by Samone Blair | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured, National Security
The Senate Committee on Armed Services canceled a nomination hearing Thursday morning for Anthony J. Tata to be the undersecretary of defense for policy at the Pentagon after outrage over Tata’s alleged racism. A group of over 50 civil rights, faith, education and...
by Samone Blair | Jul 21, 2020 | Featured, National Security
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded nearly $3.5 million in new funding Thursday for the expansion of the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake. The funding is part of the VA Veterans Cemetery Grants Program and will finance the construction of...
by Alyk Russell Kenlan | Jul 17, 2020 | Featured, National Security
China’s newly announced sanctions against a principal American defense contractor may have been done more for political effect than economic punishment. On Tuesday, China said it would sanction Lockheed Martin Corp., which produces America’s top fighter planes, after...
by Alyk Russell Kenlan | Jul 15, 2020 | National Security
Since Chinese President Xi Jinping took power, political commissars assigned to all Chinese naval ships have started learning about battle command in addition to political work training. This has enabled commissars to plan and even lead combat operations, Zi Yang, a...
by Alyk Russell Kenlan | Jul 1, 2020 | National Security
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday approved a proposal to rename military bases named after Confederate soldiers and another to set limits on the president’s power to reduce U.S. troops in Europe; U.S. military headquarters for Europe are in Germany. The...
by Arnab Mondal | Jun 26, 2020 | Featured, National Security
The Air Force does not have enough pilots and operators to meet its staffing targets for unmanned aircrafts, causing mental and physical health problems for existing personnel, a Government Accountability Office report said. Since 9/11, there has been a...