Tag: Secretary of Defense

  • Nation & World

    What do Trump’s election denials and flurry of firings add up to?

    What is President Trump up to with his ongoing purge of top Pentagon and cybersecurity officials and his false assertions that Joe Biden was not legitimately elected as the 46th president? Experts say it’s not clear yet, but intelligence and national security risks abound.

    8 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    Ash Carter to head Belfer Center

    Ash Carter, former U.S. secretary of defense, has been named to head the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and lead a new initiative on technology and global affairs. He succeeds Graham Allison, who will continue to teach at the School.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Attention!

    War is an unpredictable, nonlinear interplay of policy and strategy, Adm. Mike Mullen said in a Harvard talk, and “sense and adjust” is the way to proceed.

    5 minutes