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18 Apr 2021 Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) blasted a Democrat colleague for suggesting as much as ten percent of the military could be white supremacists or adhere to “extremist ideology.” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) queried two top military commanders during a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on how many white supremacists and extremists they believe are in the military, adding, “It may be a small percentage, under ten percent. But that’s a large percentage, in terms of its potential impact on the readiness and capability of our military and public support for our militar...

By Lauren C. Williams   U.S. Transportation Command is preparing a test program for cyber compliance to hold commercial partners accountable for supply chain risks in preparation for broad adoption of the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, FCW has learned.  “This effort is intended to meet an interim need in advance of the full implementation of CMMC,” Laura Fogerty, spokesperson for U.S. Transportation Command, confirmed to FCW.  Requirements for the pilot effort, which is in the planning phase, are still being developed and market research was ...

News From Antiwar.com Top US/NATO Commander Prepared to Use ‘Full Weight of the Transatlantic Alliance’ Against Russia and China General Tod Wolters, the dual-hatted top commander of U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 13 as part of a review of the 2022 Pentagon authorization request and the Future Years Defense Program. He appeared primarily in his first capacity, though the two roles are coterminous. As top NATO commander he can requisition the military assets of thirty nations with a combine...

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan had criticized a suggestion made by a colleague that nearly 10% of America’s military service members may ascribe to ideology labeled “violent extremist” or “white supremacist”. If the claim turned out to be true, a press release from Sen. Sullivan says that claim would amount to over 200,000 military personnel.   In a corresponding video posted to his website, Sullivan, who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a Marine Corps Reserve Colonel, can be seen speaking to General Stephen Lyons, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command and Ge...

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