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Pentagon Says Storm Response Will Slow Combat Deployments
WASHINGTON—Defense Department efforts to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria will delay troop deployments to Afghanistan and affect deployments across the globe into...
By Phillip Carter
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An Unfit President Fails Puerto Rico
In the frustrated anguish of Puerto Rico, we can see the real-world consequences of Donald Trump’s flagrant incompetence. A little more than eight months ago, the United State...
By Phillip Carter
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Those Serving In The US Military Don’t Actually Represent The Country As A Whole
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Under the Trump administration, the likelihood that the nation goes to war seems to be at an all-time high. But is it really “the nation” that goes to war these days? The mili...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump wants to kick trans troops out. “Deployability” might keep them in.
President Donald Trump’s order banning transgender troops from serving in the military alarmed top military and civilian defense officials. But a little-known provision may gi...
By Amy Schafer
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Mattis’ transgender policy review is just ‘following orders’
Defense Secretary James Mattis is doing exactly what President Donald Trump asked of him in ordering a review of the transgender troop ban in the military, analysts say. Tuesd...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump’s most popular Cabinet secretary is Obama holdover
VA Secretary David Shulkin has proved to be something unique in President Donald Trump's Washington: an Obama appointee nominated by Trump who is beloved by almost everyone an...
By Phillip Carter
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Investigators Repeatedly Warned Navy Ahead of Deadly Collisions
Congressional investigators and military officials warned repeatedly about overworked sailors, shortened training schedules and budget cuts in the years leading up to two fata...
By Amy Schafer
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Analysis: Could Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Actually Become Policy?
Just days after a national address on defense policy in Afghanistan in which Trump lauded the diversity and inclusivity of the U.S. military, the White House appears ready to ...
By Katherine Kidder
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10 U.S. Navy Sailors Missing After Destroyer Collides With Tanker Off Singapore
The destroyer USS John S McCain collided with a merchant vessel near Singapore early Monday local time. Ten U.S. Navy sailors are missing, and five were injured. This is the f...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Phillip Carter on The Rachel Maddow Show Discusses President Trump's Afghanistan Speech
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Philip Carter, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Military, Veterans, and Society Program, talks with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow about why the lack of details in Donald Trump's...
By Phillip Carter
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Congress is using a $28.6 billion fund as a sequestration bargaining chip
Tucked in the House legislation funding the Defense Department for 2018 is a provision that basically gives the Pentagon a $28.6 billion check to spend however it desires. The...
By Lauren Fish
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Congress Reaches Deal to Avert Shutdown of Veterans’ Health Choice Program
Lawmakers reached a deal late Thursday to stave off a painful shutdown of the multibillion-dollar Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. But the days-long stand...
By Phillip Carter
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Michèle Flournoy on CBS This Morning on U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
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Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and co-founder of the Center for a New American Security Michèle Flournoy joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why the U.S. is still...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Major disciplinary action at VA publicly posted online
Phil Carter, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses a new transparency effort at the Department of Veterans Affairs — a public-facing list of emplo...
By Phillip Carter
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A Bipartisan Congress That Works? Veterans Committees Show How It’s Done
Magnanimous hearings. Bipartisan votes. Substantial legislation on its way to becoming law. This is Congress? Something strange is happening in the staid hearing rooms of the ...
By Phillip Carter
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CNAS Releases Report on Community Efforts to Serve Veterans
A new study from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) examines the collaborative networks formed by private and nonprofit organizations as they seek to support vetera...
By Neal Urwitz
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‘What’s your end game?’ Trump delegating Afghan war decisions to the Pentagon faces scrutiny
President Trump’s decision to delegate authority to the Pentagon to set troop levels in Afghanistan has raised concerns that a few thousand additional troops expected to deplo...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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No competition, no cost estimate as Kansas City firm picked for coveted VA contract
The Trump administration picked Kansas City-based Cerner Corp. for a coveted contract to modernize veterans health records, but the news came with a caveat: There will be no c...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump’s Cabinet of Generals Is Testing the U.S. Military’s Political Neutrality
In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss the Manchester bombing and U.S. President Donald Tru...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey & Amy Schafer
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VA eyes building closures to boost care under Trump
The Trump administration is considering whether to shut down Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities and consolidate hospitals to save money. The move, tentatively sup...
By Phillip Carter
