Threats

The D Brief: A major attack in Pakistan; A giant drone-hunting blimp; What kind of a general are you?; Behind the music on the CIA briefing; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Derek Chollet to German Marshall; Montel Williams: Coburn jumped the shark; Stewart to DIA; A skinny puppy sues DoD; Stavridis: arm the Ukrainians; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: House hands $554b to DoD; Senate weighs in on “boots on the ground”; Brennan rebuts; Yoda’s office survives another day; A mod for the Navy’s LCS; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Your brain, on torture; Carl Levin, disappointed; Watch a midair refueling; Strongman Rangel to head Lockheed in DC; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Business

7 Ways the $104 Billion Reconstruction Effort in Afghanistan Could Fail

Corruption leads the list of ‘potent threats’ to Afghanistan’s post-war future—but it’s far from the only challenge. By Ben Watson

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Did torture get bin Laden or not? Kerry: expand the fight against IS; Mike Flynn to Dartmouth; Hunter to Obama: review raids; Dempsey takes on Bill the Goat; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Hagel is in Baghdad; About 1,500 intl. troops to Iraq; The layers of Layer Cake; What almost scrubbed the Iraq trip; What concerns Joe Anderson?; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: The Post-Karzai government seeks a slower drawdown in Afg; What will Ash do on cyber?; Bush 43 challenges torture report; The Navy won’t let go of a recruiting lead; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Sexual assault rates up; $100 million dropped from commissaries; Don’t put Dakota in (the social media) corner; NBC’s Kube has a couple of bruisers; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Could Ash put the band back together?; Why industry loves the Pentagon trifecta; Iranian jets strike IS; Black Suburbans surround the Pentagon; Bob Work’s sweaters; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Jeh Johnson’s out; Ash Carter still standing; Congress has a ton of nat-sec decisions to make; A buffer zone for Turkey under consideration; A British Pat Tillman? And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Kabul grows dangerous; Wendy Anderson leaves Commerce; What about Bob (McDonald)?; Embedded media, the military and blind dates; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: The horse race for the Pentagon; Flournoy out, Carter in?; Hagel’s ear for the military and taste for Runzas; Odierno on Iraq; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: An American rescued from Yemen?; All the reasons why Hagel wasn’t fired; WH Friendly Fire; Needing a journo on the Pentagon’s wall; Twitter problems for the AF; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Policy

Who Will Be the Next Secretary of Defense?

Eyes are now on two Pentagon veterans and the current Air Force secretary, among others, as possible replacements for the outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. By Ben Watson

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: A nuke deal deadline extension?; The admiral used paint and stickers to make poker chips; A turnabout in U.S. policy in Afg; ISIS explained in three mins; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Islamic State calls for attacks in France; Rogers on a U.S. attack by China; Nancy Lindborg to USIP; “Major Trouble” at the Pentagon’s Fort America; The Back story on Robin Raphel; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Dempsey says ME strategy will change; A PR war in Kobani; CIA to reorg; A former Marine PAO wins the National Book Award; Hagel doesn’t lose sleep; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

Odierno: I Need More Money and Troops for Today's Threats

Budget cuts are having serious effects in a world of vastly different threats than those lawmakers faced down three years ago. By Ben Watson

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Dempsey, Vickers headline Defense One’s Summit; Hagel in D1: the new era at DoD; The fallout of the Uber exec; Mabus’ travel; Thornberry gets the nod; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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