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US To Send 400 Trainers and Hundreds More Troops for Syrian Train-and-Equip Mission

After months of planning, the Pentagon’s training mission for Syria’s rebels is beginning to take form. By Gordon Lubold

  • Gordon Lubold
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The D Brief: Airstrikes in Syria aren’t working; Why to fear 'Butt Bombs;' A rise in suicides; The Air Force’s state today; Anne Gearan’s 1,916-day wait for a FOIA; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: AQAP claims Paris attack; McCain just got his second most wanted dream job; The amazing technology searching for AirAsia jet; Little gets a new job; Bradley Cooper talks at Sniper screening; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Is IS in Afghanistan?; CENTCOM gets hacked; The Navy’s workaround on exoskeletons; Hagel, wheels up for the last time; An architecture lesson, failed; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Business

Inside Ash Carter’s Transition Team

Ash Carter, who’s expected to replace Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, is no stranger to the Pentagon. By Gordon Lubold

  • Gordon Lubold
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The D Brief: Carter’s transition team continues to form; Feinstein: P4 has suffered enough; Clapper loves North Korean food, not the company; Musical chairs for journos; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: French police close in; Yemen connection confirmed; Five months of airstrikes in Iraq, Syria; A workaround for F-35; Dempsey eyeing more aid for Iraq; Romley to CNAS; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Why didn’t security cameras help in Paris?; Yemen burns; Iraqi veteran wants to rein in bennies; Lockheed to extend range of it’s THAAD; The Pentagon’s Warren to reporters: watch us; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: 12 dead in Paris; U.S. trainers to flow into Iraq; Pentagon Correspondents rejoice; Kirby: we don’t count every nose we shwack; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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US To Send More Troops to Iraq To Train Iraqi Forces

The current plan is to train 12 Iraqi Army brigades, but Pentagon officials say that could expand. By Gordon Lubold

  • Gordon Lubold
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The D Brief: An Islamic State police official, decapitated; Ash Carter to face Senate in Feb.?; Why Bill Moran’s efforts to reform the Navy’s personnel system are critical; Maxim pinups still in Taji; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Support for the Afghan war is up; The Air Force’s drone problem; How military families grieve; Is the M4 flawed or what?; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Ash Carter’s troika; Sony about faces; Bin Laden shooter under investigation; The grim reality for U.S. allies in Iraq; An actual war on Christmas?; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Who broke the Internet in North Korea? What the intel community thought would happen in 2015 – in 2000; Bob Brewin has died; Trench warfare and a holiday moment; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold
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The D Brief: Boko Haram’s impact is widening; A major cyber vulnerability, revealed; Obama’s approval rating among troops sinks; A win for the Kurds; Militants hanged in Pakistan; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Is “Iraq first” the right way?; An about face for the Army; Avril Haines gets the nod; The wars cost $1.6 trillion; Does Elf on a Shelf create a spy culture?: And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Landmark shift in US-Cuba relations; The spies in the middle; Rubio rising; A view from inside Langley; What Hollywood gets wrong about North Korea; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson and Kevin Baron

  • Gordon Lubold, Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
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The D Brief: Rajiv Shah to step down; Pakistan unites in outrage; A Yemen school attack; A Navy pilot in the ISS; The flak jacket of the future; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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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
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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
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