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Threats

NSA (somewhat) reined in; 10K-plus ISIS killed by US-led coalition; House panel wants ISIS war debate; Fixing airport security, or not; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • June 3, 2015
Threats

ISIS plunges Syria into greater uncertainty; US hostage released from Yemen; Are Graham’s nat-sec credentials too much for White House bid?; A Petraeus-Carter disconnect; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • June 2, 2015
Threats

Rebels take US hostages in Yemen; ISIS comes to Saudi Arabia; NSA powers in limbo; SecDef joins social media; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 1, 2015
Threats

New violence threatens Baghdad; China puts big guns on fake islands; Odierno’s shopping list; ‘Bug drones’ for SOF; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • May 29, 2015
Threats

Iraq fights back; Carter orders China to halt; Top Iran negotiator quitting; Pentagon’s ‘oops’ on anthrax; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
  • May 28, 2015
Threats

Anbar goes grim; ‘Inevitable war’ with China?; Northrop pushes back on R&D; New PACOM chief; Green Beret scrutiny over US hostage policy; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • May 27, 2015
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Threats

Baghdad jumps on Anbar; Japan joins US-Australian war games; Old strategy in Afghanistan is new again; Lighthouses for the South China Sea; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • May 26, 2015
Threats

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
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