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Department of War Releases National Defense Strategy – Homeland at Forefront

The Department of War released the 2026 National Defense Strategy on January 23, emphasizing a return to peace through ...
JD Supra

Secretary Hegseth Issues Directives to Transform Acquisition Process and Defense Industrial Base

Tracye Winfrey Howard, Nicholas Iliff, Jr. On November 7, 2025, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued three memoranda that collectively direct a significant shift in defense policy and management.
AOL

Hegseth highlights US-first national defense strategy

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday took the podium at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum to attack post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy, declaring a new military focus on the Western ...
Cfr.org

‘America First’ Meets the National Security and Defense Strategies

Carla Anne Robbins is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. When President Donald Trump addressed the country’s top military officers in late September, he offered no insight into his ...
Stars and Stripes

The real problem with the defense budget

The Trump administration is using a novel approach to increase defense spending. The Pentagon is relying on reconciliation, a special legislative process that expedites the passage of high-priority ...