The Latest National Security coverage from FP 8/5

The Latest National Security coverage from FP

• 19 American posts remain closed; Lawmakers praise the WH; Dempsey: “a significant threat stream,” Could ASB trigger a war with China?; The Navy gets a new personnel chief; Yochi Dreazen to FP; and a bit more.
• Escalation Cause
• Hagel as a mensch: building “unprecedented” ties with Israel; Is Buck McKeon a drone puppet?; Ash Carter on the 20 percent cut; What an Army helicopter pilot thinks about Afg. customs charges; A new AF secretary nom’ed; and a bit more.
• 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.