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Kudos to Congress for Taking Election Security Seriously
By now most are familiar with the contours of Russian efforts to influence our elections. The use of social media by Russian (and also, apparently, by the Trump campaign) have resonated with many. -
What’s in the Omnibus Spending Bill?
Facing a looming Friday-night deadline to prevent a government shutdown, House and Senate negotiators released the text of a $1.3 trillion spending bill last night. Running 2,000-plus pages, the bill bot... -
Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the Energy Department's Atomic Energy Defense Programs
The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday morning on the Energy Department's atomic energy defense programs. The committee will hear testimony from Energy Secretary Rick Perry (r... -
Livestream: House Foreign Affairs Hearings on U.S.-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation and China's Foreign Influence Operations
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa is holding a hearing on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. on the “Implications of a U.S.-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement for the... -
Live Stream: House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on the 2019 Foreign Assistance Budget
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. on the Fiscal Year 2019 foreign assistance budget. The committee will hear testimony from Mark Green, the administrator of ... -
Live Stream: Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing on Election Security
The Senate intelligence committee is holding a hearing Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. on election security. The committee will hear testimony from the following witnesses: -
Document: Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Election Security
On Tuesday, the Senate intelligence committee released the following recommendations on election security based on evidence it examined during its investigation of Russian efforts to target electoral inf... -
Ignore the Hype: The Taiwan Travel Act is Legally Binding
Last Friday, President Trump signed into law the Taiwan Travel Act, which makes it a U.S. policy to allow high-level meetings between Taiwan and U.S. government officials. News reports about the law have... -
Summary: The Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017
On March 7, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 10-to-one to approve legislation authorizing the operations of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the first ti... -
Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: February 2018
In July, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. This post provides our data for the month of February. It inc... -
Livestream: Confirmation Hearing of Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone as NSA Director
The Senate intelligence committee is holding a hearing Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone to be director of the National Security Agency (Prepared Testimony). Watc... -
Livestream: Congressional Hearings on Space Warfighting Readiness, Somalia's Security Status, and Protecting Cutting-Edge Technology and U.S. National Security
The House Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. on "Space Warfighting Readiness: Policies, Authorities, and Capabilities." The committee will hear testimony from t...
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