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AeroVironment Inc. received a $26 million contract to supply its Switchblade 600 tactical missile system to the U.S. Special Operations Command, the company announced Tuesday.

U.S. and Allies Plan Fight From Afar Against Al Qaeda Once Troops Exit Afghanistan Drones, long-range bombers and spy networks will be used in an effort to prevent Afghanistan from re-emerging as a terrorist base to threaten the United States. Traffic last month in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. American intelligence analysts say security in the country could worsen almost immediately.Credit...Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times April 15, 2021Updated 8:23 a.m. ET WASHINGTON — American troops are s...

Caitlyn Crites The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: “Biden is making transparency cool again.”  This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information — the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people — has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncove...

The undercount complicates President Biden’s decision on carrying out a complete withdrawal by May 1, as his administration tries to jump-start peace talks.

Retying the Gordian Knot: US Special Operations Command as a service John F. Mulholland The U.S. Special Operations Command insignia (Wikimedia Commons). On Nov. 18, 2020, at a ceremony at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller signed implementing policy consistent with the 2017 NDAA, directing the office of the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict (ASD(SO/LIC) to now report directly to the secretary of defense. Th...

Pentagon Begins Independent Inquiry Into Special Ops and War Crimes The Defense Department inspector general will examine whether elite U.S. commando forces are doing enough to comply with the laws of armed conflict and hold violators accountable. Navy SEAL team members in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006. The office of the Defense Department’s inspector general said it was starting an inquiry into whether special operations troops take care to abide by the laws of armed conflict during combat missions....

The troops will be National Guard, and not active-duty. But officials know such events are fraught with risk, and cite Kent State in 1970, Tiananmen Square in 1989 and Tehran in 2009.

We see the ability of the chinese culturally to impose silence on some of our most famous athletes, some of our most outspoken citizens. we see the filling of the middle east with russian influence as opposed to american. we see americas adversaries with license to move. we see chaos in the world. and so weve entered this consequences stage of the trump presidency. and i think when we look at it we should take very seriously what the former head of the u.s. special operations command admiral wil...

American influence in the world. we see the ability of the chinese culturally to impose silence on some of our most famous athletes, some of our most outspoken citizens. we see the filling of the middle east with russian influence as opposed to american. we see americas adversaries with license to move. we see chaos in the world. and so weve entered this consequences stage of the trump presidency. and i think when we look at it we should take very seriously what the former head of the u.s. speci...

Presidency. and i think when we look at it, we should take very seriously what the former head of the u.s. special operations command admiral william mcraven said. and hes not an indeliberate man. he said the republic is under attack from within by the president. were moving into a very, very serious time in this country now. >> i want to talk about you just mentioned whats going on in syria, and i wanted to talk to you about that. theres two things. one, its really interesting to me to watch re...