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Former government officials serving several presidential administrations testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Afghanistan withdrawal. The witnesses, who served under P…

Former George W. Bush administration officials talked about the planning leading up to the 2007 surge of American troop levels in Iraq, including what they described as myths and misundersta…

The Atlantic Council hosted a virtual discussion on the future of the NATO alliance. NATO’s deputy secretary general began with remarks on priorities for 2021 and lessons learned from the ye…

Four former U.S. ambassadors to NATO talked about U.S. relations with the international alliance. They discussed the effects of President Trump’s policies on the alliance and the future of d…

Rick Driggers, Homeland Security official, warned that Russia and others would try to influence the 2018 elections and said the department was working to eliminate those threats to U.S. elec…

Douglas Lute, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, talked about the findings of a report by DEF CON looking at the vulnerabilities of U.S. voting machines.

Data security and foreign policy analysts talked about the findings of a DEF CON report on the vulnerabilities of voting machines and other election equipment used throughout the U.S. DEF CO…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Victoria Nuland for assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, Douglas Lute as ambassador to N…

Ben Rhodes and Doug Lute held a conference call previewing President Karzi’s visit to Washington and answered questions from reporters.

Ambassadors discussed issues involving wars and diplomacy with Afghanistan and Pakistan. Among the topics they addressed were the sucessful operation to find and kill Osama bin Laden, the tr…

Lieutenant General Douglas Lute testified about his nomination to serve as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan. He confirmed that he was …

The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on Afghanistan. Witnesses testified about U.S. and NATO operations, threats to the future security of the country, and increased activity …

Army Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Mark Kimmitt, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Middle East, spoke to reporters in the…