The Latest National Security Coverage from FP 10/24

The Latest from FP

• The World's Pastime - An FP Slideshow
• False Fronts
• Estimated Recovery Time - By Micah Zenko
• Economic Experiments and the Battle for East Asia - By Ely Ratner
• How the Beirut Bombing Spawned the Modern Surveillance State - By Shane Harris
  The Latest National Security coverage from FP

  • An administration split over Geneva II for Syria; The U.S. and Pakistan’s deal on drones; Gates, looking for the adults in Congress; Lawmakers on Iran negotiations: Wendy Sherman done good so far; Do not call that Navy 0-6 ‘thickset;’ and a bit more.
  • Estimated Recovery Time
  • NatSecWonk, unmasked; DOJ looking at Pentagon hopeful Jofi Joseph; “navel gazing” at the White House over Syria; Afghanistan talks may work out; Why SpongeBob isn’t welcome in Cincinnati; and a bit more.
  • Obama’s drone problem (still); 92k vets hired; Saudi spy chief steps away from the U.S.; Flournoy: sustaining Afg; Forbes wants Taiwan in RIMPAC; Remembering @NatSecWonk; and a bit more.
  • The Price of War
  • High North or High Tension?
  • Chinese arms biz expands at American expense; A Loya Jirga forms; Hagel is wheels up; AUSA kicks off; Bye-bye Manas; Boko Haram gets shown the door; and a bit more.
  • Hagel: Morale is the issue here; Little leaves the Penty; FP: Shabab targeting the U.N.; Does Mike Rogers have what it takes for NSA? Amos, reawakening the Corps; Want 10 percent of $5m? And a bit more.
  • Obama: Open, sesame; Hagel to Swenson: mistakes were made and “we’re sorry;” The NSA, drone strikes and Heritage; Rubio likes more sanctions on Iran; Who makes John McHugh nervous; and a bit more.
  • Facing Reality at the Pentagon