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Pentagon’s Esper Was Too Slow With Coronavirus Response, Senate Democrats Say

In a letter, lawmakers accuse the SecDef of causing confusion, showing ‘dangerous misunderstanding’ of the virus, and harming readiness.

  • Katie Bo Williams and Ben Watson
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US COVID deaths pass 50K; Permanent limits on F-35 speed; Navy wants to reinstate Crozier; Global defense spending hits post-Cold War high; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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COVID ‘emergency’ on Djibouti base; 17% of carrier crew infected; Army’s DIY masks; Summer deployments announced; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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Pentagon lays out troop-testing plan; Iran orbits first satellite; Blue Angels vs. COVID; Ousted vaccine leader turns whistleblower; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Prepare for COVID’s 2nd wave; Needed: 100K more public-health workers; Russia’s pandemic problems; F-35 delays expected; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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Georgia starts to reopen despite warnings, too few tests; DoD to Mexico: please restart arms factories; Is Kim Jong Un gravely ill? And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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America’s testing problem; Feds fighting hospitals for PPE; Inside Modly’s wild last week; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Where is the White House’s testing plan?; States teaming up; Navy COVID casualty, ID’d; The most helpful NATO ally; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Esper knocks China; The problem with COVID models; China accused of nuclear testing; Air Force Ones’s pricey repair manual; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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A federal reopening plan; Testing drops 30% in US; Milley on COVID’s origin; New guidance on N. Korean hacking; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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More N.Korea missile tests; DoD’s remote-work revolution; CIA warns staff about Trump-touted drug; 1918 flu pandemic; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Roosevelt sailor dies of COVID; Military struggles with lack of reliable test kits; Afghan peace process lives on; Pentagon restricts Zoom use; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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How US spies are grappling with the virus; Troops with COVID near 2,000; A year without a DHS secretary; States of emergency; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Three of 11 carriers have COVID; Coronavirus ceasefire in Yemen; Iraq names a new PM, again; Pentagon shifts budget deadlines; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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US threatens total Afghanistan withdrawal; Acting SecNav resigns; Sailors disinfecting ship lack masks; Trump ousts Defense watchdogs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Acting SecNav slams fired CO; Trump has stake in drug he touts; Is Zoom safe?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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DoD orders everyone to wear masks; Capt. Crozier’s firing; Lockheed adds jobs; Trump fires IC IG in reprisal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Fired skipper gets rousing sendoff; Military expands medical help; Army plans battalion-sized ‘safety bubbles’; Open Skies flights, visualized; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US Navy’s carrier evacuation; Marines’ get-lighter plan; Air Force’s new cadet-isolation policy; 100K 'human remains pouches'; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Trump: expect 100K US dead; Carrier being evacuated; US-RoK troop agreement lapses; TRANSCOM worried about airlines; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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