Ben Watson is news editor for Defense One. He previously worked for NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Here and Now” in Washington, D.C. Watson served for five years in the U.S. Army, where he was an award-winning combat cameraman and media advisor for southern Afghanistan’s special operations command during the 2010-11 surge.
America’s seven-day ’’reduction in violence” plan with the Taliban will start tonight, the Associated Press reports this morning from Islamabad, Pakistan. Whether the plan will hold is of course a …
America’s new acting intelligence chief will now perform three jobs at once. On Wednesday evening President Trump tweeted that Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany and special envoy for …
John Rood, the Pentagon’s undersecretary of defense for policy, has been asked to resign because he “lost support among senior national security leadership,” CNN reports today. His portfolio is …
Taliban, U.S. set ceasefire deal. The United States and the Taliban have reached an agreement for a seven-day ceasefire that will start ‘very soon,’ a senior administration official revealed on …
Europe is focused on Russia. U.S. Defense Secretary Esper? Less so. “China was not on the formal agenda when [U.S. Defense Secretary Mark] Esper met with allies at NATO headquarters Wednesday and …
The U.S. military thinks seven days is enough to assess the Taliban’s seriousness about pursuing peace in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters this morning (afternoon local …
The U.S. and the Taliban could announce a new deal as soon as today, the Wall Street Journal reports today after rumors surfaced Tuesday in the New York Times. According to the Times, “President …
Defense request decline. “After three straight years of increases, the Trump administration’s fiscal 2021 defense budget request totals $740.5 billion — in line with a two-year budget deal struck …
Fiscal 2021 budget rollout. At 1:30 p.m. EST, the Defense Department will announce details of its $740.5 billion budget request for fiscal 2021. The spending plan is in line with a two-year budget …
The Pentagon’s latest response to the global coronavirus epidemic involves receiving “two Department of State-chartered evacuation flights from Wuhan, China” some time today, the Pentagon …
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