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Today's D Brief: US expands Afghan refugee program; Taliban attacks rising; Milley, Gilday, Berger @ SAS; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • August 2, 2021
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Today's D Brief: WH escalates vaccine push; Afghan refugees arrive stateside; Sailor charged in ship fire; RIP, Carl Levin; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 30, 2021
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Today's D Brief: Austin in Manila; WH vs. COVID; New sanctions on Iran?; Afghan Air Force's collapse; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 29, 2021
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Today's D Brief: Vax to be required for feds; Cybersecurity push; Jan. 6 ‘terrorism’; China, Taliban talk; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Bradley Peniston
  • July 28, 2021
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Today's D Brief: US strikes Somalia; Austin, Milley at the Pentagon; Nuclear football, under review; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 21, 2021
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Today's D Brief: China’s MSFT hack; Bagram ‘ghost town’; China’s space program; Gamer leaks secret tank details; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 19, 2021
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Today's D Brief: Flurry of Afghan diplomacy; Journalist killed in Kandahar; Gen. Miller, profiled; Milley’s new weapons warning; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 16, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: OpSec and Allies Refuge; Merkel at the WH; Loud tanks; Landing in Bucharest; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 15, 2021
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Today's D Brief: WH to launch special Afghan evacuation; Russia’s new security strategy; Kristi Noem’s National Guard; From Iraq to an insurrection; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 14, 2021
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Today's D Brief: US Afghan commander steps down; Biden’s ransomware threats; US-French SOF deal; Hottest June ever; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
  • July 12, 2021
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Today's D Brief: Taliban killing spree; Panic in Pakistan; French mull Sahel drawdown; Tornado at Kings Bay; YouTube’s radicalizing algorithm; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 9, 2021
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Today's D Brief: POTUS on Afghanistan; DepSecDef in Boston; Valor in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
  • July 8, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: On the road with DepSecDef Hicks; Haiti’s president assassinated; Taliban drive around Badghis; Pentagon cancels JEDI contract; And a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Ben Watson
  • July 7, 2021
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Today's D Brief: Bye-bye, Bagram; Army may require COVID shots; China-India border buildup; Telehealth Catch-22; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 2, 2021
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Today's D Brief: CCP at 100; Ethiopian rebels on the move; B-52’s new engines; Rumsfeld passes away; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 1, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Killer heat; NATO’s Afghan withdrawal; New debate over war authorizations; Border crossings; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • June 30, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: US strikes militias in Iraq, Syria; Afghanistan, cont.; the next pandemic; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • June 28, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Afghanistan's big day at the WH; Interpreter evac planned; Space Force eyes cis-lunar missions; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 25, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Afghanistan's future; SecDef, lawmakers spar over racism study; Marines rethink battalions; Guardsmen go hungry; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • June 24, 2021
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Today's D Brief: Black Sea drama; DepSecDef wants better AI protection; Austin splits with chiefs over UCMJ reform; China’s infowar; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 23, 2021
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