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Jennifer Hlad
News Editor, Defense One

Jennifer Hlad is news editor at Defense One. Hlad was a Stars and Stripes reporter at the Pentagon in 2012 and 2013 before traveling with her Marine Corps husband to posts in Manama and Okinawa, all the while working a mix of assignments with Stripes, the Daily Beast, Military Times, and as a senior editor for Air Force Magazine and AFA publications. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and holds a master’s degree in journalism from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
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Today's D Brief: Taiwan Strait close call; Ukraine advancing?; Fighting resumes in Sudan; Sonic boom over DC; And a bit more.
- Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
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Today's D Brief: N. Korean launch triggers alarms; F-35’s rising cost; More NATO troops to Kosovo; 100s of leaders call AI a global threat; And a bit more.
- Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
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Today's D Brief: Air attacks on Moscow, Kyiv; F-16s for Turkey?; Austin’s Pacific trip; Typhoon heads toward Okinawa; And a bit more.
- Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
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Today's D Brief: Brown on tap for CJCS; Russian glide bombs; Ukraine aid totals; F-35 Band-Aid; And a bit more.
- Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
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Today's D Brief: Hypersonic arrest; Iran’s new nuke plant; Navy orders sub parts, finally; Marine email goof; And a bit more.
- Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
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Today's D Brief: 4th Sudan ceasefire begins; Evacs widen from outside Khartoum; Ukrainian weather forecast; Next Army chief; And a bit more.
- Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Sam Skove
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The D Brief: McCarthy-Tsai meeting; Ukraine holding on in Bakhmut; Fincantieri Marine Group GM suspended; and more…
- Marcus Weisgerber and Jennifer Hlad
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The D Brief: $2.6b for Ukraine; Navy’s drone vision; Saudi-Iran meeting; and a bit more...
- Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad