Washington Examiner defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas details the new supplemental defense spending the Obama administration has requested from Congress, how the results of Tuesday’s election will impact Congressional committees, and the influ

National Defense Week, November 6, 2016

Nov 6th, 2016

Highlights of remarks by Defense Secretary Ash Carter at The City College of New York this week, rolling out new Force of the Future initiatives; and remarks at the change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Strategic Command this week, including Gen.

National Defense Week, October 30, 2016

Oct 30th, 2016

A special edition featuring highlights of two important events in Washington this week. Monday, the Center for a New American Security featured Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, Army Secretary Eric Fanning, and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, di

National Defense Week, October 23, 2016

Oct 23rd, 2016

Maj. Gen. Al Shoffner, U.S. Army, director of the Army Talent Management Task Force, on how the Army will upgrade the way it sees talent and skills across the force; highlights of a conversation with Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central

National Defense Week, October 16, 2016

Oct 16th, 2016

VADM Robert Burke, Chief of Naval Personnel and Vice Chief of Naval Operations, on the new career-planning tools the Navy is offering, and the discontinuation of ratings for sailors; CNO ADM John Richardson and MCPON Steven Giordano deliver a

National Defense Week, October 9, 2016

Oct 9th, 2016

Major General Walter Piatt, USA, Director of Operations, U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities Office, on the office’s mission, strategy, and vision, and how it will change the Army’s acquisition dynamic; Chief of Naval Operations ADM John Richardson on

National Defense Week, October 3, 2016

Oct 2nd, 2016

Maj. Gen. Bob Scales (USA ret.), author of Scales on War: The Future of America’s Military at Risk, on preparing U.S. ground forces for the coming wars, rather than past conflicts, and repairing a broken Army; Bob Hale, former Undersecretary of

National Defense Week, September 25, 2016

Sep 25th, 2016

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Sharon Burke on the Pentagon’s new Operational Energy report; Marcus Weisgerber of Defense One on new problems with the F-35, and the new vibe at one of the defense industry’s biggest conferences; aircraft

National Defense Week, September 18, 2016

Sep 18th, 2016

Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy, from the exclusive National Defense Week Facebook Live interview this week at the Pentagon, on the Soldier For Life initiative, the new Rapid Capabilities Office, the Army’s reemphasis on analog soldie

National Defense Week, September 11, 2016

Sep 11th, 2016

Lee Evey, Program Manager of the Pentagon Renovation Program from 1997 to 2002, on the Phoenix Project, a program that restored within one year the portion of the Pentagon damaged by the 9/11 attack; Paul Scharre of the Center for a New America

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