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(1) DENVER and WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- David Kilcullen, CEO of risk management company Cordillera Applications Group, has predicted that United States military bases established for the Global War on Terror in Africa and Asia will be essential if the West wants to effectively counter Chinas aggressive expansionism in the next decade. In an analysis distributed this week by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington, DC-based, nonpartisan institute focusing on nati...

Dec 15, 2020 The U.S. Congress last week passed the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA is blithely referred to as the defense budget, which it is — and a whole lot more. Given the partisan divisions that ensnare most everything in U.S. politics and the readiness of virtually all small-government conservatives to fund the military, the legislation has been increasingly festooned with security-related initiatives. The 2021 bill is no exception. This year’s NDAA ...

Trump keeps coming up with new reasons to veto Congress’s huge annual defense bill Vox.com 12/14/2020 Alex Ward © Al Drago/Getty Images President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House on December 12. First, President Donald Trump threatened to veto the annual defense bill because lawmakers wanted the names of Confederate generals removed from US Army bases. Then, he said he’d torpedo the bipartisan legislation unless it repealed an internet free-speech law,...

WASHINGTON — In choosing retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be defense secretary, President-elect Joe Biden assuaged some supporters who favor a more diverse Cabinet, but he has left others worried that civilian control of the military is under threat. Austin — a 1975 West Point graduate who rose to command U.S. forces in the Middle East before retiring from the military in 2016 — will be the first Black defense secretary if confirmed by the Senate. In addition to leading Central ...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden introduced retired general Lloyd Austin as his pick for Secretary of Defence on Wednesday (Dec 9), responding to criticism that his choice would erode a norm meant to ensure civilian control of the military, and that Mr Austin might not pay sufficient attention to the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Austin, who retired from the military more than four years ago, will require a waiver from Congress to be confirmed to the post. Under American law, a former military ...