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Supreme Court upholds state government work protections for reservists
The Supreme Court allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.
Biden plans to announce defense secretary pick this week
Speculation for the top Pentagon job has focused on three names in recent weeks.
Biden facing growing pressure over secretary of defense pick
President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalizes his choice for secretary of defense.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
After Trump, Congress could chafe at retired officers leading the Pentagon
Getting a congressional waiver let Jim Mattis lead the Pentagon. Getting another waiver might be more difficult.
Lawmakers, former officials surge support for Flournoy to be Biden’s defense secretary
As speculation mounts that Biden may look elsewhere, supporters are flooding to back Michèle Flournoy, long seen as the presumptive nominee.
Biden’s gender parity pledge could be watershed moment for women in national security
A Biden pledge for at least gender parity in key national security slots could mean huge gains for women at the Pentagon and elsewhere.
By Aaron Mehta
No SecDef pick from Biden as Flournoy hits resistance from progressives
President-elect Joe Biden announced the core of his national security team on Monday, but he has yet to name his choice for defense secretary.
No SECDEF with defense contractor ties, House progressives ask of Biden
“It is unsurprising that the largest defense budgets in our nation’s history have come at a time during which senior defense personnel are intimately connected ... to the corporations profiting the most from those very same budgets," the lawmakers wrote.
By Kyle Rempfer
Michèle Flournoy could become the first woman to run the Pentagon. Here’s what would change.
Flournoy has for years been expected to take the Defense Department's top job. With Joe Biden now the president-elect, this may be her time.
By Aaron Mehta
Flournoy: Next defense secretary needs ‘big bets’ to boost ‘eroding’ deterrence
"You have to make trade-offs and you have to make hard decisions," says Michèle Flournoy, seen as a top contender for the job of defense secretary should former Vice President Joe Biden win the November presidential election.
By Aaron Mehta
Public health must be part of national security calculus, says Flournoy
Michèle Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy at the start of the Obama administration, says the COVID-19 pandemic should change how the U.S. defined national security.
By Aaron Mehta