Jacqueline Klimas
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Army confirms: Training slide lists Hillary Clinton as insider threat
An Army training presentation lists the woman who could be the next commander in chief as an insider threat, underneath the sailor who carried out the Navy Yard shooting. A photo posted to the U.S. Army W.T.F! Moments Facebook page on Sunday shows an unclassified Army training slide on insider threats and handling classified information. An Army spokesman has since confirmed that the image is… → Read More
This is how the president orders nuclear war
The process to make such a deadly, powerful decision is devoid of checks and balances. → Read More
Carter announces Jeff Bezos, Neil deGrasse Tyson joining Pentagon innovation board
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday touted the progress his signature innovation hubs have made over the past couple months since their reboot, and announced that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson were joining his Defense Innovation Advisory Board. The hubs have accelerated tech projects such as small drones that can operate in caves or tunnels… → Read More
Donald Trump's Briefing Book: National security
Trump has said he would boost military spending and grow the services if elected to the White House. → Read More
Lockheed Martin 1Q sales up $1.6B from year ago
Because of the successful first quarter, the company has revised its targets for the rest of 2016. → Read More
The next fight to help combat veterans
"It was like the Army was daring me to kill myself again." → Read More
One service member and his family among 8 Americans injured in Brussels
The comment walks back comments that all U.S. military personnel in the area were safe and encountered for. → Read More
Military shuts down private email access after cyberthreat
The military shut down all access to commercial email on Defense Department servers late last week due to an investigation into spoofed emails, or emails that don't come from their stated sender. Commercial web-mail servers like Gmail and Hotmail were blocked for about 48 hours beginning on Thursday, Jeff Capenos, a spokesman for Defense Information Systems Agency, told the Washington Examiner.… → Read More
Pentagon determining 'appropriate steps' after Brussels attack
The U.S. military is working to determine how to best keep troops in Europe safe following a string of bombings in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday morning that killed at least 26 people. Lt. Col. David Westover, a spokesman for U.S. European Command, said the military is closely monitoring the developing situation in Brussels, but that all U.S. troops in the region are safe. At the present time, we… → Read More
At least a dozen killed in Brussels airport, metro explosions
Attacks were a response to last week's arrest of Salah Abdeslam, a terrorist behind last year's attacks in Paris. → Read More
House expected to press leaders on conflicting military budget statements
Some lawmakers could push Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday about the reality facing the military. → Read More
Islamic State launches new attack on Americans in Iraq
The same U.S. firebase where a Marine died over the weekend from the Islamic State rocket attack took small arms fire on Monday, according to a spokesman. Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, said enemy small arms fire was not close enough to do any damage and that no U.S. personnel were wounded in the attack. Fewer than 200 Marines are at Firebase Bell in northern… → Read More
Airman arrested for assault at Trump rally in Tucson
He is at least the second military-connected Trump supporter to be involved in a violent episode at an event → Read More
Defense spending could go up, but here's who could suffer
Overseas accounts for Defense and State are in one pot. → Read More
Reports: U.S. deploying ground forces to Iraq base
The Marine killed Saturday in Iraq was at a temporary U.S. base that just became operational. → Read More
Obamas visit Cuba
Obama will become the first president since 1928 to visit the country. → Read More
McConnell promises no vote on Supreme Court vacancy, even in lame duck
Reid: "I'm glad they're doing it, but it's so foolish." → Read More
Kasich says he's 'willing to listen' if Cruz wants to make a deal
"If somebody wants to talk to me, I'll be willing to listen to it." → Read More
RNC chairman seeks to stop violence at Donald Trump events
The chairman of the Republican National Committee called Sunday for Donald Trump supporters to let police handle protesters at his rallies rather than taking matters violently into their own hands. Getting involved in confrontations, violence, is not the answer, Reince Priebus said on CNN's State of the Union. I think you leave these things up to the professionals. Several violent incidents at… → Read More
More violence at Trump events in Arizona
More violent incidents occurred at Donald Trump rallies on Saturday, a new incident Trump's campaign manager who has been accused of assaulting a Brietbart News reporter. A video shot at a Trump rally Saturday in Tucson, Ariz., shows Trump's campaign manger Corey Lewandowski grabbing a protestor by the collar and dragging him back through the crowd at Tuscon, Ariz., event. The protestor then… → Read More