The Latest National Security coverage from FP 3/6

The Latest National Security coverage from FP

• The Pentagon spends $1 billion a year on unemployment for service members; Mattis’ parting shot; Pentagon strictly enforcing CODEL travel; What happened in Wardak?; What happened to $60 billion in Iraq?; and a little more.
• The Pentagon spends $1 billion a year to pay unemployment to service members; Mattis’ parting shot: Afghanistan needs 20k post 2014; Pentagon, strictly enforcing CODEL travel; Where did $60 billon go in Iraq; What happened in Wardak; and a little more.
• Speak Softly and Let Others Carry the Big Stick
• A Clear View from Foggy Bottom
• Caveat Preemptor
• The Army will leave $6 billion worth of gear in Afghanistan; Hagel’s first foreign defense minister visit is Israel’s Barak, today; DHS goes commando; How will Hagel be with the press? And a little more.
• Vali Nasr: How Obama let diplomacy fail in Afghanistan; Johnson on DOMA; The bumper sticker for the Hagel era; Why a Air Force general’s decision could animate reformers on sexual assault; Get your sequester T-shirt!; And more.
• Sequester happens; The Pivot underway: first LCS sets sail today; Who at The Post took the call?; Being Steve Warren, and a little more.
• Want to Work in the White House?
• Hagel remembers the ‘jarring gong’; Sequester a day away; Ooh-rah, Hoo-ah: the Marines, Army draw down quicker than expected; Why is the Air Force going old school? Farewell to Mike Evans, and a little more.