The Latest National Security Coverage from FP 8/1

The Latest from FP

• Calm Before the Storm - By Michael Kugelman
• Uncle Sam Wants Who? - By Rosa Brooks
• SWAT for Settlers - By Debra Kamin
• The Pentagon's Stages of Budget Grief - By Gordon Adams
• NSA Hype Machine - By Shane Harris
  The Latest National Security coverage from FP

  • On the Hill today: no good (strategic) choices; The knives are out in the Pentagon; POW/MIA folks to get grilled; Afg. customs issue, settled; A Chinese firm thrives in Africa; and a bit more.
  • Uncle Sam Wants Who?
  • The Pentagon's Stages of Budget Grief
  • Hagel to unveil strategic review today; 'Angry' McCain vs. the Navy; Obama, not impressing veterans; Why no decision on post-2014 Afghanistan?; Nikki Ressler, departing, and a bit more.
  • Dunford: U.S. must stay in Afg.; Is the CIA driving away talent?; In the House: Iran sanctions bill; Furloughs may get another haircut; The VA can’t measure GI Bill success; McCain remembers Bud Day; Whither Rosie the Riverter’s factory? And a bit more.
  • The ABCs of Strategy
  • Fears of more violence Egypt; Greenwald: wiretapping is expansive; Behind closed doors: what $1.1 billion paid for at the Mark Center; The $24 million “propaganda plane” for Cuba; and a little bit more.
  • Have You Heard the One About the Pentagon's Budget?
  • The Surveillance State Strikes Back
  • How Pelosi saved the NSA program; McKeon: don’t cut off aid to Egypt; Help troops by cutting entitlements; What’s up with security during the Manning C-M?; Lietzau, moving on; What’s a Brony, Bro? and a bit more.