Mike Waltz pledges to make UN ‘great again’ in confirmation hearing
Tuesday was the first time Waltz faced lawmakers since mistakenly adding a journalist to a private Signal chat used to discuss sensitive military plans.
By Matt Brown
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USS Oscar Austin crew awarded combat action ribbon for Red Sea actions
The destroyer provided combat support to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in the Red Sea.
By Riley Ceder
Military plans to counter Iran include possible 120,000 troop deployment, cyber attack ‘Nitro Zeus’
Experts look to potential flare up from an accident or attack. Plans also call for response to Iran ramping up nuclear program.
By Todd South
Let’s start our own defense company: PODCAST
Defense Nerds podcast for May 6: Feres doctrine, Yemen war veto, sonobuoys, clapping for Mike Pence.
Senate fails to override Trump veto on Yemen military assistance
U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen has survived a critical vote in the Senate, shifting the fight to the nascent defense policy and appropriations bills.
By Joe Gould
Bernie Sanders seeks override of Trump’s Yemen veto
Will more GOP senators defend Congress' constitutional war powers? Bernie Sanders is betting on it.
By Joe Gould
Trump vetoes measure to end US involvement in Yemen war
President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.
House votes to end support for Yemen war, sending bill to Trump’s desk
Congress for the first time has invoked the decades-old War Powers Resolution to try and stop a foreign conflict.
Senate passes resolution to end US support of Saudi Arabia in Yemen, 54-46
The vote marks the first time lawmakers have invoked the decades-old War Powers Resolution to halt American military involvement in a foreign conflict.
By Joe Gould
Trump ends some types of civilian casualty reporting
The executive order, does, however, leave in place 2018 defense bill requirements that the military report on its civilian casualties
This is what Saudi Arabia is doing to Osama bin Laden’s son
He's believed to have been born in 1989, the year of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, where his father became known among mujahedeen fighters.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
This senator wants to know if US weapons are being used by al-Qaida and Iran-linked groups
A senator is calling on Pentagon and State Department officials to look into allegations that U.S. equipment has fallen into the hands of Iranian-backed rebels and al-Qaida-linked militants fighting in Yemen.
By Kyle Rempfer