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Today's D Brief: ‘Biggest breach in decades’; Lawmakers beg Trump to sign NDAA; Vaccine-notification snafu; Energy bans Chinese products; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 18, 2020
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Today's D Brief: Joint Chiefs chair meets Taliban; COVID deaths hit new high; New sea-services strategy; AI flies on a U-2; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Katie Bo Williams
  • December 17, 2020
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Today's D Brief: Epic password fail; Russian anti-satellite test; COVID & natsec; Chess for grunts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 16, 2020
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Today's D Brief: 300,000 US COVID deaths; The race to contain SolarWind hack; Electors affirm Biden; Sticky bomb kills Kabul leader; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 15, 2020
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Today's D Brief: Feds scramble amid biggest hack in years; COVID vaccine arrives; NDAA passes over veto threat; Electors vote today; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 14, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: GOPers vs. the election; Post-Trump NATO; China’s gray-zone war on Taiwan; COVID deaths top WWII’s; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
  • December 11, 2020
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Today's D Brief: Trump's lame-duck budget maneuvers; Daily COVID deaths pass 3K; Airstrikes in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 10, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Austin’s rollout; Biden’s COVID plan; Iran rebuilding nuclear plant, underground; Sweden warms to NATO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 9, 2020
Threats

US Army Disciplines 14 Soldiers, Creates New Duty Status After Murder

The steps follow the conclusion of one of several inquests into the April murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillen.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 8, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Austin’s nomination; Space base renamings; Vax deployment worries; RIP, Yeager; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 8, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Somalia drawdown; Rocky transition at DOD spy agencies; China-deterrence program; Mystery brain weapon clue; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 7, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Still more US COVID records; NDAA details; Milley’s newsy week; Putin’s AI rules; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 4, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: COVID deaths set record; ‘Modicum of success’ in Afghanistan; Aircraft crash totals; NDAA advances despite veto threat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 3, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: New NDAA veto threat; OMB’s unusual budget moves; ISIS-Defeat chief was fired; No significant election fraud, AG Barr says; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 2, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Navy to scrap burned ship; Robot battle buddies; Defeat-ISIS chief leaves; Mapping China’s talent net; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 1, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Iranian nuke scientist killed; CIA agent KIA in Somalia; NATO & China; New COVID record; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 30, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: COVID deaths draw WH call for nationwide “behavior change”; Biden, NATO chief talk; Afghan talks ‘deadlocked’; B-1 test-rigged for hypersonics; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 25, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Transition begins at last; Biden’s first natsec picks; NDAA veto threat; Army’s airborne artillery; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 24, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Biden natsec team; IS attacks Kabul; Army reorganizes commands; More COVID records; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 23, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: COVID hits DoD policy chief, USCG cutter; Trump attacks election; EU unreadiness; SPACECOM HQ; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • November 20, 2020
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