Reuters: Trump Eyes Former Senator Dan Coats as National Intelligence Director
President-elect Donald Trump is set to nominate Dan Coats, a former senator from Indiana, as the next director of national intelligence, Reuters reported Thursday. Steve Holland writes the official...
View ArticleMayer Brown Partner John Sullivan to Be Nominated as Deputy Secretary of State
President Donald Trump will nominate John Sullivan, a partner at Washington, D.C.-based law firm Mayer Brown, as deputy secretary of the State Department, Politico reported Tuesday. Cristiano Lima...
View ArticleMelissa Hathaway: Trump’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Would Require 14...
Melissa Hathaway, a senior adviser at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, has said President Donald Trump’s cybersecurity executive order will require 14 new reports on various cyber-related...
View ArticleJohn Rood Leading Candidate for Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
Veteran national security policy guru John Rood is a leading candidate to serve Defense Secretary James Mattis as the next undersecretary of defense for policy, U.S. defense officials said, reported...
View ArticleRaytheon Exec Mark Esper Confirmed as Army Secretary
The Senate approved Mark Esper, vice president of government relations at Raytheon, to serve as U.S. Army secretary through an 89-6 vote Wednesday, the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday. His...
View ArticleReport: Trump Reinstates North Korea’s ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’ Designation
President Donald Trump has decided to designate North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism for “repeatedly” backing assassinations overseas and other terrorist acts, CNN reported Tuesday. Trump said...
View ArticleReports: DoD Overturns Planned 2019 Ban on Cluster Munitions
Defense Secretary James Mattis has called off a plan to stop the military use of certain cluster bombs by the end of 2018, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The policy change would permit the...
View ArticleReport: Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell to Leave White House
Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser to President Donald Trump, intends to leave the White House as she plans to return to her home in New York early next year, The Washington Post reported...
View ArticleRobert O’Brien Appointed National Security Adviser; President Trump Quoted
President Trump announced on Wednesday that he’s selected Robert O’Brien to be the new National Security Adviser for the White House. The post Robert O’Brien Appointed National Security Adviser;...
View ArticleLaurie Leshin Returns to NASA as Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Laurie Leshin, the president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, will serve as the new director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of the California Institute of Technology,...
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