China has become a bigger threat to the 2020 Presidential election than Russia, and its tactics to influence voting outcomes are different, top federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on safeguarding elections.
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If the United States doesn’t quickly adapt to the technological changes in warfare and foreign policy, major adversaries like China and Russia will have an advantage over the U.S. in future conflicts, experts say.
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Bi-partisanship in Congress is still the priority when dealing with Turkey, says Sen. Lindsey Graham.
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Pakistan, once a strategic ally of the United States during the Cold War, has seen its influence continue to decline since Osama bin Laden was found in Abbottabad in 2011.
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Although it historically has been hard for women to get jobs in intelligence agencies, traits often associated with women, such as being emphatic and good listeners, can be very beneficial for those who are hired, female former CIA officers said.
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Three witnesses testified at the hearing on “Forced Labor, Mass Internment, and Social Control in Xinjiang” hosted by Congressional-Executive Commission on China, calling for sanctions on China’s human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region.
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The U.S. military will incorporate the newest generation of solid-state fiber optic lasers as soon as 2021, according to officials of Northrop Grumman Corp. At the Annual AUSA Trade Show, a Northrop Grumman official confirmed that the company has been contracted to deliver the first 50-kilowatt laser. This medium sized system will be able to engage all types of air targets silently without the need to reload.
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Experts discuss the future of U.S. policy in the Middle East after the Trump administration announced a troop withdrawal from northern Syria.
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ONYX, a new exoskeleton the Army has been testing for a year, has helped soldiers at Fort Drum, New York, do strenuous exercise like climbing stairs for up to eight hours effortless. Later this month, the system will undergo changes to fit the needs of other service branches that will benefit from it.
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A UN report released Wednesday, said the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan “verified 39 civilian casualties (30 deaths, five injured and four whose status of killed or injured remains undetermined), including 14 children and one woman” from a May 5 strike by American force. It also stated that the UNAMA has “reliable and credible evidence” about 30 additional deaths.
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