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From Bombing Iran to Negotiating: Trump Explains His Red Line

Walter Pincus

From Bombing Iran to Negotiating: Trump Explains His Red Line

“I had to stop them [the Iranians] because if they had a nuclear weapon, they would use it. And you want to see bedlam, let them blow up a couple of [...] More

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Inside the FBI’s New Push to Track Leaks and Monitor Employees

Walter Pincus

Inside the FBI’s New Push to Track Leaks and Monitor Employees

OPINION — “The FBI requests $7 million to procure and deploy a digital watermarking solution capable of embedding unique digital forensic watermarks [...] More

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Congress Faces a Growing Blind Spot in the Pentagon’s Expanding Budget

Walter Pincus

Congress Faces a Growing Blind Spot in the Pentagon’s Expanding Budget

OPINION -- “That brings me to a concern I want to put on the record. In addition to the billions requested for the F-35 [fighter-bomber] enterprise, [...] More

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Inside the Pentagon’s High-Stakes Nuclear Overhaul

Walter Pincus

Inside the Pentagon’s High-Stakes Nuclear Overhaul

“The unfortunate truth is that it's fallen to the lot of all of us to modernize the entire [U.S.] nuclear triad at once. Probably, in retrospect, we [...] More

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Why the Navy’s Next Battleship Faces Major Hurdles

Walter Pincus

Why the Navy’s Next Battleship Faces Major Hurdles

“The Navy and Coast Guard need to demonstrate that the approach to these [shipbuilding] programs is not a short-term deviation followed by returning [...] More

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The Costly Illusion of the Golden Dome

Walter Pincus

The Costly Illusion of the Golden Dome

“The Golden Dome for America strategy [President Trump’s proposed nationwide anti-missile defense system] remains centered on affordable and scalable [...] More

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A Wartime Budget Without an Innovation Strategy

Walter Pincus

A Wartime Budget Without an Innovation Strategy

“The use cases that help to drive the research agenda can come from a variety of different settings…We need to acknowledge that it's okay for those [...] More

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How Close the Iran War Came to a Nuclear Disaster

Walter Pincus

How Close the Iran War Came to a Nuclear Disaster

“Nuclear facilities on both [the Iranian and Israeli] sides have been targeted. That’s where we are in this war, and that’s how far it’s escalated. [...] More

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The Quiet Expansion of Trump’s War on Cartels

Walter Pincus

The Quiet Expansion of Trump’s War on Cartels

“The [narco-trafficking] boat strikes [in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific] aren't the answer. What we're moving for right now might be an extension [...] More

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Inside Trump’s Thinking on the Iran War

Walter Pincus

Inside Trump’s Thinking on the Iran War

“Remember this: We're being nice. I [President Trump] could take out [Iran’s] things within the next hour, we could hang up [this telephone [...] More

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America’s “Exquisite Class” Weapons Shortage

Walter Pincus

America’s “Exquisite Class” Weapons Shortage

OPINION — “We just concluded a very good meeting with the largest U.S. Defense Manufacturing Companies where we discussed Production and Production [...] More

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The Constitutional and Strategic Fallout of Trump’s Strike on Iran

Walter Pincus

The Constitutional and Strategic Fallout of Trump’s Strike on Iran

“[Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all [...] More

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Why Russia’s War Effort Signals Strategic Decline

Walter Pincus

Why Russia’s War Effort Signals Strategic Decline

“Despite claims of battlefield momentum in Ukraine, the data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains and is in decline [...] More

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