President Barack Obama has said in his final State of the Union address how al Qaeda and the Islamic State militant group promote terrorism through the Internet, FCW reported Tuesday. “They use
MoreDefense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the Defense Department is in search of new approaches on how to speed up the campaign against the Islamic State militant group, DoD News reported Wednesday.
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the U.S. will continue to work with the U.K. in counterterrorism efforts against the Islamic State militant organization, DoD News reported Friday. Lisa Ferdinando writes Carter said
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said he and U.K. defense secretary Michael Fallon have agreed to promote innovation in the defense sector in order to address hybrid and cyber warfare, DoD News reported Friday.
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Christine Wormuth, undersecretary for policy at the Defense Department, believes that a “whole of government” approach, rather than a purely military strategy, is key to defeating the Islamic State group, DoD News
MoreGen. John Allen, special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter the Islamic State group, has outlined the coalition’s focus on establishing clarity across several so-called “lines of effort” to defeat IS. In an
MoreDaniel Rubinstein has been appointed to serve as the White House‘s lead representative in Syria as Ambassador Robert Ford prepares to retire from the position he had held since 2011, Reuters reported
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Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has criticized the Obama administration for reaching out to Islamic rebels in Syria and persuading them to support international peace talks, National Journal reported
MoreThe Defense Department has cancelled plans to buy 15 Russian Mi-17 helicopters from state-owned enterprise Rosoboronexport , Reuters reported Wednesday. Warren Strobel writes the scuttled deal followed bipartisan criticism after reports surfaced that
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