ON THE FORCE
US Special Operations Command has grown in stature slowly but steadily, but there are still questions about what the role and ultimate size of the sprawling empire should be.
POTOMAC TWO-STEP
The United States has decided to keep Cuba on a central list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The Pentagon has deployed a handful of troops to Mali, and has begun to step up its cooperation with the State Department in the country, coordinating everything from logistics to outreach to partner nation forces.
ON TECH
The University of Rhode Island will host a cybersecurity summit, and the guest speaker list is comprehensive: the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, among others.
Think the Office of Naval Research can’t develop software than can control multiple remotely piloted aircraft at once? Think again!
ON SECRECY – OR LACK THEREOF
CNN interviews two people who spent their lives around Special Operations Forces, and the consensus is clear: stop talking about the secrets of what Special Operations Forces, and soon, before someone gets hurt.
CONTRACT WATCH
The new design-build contracts, for new US embassies in Yemen and Jordan, have been released.
