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Mission ‘Accomplished’? Trump Boasts of Being Boon for Military
Over the past two weeks, President Trump has repeatedly boasted of being a boon for the military. He has trumpeted the Pentagon’s $700 billion budget, taken credit for staving...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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What Does Military Service Look Like for a Gen Z Soldier?
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“It’s been the best-worst thing I’ve ever done.” That’s how Alex, a 22-year-old volunteer infantryman, sums up his past year as an enlisted Marine. He’s currently aboard a sh...
By Emma Moore
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U.S. Heightens Attacks on Taliban in Push Toward Peace in Afghanistan
The Pentagon has stepped up airstrikes and special operations raids in Afghanistan to the highest levels since 2014 in what Defense Department officials described as a coordin...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Eric Altamura and Carole House Join CNAS as Adjunct Research Assistants
Press Release
Washington, February 5, 2019 -- The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Eric Altamura and Carole House have joined the Center as adjunct rese...
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Is Peace Possible In Afghanistan? Retired Army Officer Who Served There Weighs In
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The Taliban said Monday it will participate in "intra-Afghan" talks in Moscow. The meeting Tuesday is seen as another step in a process aimed at resolving the longest war in A...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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'Badass' national security women offer Democrats a Trump antidote
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Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger had a potent defense against attacks by President Donald Trump and other Republicans casting her party as weak on national security: her c...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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US Army looks to social media for Midwest recruitment
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U.S. Army recruiters in Indiana and other Midwestern states where recruitment has consistently fallen short are exploring other recruitment tactics, such as social media, as t...
By Emma Moore
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Here's what the US Army is doing to overcome recruitment challenges in Indiana, Midwest
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Uncle Sam wants young people in the Midwest. But they don’t seem to want Uncle Sam. The U.S. Army, the oldest and largest branch of the nation’s military, has a problem that ...
By Emma Moore
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Trump rankles veterans with comments about PTSD and California shooter
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Some veterans and mental-health advocates bristled at President Trump’s comments regarding the Thousand Oaks shooter and post-traumatic stress disorder, saying such broad-base...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Post-9/11 Vets' Groups Poised to Out-Raise Legacy Organizations, Report Finds
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Organizations founded to serve veterans following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are raising money more quickly than their pre-9/11 counterparts, save at higher rates, ...
By Emma Moore
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AI experts tell MEPs ban on 'killer robots' is unrealistic
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A panel of defence and artificial intelligence (AI) experts on Wednesday (10 October) poured cold water on the feasibility of an international a ban on autonomous weapons syst...
By Wendy R. Anderson
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Democrats Are Ignoring One Key Voting Group: Veterans
With control of Congress at stake in next month’s midterm elections, Democrats have a rare opportunity to gain a foothold against President Trump’s Republican Party. But if th...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Margaret Seymour joins CNAS as Adjunct Research Assistant in the Military, Veterans and Society Program
Press Release
Washington, September 26 -- The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Margaret Seymour has joined the Center as an Adjunct Research Assistant i...
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Researchers Find Transgender Veterans Are as Healthy as Their Cisgender Peers
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“The navy was something I always wanted to do, ever since I saw the Blue Angels as a little kid,” Chief Petty Officer Sarah Sardinha tells me. “I knew I wanted to work on figh...
By Kayla M. Williams
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CNAS Welcomes Kayla Williams as Director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program
Press Release
Washington, DC July 12, 2018 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce today that Kayla M. Williams is joining CNAS as the new Director of the Mil...
By Madeline Christian
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Trump's Afghanistan strategy stymied by vetting of local troops
The plan to turn around the war in Afghanistan may already be running into quicksand. An extensive effort aimed at weeding out Taliban sympathizers and terrorist infiltrators ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Lack of leadership in DoD’s personnel and readiness office could be detrimental, analysts say
The removal of David Shulkin as Veterans Affairs Department secretary at the end of March did more than make waves in the VA. It also caused a shuffle in leadership at one of ...
By Andrew Swick
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The Navy's Secret Wish: Bring Back the Old F-14 Tomcat from the Dead?
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The F-35C was never designed to be an air superiority fighter. Indeed, naval planners in the mid-1990s wanted the JSF to be a strike-oriented aircraft with only a 6.5G airfram...
By Robert O. Work
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Army hopes new units will help break Afghanistan stalemate
FORT POLK, La. — Seventeen years in the infantry have turned Army 1st Sgt. Shaun Morgan into a hard-charging grunt, but the veteran of five combat tours who recently deployed ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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'Just painful': Pentagon mulls an overhaul of mandatory training policies
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KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Military leaders have said they’re overwhelmed by unnecessary training requirements, but seasoned officers at this airfield in southern Afgha...
By Andrew Swick
