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Drew Angerer/Getty Images A left-right coalition of antiwar and pro-military restraint groups have a message for members of Congress: Make President Joe Biden seek authorization before launching lethal strikes like the ones in February. Lawmakers from both parties — but particularly Democrats — denounced the strikes almost immediately, saying the US is not at war with Syria and that Congress didn’t approve any attack on Iranian-backed militants. “Offensive military action without congr...

Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email Legislation was introduced to kick off National Sunshine Week. A top House Democrat announced a new bill on Monday to increase transparency of presidential records. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, will introduce the ‘‘Presidential Records Preservation Act,” which would update the “1978 Presidential Records Act” b...

Liz DyeMarch 12, 2021 01:20 PM Screenshot via Vice on Showtime Last night, Vice on Showtime aired an interview with former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller about the Capitol Riot in which he directly blamed his former boss for the attack. "Would anybody have marched on the Capitol, and tried to overrun the Capitol, without the presidents speech?" Miller told Vices Seb Walker. "I think its pretty much definitive that wouldnt have happened." Which is YEAH, NO SHIT and also HOLY SHIT,...

We have learned plenty about the process, and the pitfalls over the past two years. What about the benefits?

The White House supports ending authorizations for military force in place allowing for war in Iraq and against terrorists.

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Documents detail legal fight to make the Pentagon share Middle East troop numbers March 4 New documents show troop levels in Syria over the past four years, which the Defense Department had been reluctant to disclose. (Spc. Sidney Perry/Army) While ending the “forever wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan was a cornerstone of the Trump administration’s foreign policy, it became increasingly difficult during his presidency for the public to get numbers of troops on the ground in those countri...

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Their thuggishness may qualify them as a “hate group” (so says the Southern Poverty Law Center) or as “a strain of American right-wing extremism” (so says the Anti-Defamation League). They may hold misogynistic, Islamophobic, antisemitic, anti-immigrant, and white supremacist views. Some may be violent criminals. But do their actions warrant the label of terrorist entity? Terrorism is a bit like pornography: hard to define, easy to recognize. The government’s list provides a sickening...

Experts from across government, the private sector and security research community will vote on the most pressing issues in the field.