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US, Taliban Reach Deal for 7-Day 'Reduction of Violence,' SecDef Says
In The News
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday that a tentative deal has been reached between the U.S. and the Taliban on a seven-day "reduction of violence" in Afghanistan. "The...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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How to Enroll in VA Health Care
If you are a veteran who served in active duty for at least 24 consecutive months and were honorably discharged, you're eligible to enroll in health care from the U.S. Departm...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Taliban’s Continued Attacks Show Limits of U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
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The Taliban and other groups carried out a record number of attacks in Afghanistan during the last several months of 2019, according to an inspector general report released Fr...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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How veterans may be overwhelmed by too many programs to help them find jobs
A flood of new initiatives to help recently separated servicemembers find post-military employment may be overwhelming veterans in their job searches, according to a new repor...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey & Amy Schafer
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White House Seeks to Establish More ROTC Programs at HBCUs
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The White House Initiative on historically black colleges and universities wants HBCUs to expand Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs on their campuses and modernize...
By Emma Moore
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Vital Signs 2020: Defense Sector Straining to Attract STEM Talent
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For years, experts and military officials have been sounding the alarm across the defense industry: More STEM — or science, technology, engineering and mathematics &mdas...
By Emma Moore
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CNAS Launches “America Competes 2020”
Press Release
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today launched “America Competes 2020,” a Center-wide initiative to renew American competitiveness at home and abroad. Amid incre...
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CNAS Delivers Congressionally Mandated Study on U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific to the Department of Defense
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today delivered an independent assessment—Rising to the China Challenge: Renewing American Competitiveness in the Indo-Pacific—to...
By Cole Stevens
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CNAS and Defense One Partner for Year-Long Editorial Series: "The American Readiness Project"
Press Release
With original reporting, research, and a body of expert commentary, the American Readiness Project will chronicle the nation’s desire, willingness, and capability for the U.S....
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‘What’s Your Warrior?’: Army Looks Past Combat to Sign Up Teens
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The U.S. Army is banking on surprising late teens, who may know nothing about the military, with a new multimillion-dollar advertising campaign designed to help recruit more t...
By Emma Moore
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CNAS Responds: Trump Addresses China, Iran, Climate Change in UNGA Speech
Press Note
At the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) this morning, President Trump addressed world leaders on his vision of the United States' role on the global stage. Covering a range of fla...
By Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Kristine Lee, Sam Dorshimer & Emma Moore
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Veteran Entrepreneurs Advancing Startup Culture Outside of Silicon Valley
According to a new report from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), “Veteran Tech Entrepreneurial Ecosystems,” American veterans continue to play a significant role ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Coalition airstrikes soared even as US, Taliban talked peace
As U.S. and Taliban officials talked peace, the U.S. military was accelerating airstrikes in Afghanistan, with the biggest monthly tally of the year carried out in August as t...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
Press Note
By Neil Bhatiya, Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kayla M. Williams
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2020 Candidates With Military Experience Struggle to Break Through
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Three Democratic 2020 candidates could boast of military service in America’s longest-running wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But that experience is doing nothing for them in th...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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First sisters to become Army generals say it was ‘not a game of chance. It is hard work.’
One sister had wanted to be a soldier since she was young; the other planned to have a career in the Foreign Service. Both marked a milestone for the U.S. Army this summer: Ma...
By Emma Moore
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U.S. Army pushes to boost recruiting in Phoenix amid its enlistment crisis
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Scott Morley had never heard of West Point. He doesn’t come from a military family, and when he was in high school in the mid-1990s, he never considered serving in the armed f...
By Emma Moore
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Why leaving the military is harder for female vets
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When she left the military in 2005, Jodie M. Grenier went from being on a team of intelligence analysts reporting to then-Marine Corps Gen. Jim Mattis, with a top security cle...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Small charities make a big difference for veterans
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Fresh from the Marine Corps and readjusting to civilian life as a college student in North Texas, Jason McClure was washing his hands when he heard something fall into the sin...
By Emma Moore
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VA Expands Vets' Access To Private Care But Gives No Plan To Pay For It
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The VA Mission Act passed into law with broad bipartisan support last year, but that unity began to wane immediately, when President Trump signaled after signing it that he wo...
By Kayla M. Williams
