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Commentary: New Regulation an Opportunity, Not a Curse
No one loves a new federal regulation. Say “compliance” and you’ll hear a chorus of groans. Compliance regulations often feel like a convoluted mousetrap designed by lawmakers who have no practical experience in the field.
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Commentary: Return Acquisition Role to Service Chiefs
The passage of Goldwater-Nichols and the Packard Commission recommendations back in 1986 was a historic accomplishment that helped build the best military in the world. But there were a few defects that have needed correction for a long time.
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Letter: Questionable Source
Barbara Opall-Rome’s article “Report Cites Shift in Israeli War Doctrine” [DefenseNews.com, May 5] repeats, without any qualifications, a report by a group called Breaking the Silence (BtS) that alleges abuses by Israeli soldiers in the 2014 Gaza strip fighting.
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Editorial: Priorities for DoD’s New Team
Since being tapped to become US defense secretary, Ash Carter spent four months developing a strategy for his tenure and focusing on who would fill the nation’s top military jobs.
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Commentary: North Korea’s ‘Fake’ Missiles Stir to Life
On May 9, a beaming Kim Jong Un watched his country’s first sub-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) leaping out of the water after being launched from a submerged North Korean submarine. The missile, a spitting image of the Soviet era SSN6, was dubbed “Bukkeukseong 1” (Polaris 1) by the North Koreans, a thinly veiled allusion to…
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Editorial: The Right Cooperation Message
The United States and many of its allies face the same problem: Costs are growing faster than budgets.
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Commentary: Workforce Challenges to Better Buying Power 3.0
When Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall released Better Buying Power 3.0 last month, he charged the roughly 150,000 DoD acquisition professionals with a mammoth responsibility: Preserve the American military’s “technological superiority.” To do so, they will have to create operational efficiencies and concrete innovations from 33 pages of text, written from the highest perch in the…
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Commentary: A Dear John (McCain) Letter
Dear Sen. John McCain: You know as well as anyone, the Department of Defense and the US military are at greater risk today than at any time since Sept. 11. The principal threat is not al-Qaida, Da’esh or a resurgent China or Russia, although a good part of the world remains dangerously unstable. Nor is…
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Editorial: Integrate US-Japan Forces
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States last week was a success. He made Japan’s case on security, trade and diplomacy, becoming the first Japanese leader ever to address a joint session of Congress. And in English, no less.
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Editorial: Of Budgets and Odd Alliances
The unusual coalition of conservative Republican deficit hawks and liberal Democrats united to cut Pentagon spending is worrying defense supporters.
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Commentary: New Regulation an Opportunity, Not a Curse
No one loves a new federal regulation. Say “compliance” and you’ll hear a chorus of groans. Compliance regulations often feel like a convoluted mousetrap designed by lawmakers who have no practical experience in the field.
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Commentary: Return Acquisition Role to Service Chiefs
The passage of Goldwater-Nichols and the Packard Commission recommendations back in 1986 was a historic accomplishment that helped build the best military in the world. But there were a few defects that have needed correction for a long time.
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Letter: Questionable Source
Barbara Opall-Rome’s article “Report Cites Shift in Israeli War Doctrine” [DefenseNews.com, May 5] repeats, without any qualifications, a report by a group called Breaking the Silence (BtS) that alleges abuses by Israeli soldiers in the 2014 Gaza strip fighting.
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Editorial: Priorities for DoD’s New Team
Since being tapped to become US defense secretary, Ash Carter spent four months developing a strategy for his tenure and focusing on who would fill the nation’s top military jobs.
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Commentary: North Korea’s ‘Fake’ Missiles Stir to Life
On May 9, a beaming Kim Jong Un watched his country’s first sub-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) leaping out of the water after being launched from a submerged North Korean submarine. The missile, a spitting image of the Soviet era SSN6, was dubbed “Bukkeukseong 1” (Polaris 1) by the North Koreans, a thinly veiled allusion to…
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Editorial: The Right Cooperation Message
The United States and many of its allies face the same problem: Costs are growing faster than budgets.
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Commentary: Workforce Challenges to Better Buying Power 3.0
When Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall released Better Buying Power 3.0 last month, he charged the roughly 150,000 DoD acquisition professionals with a mammoth responsibility: Preserve the American military’s “technological superiority.” To do so, they will have to create operational efficiencies and concrete innovations from 33 pages of text, written from the highest perch in the…
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Commentary: A Dear John (McCain) Letter
Dear Sen. John McCain: You know as well as anyone, the Department of Defense and the US military are at greater risk today than at any time since Sept. 11. The principal threat is not al-Qaida, Da’esh or a resurgent China or Russia, although a good part of the world remains dangerously unstable. Nor is…
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Editorial: Integrate US-Japan Forces
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States last week was a success. He made Japan’s case on security, trade and diplomacy, becoming the first Japanese leader ever to address a joint session of Congress. And in English, no less.
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Editorial: Of Budgets and Odd Alliances
The unusual coalition of conservative Republican deficit hawks and liberal Democrats united to cut Pentagon spending is worrying defense supporters.
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Commentary: New Regulation an Opportunity, Not a Curse
No one loves a new federal regulation. Say “compliance” and you’ll hear a chorus of groans. Compliance regulations often feel like a convoluted mousetrap designed by lawmakers who have no practical experience in the field.
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Commentary: Return Acquisition Role to Service Chiefs
The passage of Goldwater-Nichols and the Packard Commission recommendations back in 1986 was a historic accomplishment that helped build the best military in the world. But there were a few defects that have needed correction for a long time.
-
Letter: Questionable Source
Barbara Opall-Rome’s article “Report Cites Shift in Israeli War Doctrine” [DefenseNews.com, May 5] repeats, without any qualifications, a report by a group called Breaking the Silence (BtS) that alleges abuses by Israeli soldiers in the 2014 Gaza strip fighting.
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Editorial: Priorities for DoD’s New Team
Since being tapped to become US defense secretary, Ash Carter spent four months developing a strategy for his tenure and focusing on who would fill the nation’s top military jobs.
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Commentary: North Korea’s ‘Fake’ Missiles Stir to Life
On May 9, a beaming Kim Jong Un watched his country’s first sub-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) leaping out of the water after being launched from a submerged North Korean submarine. The missile, a spitting image of the Soviet era SSN6, was dubbed “Bukkeukseong 1” (Polaris 1) by the North Koreans, a thinly veiled allusion to…
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Editorial: The Right Cooperation Message
The United States and many of its allies face the same problem: Costs are growing faster than budgets.
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Commentary: Workforce Challenges to Better Buying Power 3.0
When Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall released Better Buying Power 3.0 last month, he charged the roughly 150,000 DoD acquisition professionals with a mammoth responsibility: Preserve the American military’s “technological superiority.” To do so, they will have to create operational efficiencies and concrete innovations from 33 pages of text, written from the highest perch in the…
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Commentary: A Dear John (McCain) Letter
Dear Sen. John McCain: You know as well as anyone, the Department of Defense and the US military are at greater risk today than at any time since Sept. 11. The principal threat is not al-Qaida, Da’esh or a resurgent China or Russia, although a good part of the world remains dangerously unstable. Nor is…
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Editorial: Integrate US-Japan Forces
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States last week was a success. He made Japan’s case on security, trade and diplomacy, becoming the first Japanese leader ever to address a joint session of Congress. And in English, no less.
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Editorial: Of Budgets and Odd Alliances
The unusual coalition of conservative Republican deficit hawks and liberal Democrats united to cut Pentagon spending is worrying defense supporters.
