politico.com – Defense

Both Repu­bli­can and Demo­cra­tic cri­tics said the plan was beneath the United Sta­tes.

A public exe­cu­ti­on is unpre­ce­den­ted in the modern era.

Recent thre­ats on U.S. bases show just how unpre­pared the mili­ta­ry is for dro­ne war­fa­re.

Doing so would resur­rect a sub­com­mit­tee that Armed Ser­vices Demo­crats eli­mi­na­ted during Pre­si­dent Donald Trump’s first term.

Two of the Defen­se Department’s big­gest con­trac­tors will help lead a pro­ject that could direct­ly bene­fit them.

The Defen­se secre­ta­ry announ­ced seve­ral major initia­ti­ves that appear to con­tra­dict his efforts to cut the department’s bloat.

Some of Europe’s big­gest defen­se spen­ders — and U.S. allies — were not invi­ted to a Pen­ta­gon-led mee­ting to dis­cuss the alli­ance.

Sena­te Repu­bli­cans bare­ly defea­ted an effort to halt the con­flict even as GOP can­di­da­tes in batt­le­ground sta­tes turn against the war.