February 4, 2010 – CNAS CEO Nate Fick sits down to discuss the Helmand offensive, the new DOD budget, and the proposed repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ on The Diane Rehm Show.
| more | Date: 02/04/2010February 4, 2010 – CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks joins Tom Ashbrook on NPR’s On Point to talk about the U.S. casualties in Pakistan this week and ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’.
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The Obama Administration's 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget request sent to Congress today illustrate the challenge of matching vision to reality, according to a new CNAS policy brief released today titled Vision Meets Reality: 2010 QDR and 2011 Defense Budget.
| more |The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that its President, Dr. John Nagl, has been named to the independent panel to review the Department of Defense’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).
| more |As the Department of Defense (DOD) prepares to send the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) to Congress, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today released a working paper by Christine Parthemore and Will Rogers, Promoting the Dialogue: Climate Change and the Quadrennial Defense Review, examining how DOD considered the effects of climate change during the QDR process.
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Gen James N. Mattis
Gen. Mattis serves as commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), located in Norfolk, Va. The command focuses on supporting current operations while shaping U.S. forces for the future.
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Rear Admiral James P. Wisecup
Rear Admiral James ‘Phil’ Wisecup became the 52nd president of the U.S. Naval War College on Nov. 6, 2008. He most recently served as commander, Carrier Strike Group 7 (Ronald Reagan Strike Group), returning from deployment in October 2008.
| more |Due to inclement weather, CNAS has postponed the Officership event on February 9, 2010. We apologize for any inconvenience and will notify you of the new date as soon as possible.
On January 26, CNAS will launch a major report on the global commons - sea, airspace, space and cyberspace - at an event featuring the CNO Admiral Gary Roughead, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force General Carrol Chandler, former Chairman of the Defense Science Board Norman R. Augustine and Fellow Abraham Denmark.
Center for a New American Security’s Vice President and Director of Studies Kristin M. Lord testified on November 18, 2009, at a congressional hearing on the role of development and humanitarian assistance as a tool in the war on terror. Read the testimony here.
Dr. John A. Nagl
Dr. John Nagl is the President of the Center for a New American Security. He is also a member of the Defense Policy Board, a Visiting Professor in the War Studies Department at Kings College of London, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies. Dr.
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