OPINION January 13, 2021 Kash Patel: Defense Department fully cooperating with transition to Biden administration Some 550 senior Defense Department officials have been interviewed by members of the Biden transition team. The department has answered 261 information requests and prepared 7,200 pages of briefing material for the incoming administration.
Donald Trump January 6, 2021 James Mattis denounces Trump, says he will be 'left a man without a country' Former Defense Secretary James Mattis rebuked President Trump on Wednesday, accusing him of fomenting violence at the U.S. Capitol and poisoning Americans' respect for fellow citizens.
MILITARY January 6, 2021 Fort Hood's toxic culture? Red flags raised over mysterious disappearances, sexual assaults The disappearance of Vanessa Guillén, a 20-year-old soldier at the sprawling Texas Army base of Fort Hood last April, captured headlines across the world.
DEFENSE December 19, 2020 Defense officials look at splitting up NSA, CYBERCOM Top Defense officials are considering breaking the National Security Agency (NSA) away from the Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), a move that the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said made him "profoundly concerned."
OPINION December 17, 2020 Fred Fleitz: Biden's 'back to the Obama years' foreign policy will weaken US national security It is now obvious that President-elect Joe Biden has no original ideas for national security and simply plans to implement liberal foreign policy orthodoxy and restore the disastrous policies he backed when he was President Barack Obama’s vice president.
Secretary of Defense December 12, 2020 Acting US defense secretary's chief of staff Kash Patel files $50M defamation lawsuit against CNN Kash Patel, the chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against CNN and several of its top reporters, claiming the liberal network published false statements and promoted “unfounded left-wing political narratives” by painting Patel as a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist seeking to smear President-elect Joe Biden.
Rand Paul December 10, 2020 Rand Paul accuses Liz Cheney of wanting 'perpetual war,' she takes a shot at his height Paul held up a Senate vote on a $740 billion defense bill over language that could delay the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
Secretary of Defense December 9, 2020 Biden Defense Secretary pick at helm when team accused of ‘watering down’ ISIS intel President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for secretary of defense, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, could make history as the first Black man to serve in the position, but getting his appointment through Congress could be an uphill battle.
Secretary of Defense December 9, 2020 Biden defends nomination of retired general to lead Defense Department Responding to criticism from fellow Democrats over Joe Biden's decision to name a recently retired general to lead the Defense Department, the president-elect is defending his choice of retired four-star Gen. Lloyd Austin as Defense secretary in his upcoming administration
Secretary of Defense December 9, 2020 Biden Defense pick could make for strange Capitol Hill bedfellows in looming confirmation battle Retired four-star Gen. Lloyd Austin, President-elect Biden's choice for secretary of defense, is forcing members of both parties in Congress to weigh how comfortable they are with placing a recently-retired general in what is meant to be a civilian position leading the American armed forces.
OPINION December 9, 2020 James Carafano: Does Biden pick Lloyd Austin have what it takes to be an outstanding defense secretary? President-elect Joe Biden’s announcement Tuesday that he will nominate retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin — an accomplished leader with a distinguished military career — as secretary of defense raises two critical questions.