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Michael Vickers talked about the role of intelligence in national security. He focused on major challenges and how U.S. intelligence operations operate. Former Defense Undersecretary Kathlee…

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus talked about the future of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. His remarks came a few days after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced significant reductions in milita…

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) talked with Kathleen Hicks about drone strikes. Representative Smith said that American drone strikes should have more oversig…

Senior military officials talked about the future of the National Guard. Among the issues they analyzed were current and future capabilities, readiness for federal missions and deployment, c…

General Frank Grass made opening remarks at a Bipartisan Policy forum on U.S. National Guard capabilities and future operations. He gave a comprehensive overview of the establishment of the …

General Ray Odierno talked about the future of the Army. Some of the topics he mentioned were the Defense Department budget, the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on gays and lesbians…

General Pace talked about military reform and the future of joint military operations. Among the issues he addressed were the increasing number of joint operations assignments for senior off…

The administration articulates a new defense strategy, identify its defense priorities, and explain how it plans to transform the U.S. military and the Department of Defense more broadly.

Representative Skelton spoke about defense strategy reform and Congressional views on a quadrennial defense review. Among the issues he addressed were manning levels, military technology, an…