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Obama’s azimuth check on Iraq; A growing Turkish-Saudi alliance; Sounds of the South China Sea; GI Bill for small business?; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 22, 2015

Threats

Dempsey’s acid Iraq quip; Rand Paul stands against NSA; SOF take DNA testing to the hot zone; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
May 21, 2015

Threats

Sunnis for Ramadi; US helo takes fire in Iraq; Asia-Pacific grows hectic, risky; F-35 ‘battle-ready’ in July?; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 20, 2015

Threats

Shiite militias surge to Ramadi; Air Force UAV operators get a break; Lifting the veil on drones for 2016; Americans rescued from Ukraine; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
May 19, 2015

Threats

Yemen heats up again; New tack in ISIS war as Ramadi falls; China unveils new weapons; Kerry presses North Korea; Marines’ tragedy in Hawaii; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
May 18, 2015

Threats

Marines’ tragedy in Nepal; China selling drones to Jordan?; Rapid response force for the Gulf?; Gitmo in limbo; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 15, 2015

Threats

Fourteen dead in Kabul; A new approach for NSA data collection?; Rubio on repeat; Marines snub China; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 14, 2015

Threats

Saving success at Camp David summit; Carter eyes China’s islands; North Korean calamity; Navy sea changes, And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 13, 2015

Threats

Yemen ceasefire to begin today; Jeb’s Iraq gamble; Obama’s Arab summit must go on; Kerry prods Putin; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 12, 2015

Threats

White House meeting with Arab leaders looking shaky; Time for the Carter Doctrine?; Disco ball drones; ISIS at a crossroads; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 11, 2015

Threats

Taliban claims killing ambassadors in Pakistan; Syrian training begins; Selva profiled; Small future for armed drones; Stopping suicide; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 8, 2015

Threats

Key Iraqi refinery may fall to ISIS; Yemen wants ground troops; Carter: GOP bill a ‘road to nowhere’; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 7, 2015

Threats

Special operators to Yemen; Crowdsourcing the next drone engine; Tesla’s military future; McCain v. Dempsey; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 6, 2015

Threats

Dunford nomination heads to the Senate; Taliban peace talks in Qatar; Senegal sends troops for Yemen; A-10 day on the Hill; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 5, 2015

Threats

Ground troops enter Yemen; Arming the Middle East for peace with Iran; VA under intense cyber attack; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 4, 2015

Threats

Hormuz heats up; An anti-war candidate; Tracking the Taliban 5; Thornberry spooks Iraqis; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
May 1, 2015

Threats

Heaviest fighting yet in Yemen; GPS spoofing; Skunk-y spray for rioters; ISIS war expanding?; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
April 30, 2015

Threats

Iran rattles the Strait of Hormuz; ‘Landmark’ U.S. expansion in the Philippines; More F-35 delays?; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
April 29, 2015

Threats

Baltimore unrest summons the National Guard; A Friend in Abe; Nepal recovery; Senate chutzpah; How ISIS really gets its weapons; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
April 28, 2015

Threats

Pentagon deploys to the crisis in Nepal; Naval ships pound Yemen’s Aden; Japan seeks closer U.S. defense ties; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
April 27, 2015

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