Threats

The D Brief: House hands $554b to DoD; Senate weighs in on “boots on the ground”; Brennan rebuts; Yoda’s office survives another day; A mod for the Navy’s LCS; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

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Threats

The D Brief: Your brain, on torture; Carl Levin, disappointed; Watch a midair refueling; Strongman Rangel to head Lockheed in DC; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Did torture get bin Laden or not? Kerry: expand the fight against IS; Mike Flynn to Dartmouth; Hunter to Obama: review raids; Dempsey takes on Bill the Goat; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Hagel is in Baghdad; About 1,500 intl. troops to Iraq; The layers of Layer Cake; What almost scrubbed the Iraq trip; What concerns Joe Anderson?; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

Islamic State Is On the ‘Defensive’ As a Coalition Builds in Iraq

The U.S. war commander in Iraq says ‘you don’t see a lot of movement” by ISIS these days, but you might see more international troops enter the fight soon. By Gordon Lubold

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Threats

The D Brief: The Post-Karzai government seeks a slower drawdown in Afg; What will Ash do on cyber?; Bush 43 challenges torture report; The Navy won’t let go of a recruiting lead; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

A Special Sunday D Brief: Mehsud reportedly transferred to Pakistan; D Brief with Chuck Hagel in Afghanistan; Why a Yemen raid went bad; Ash’s budget problems; What Hagel fears most; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold

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Threats

US Commandos ‘Lost the Element of Surprise’ in Yemen Raid

American journalist Luke Somers is killed in a second attempt to rescue him from al-Qaeda militants in Yemen. By Gordon Lubold

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Threats

Hagel Visits Afghanistan Amid a ‘Spike’ in Violence

Chuck Hagel is in Kabul on what is likely his last trip as defense secretary. By Gordon Lubold

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Threats

The D Brief: Why the Pentagon confiscates pepper spray; Hagel on Hagel; Jessica Wright, out; More troops for Afg; The Navy and Bill Cosby: like it never even happened; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold
Policy

Hagel Says the Decision To Leave the Pentagon Was Mutual

But the outgoing defense secretary reveals little about why the White House forced him out. By Gordon Lubold

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Threats

The D Brief: Sexual assault rates up; $100 million dropped from commissaries; Don’t put Dakota in (the social media) corner; NBC’s Kube has a couple of bruisers; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Could Ash put the band back together?; Why industry loves the Pentagon trifecta; Iranian jets strike IS; Black Suburbans surround the Pentagon; Bob Work’s sweaters; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

Obama Expected To Pick Ash Carter, Says Report

President Obama reportedly will nominate former Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to helm the Pentagon. By Gordon Lubold

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Threats

The D Brief: Jeh Johnson’s out; Ash Carter still standing; Congress has a ton of nat-sec decisions to make; A buffer zone for Turkey under consideration; A British Pat Tillman? And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Kabul grows dangerous; Wendy Anderson leaves Commerce; What about Bob (McDonald)?; Embedded media, the military and blind dates; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: The horse race for the Pentagon; Flournoy out, Carter in?; Hagel’s ear for the military and taste for Runzas; Odierno on Iraq; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Business

Veterans and Troops Lament Losing Advocate in Hagel

Troops and veterans say they lost an advocate and sympathetic ear in Hagel. By Gordon Lubold

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Threats

The D Brief: An American rescued from Yemen?; All the reasons why Hagel wasn’t fired; WH Friendly Fire; Needing a journo on the Pentagon’s wall; Twitter problems for the AF; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: A nuke deal deadline extension?; The admiral used paint and stickers to make poker chips; A turnabout in U.S. policy in Afg; ISIS explained in three mins; And a bit more.

By Gordon Lubold with Ben Watson

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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