut Explosion

Trump has claimed without evidence that the explosion might have been an “attack.”

  • Katie Bo Williams
Threats

Today’s D Brief: U.S. cuts secret deal to drill Syrian oilfields; State IG quits; Saudi nuke-fuel plant, revealed; Trump campaign punished for misinfo; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: 157,000 Americans have died from COVID; Port explosion ravages Beirut; Army plans laser battalion; Trump’s vote-by-mail reversal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today’s D Brief: 200 U.S. soldiers to Poland; Russian tensions escalate in Minsk; ‘Detainee crisis’ in Syria; SOS in the Pacific; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today’s D Brief: WH end-runs Senate to install defense policy chief; ISIS claims deadly attack in Afghanistan; GPS alternative; TikTok, Trump, Microsoft & China; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: AFRICOM HQ planning to move; Portland calms; Trump to FLA; Obvious Russian mercenaries; Marines missing; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Fed forces move to swing states; Trump threatens Election Day; How not to sell a European drawdown; Pentagon calls journalists ‘adversaries;’ And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
Threats

US to Begin Removing 12,000 Troops From Germany ‘Within Weeks’

The Pentagon says this is about Russia. Trump says it’s about Germany.

  • Katie Bo Williams
Threats

BREAKING: Trump’s Germany pullout revealed; Disinfo and DJT, Jr; 3-day ceasefire in Afghanistan; Iran shows force; The Pope gets hacked; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron, Katie Bo Williams and Ben Watson
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