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Pyongyang could be “testing waters” for a veiled long-range missile test, analyst say

Is a DARPA-like program needed to bring innovation to biomedical research?

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley asks, ‘Where are the black generals?’ Jamie McIntyre © Provided by Washington Examiner DOD header 2020 ‘WE MUST GET BETTER’: Before the nation’s top military officer swore in 21 new second lieutenants to the Army at a commissioning ceremony at Howard University, one of the nation’s premier Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C., he paused to reflect on the U.S. military’s egalitarian ethos, as well...

As Blinken heads to Ukraine, Zelensky undercuts Western support with surprise sacking of energy executive Jamie McIntyre BLINKEN’S UKRAINE MISSION: Secretary of State Antony Blinken wraps up his meetings with G-7 foreign ministers in London today and heads to Ukraine, where tomorrow he meets with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Blinken’s primary mission is to show solid support for Zelenesky’s government in the face of Russia’s recent military buildup along the country�...

‘A CALIBRATED, PRACTICAL APPROACH’: Speaking at a meeting of the G-7 foreign ministers in London, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declined to return fire in the wake of incendiary statements from North Korea in reaction to President Joe Biden’s reference to the North’s nuclear program as a “serious threat.”

Quick Hits Deb Haaland, a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, to lead the Department of the Interior by a vote of 51 to 40 on Monday. Haaland becomes the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary. The Interior Department employs more than 60,000 people and spends $1.4 billion on IT annually. *** Stefanie Tompkins was sworn in on Monday as the 23rd director of the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency. Tompkins is returning to DARPA after a stint as vice presid...