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ary Committee appeared unsatisfied with his answers, several signaled that they would vote for his confirmation next week." Politico (2/22, LeVine, Gerstein, 6.73M) reports, "Republicans did use the opportunity to gingerly push Garland to commit to allowing federal prosecutors to press on with politicall

ve "Outsized" Impact. The Washington Examiner (2/22, McIntyre, 888K) reports that, in his first Pentagon news conference Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "was careful to say that while the department does not yet have hard data on the number of extremists in the ranks, he suspects they make up a tiny

vists are fomenting racial tensions by pushing too hard and too fast." Analysis: Many Capitol Rioters Unlikely To Serve Jail Time. Politico (3/30, Gerstein, Cheney, 6.73M) reports that "many of those who invaded the halls of Congress on Jan. 6 are likely to get little or no jail time." Politico says "wh

was stumped for solutions and unable to size the problem of extremism among its own. While the military-wide stand-down issued by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was undoubtedly a step in the right direction, it will take more time, effort and ingenuity to develop both a deeper understanding and a coherent s

ky), Bloomberg (12/15, Tillman), The Independent (12/15, Massie), The Hill (12/15, Dress), The Daily Beast (12/15, Quinn), Politico (12/15, Cheney, Gerstein), HuffPost (12/15, Boboltz), Axios (12/15, Habeshian), and the Washington Examiner (12/15, Deese). Back to Top COUNTERTERRORISM Libya PM Admits Ro

ay raise for service members, and measures to address rising costs due to inflation. The articles added that the bill also directs Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to rescind his August 2021 memorandum imposing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for service members. Coverage noted that a GOP effort to provide remedi

ion aftermath, adding that Trump "did absolutely nothing wrong." The story was also reported on by CBS News (07/21, Quinn, Legare), Politico (07/21, Gerstein, Cheney), a second Politico (07/21, Gerstein) article, BBC News (07/21, Halpert), Reuters (07/21, Heavey, Lynch, Thomsen), CNBC (07/21, Breuninger)

Big Steps to Stop Extremism. Two Years Later, It Shows No Results USA TODAY (07/21, Carless) reported that despite a promise from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over two years ago to combat extremism in the US armed forces, a USA TODAY investigation found that most steps in the initiative are stalled or ina

ey, et al.), New York Times (08/12, Goldman, Haberman, Thrush), Reuters (08/12, Lynch), Associated Press (08/12, Miller, Balsamo), Politico (08/12, Gerstein, Sakellariadis), Fox News (08/12, Betz), CNN (08/12, Lyngaas, Perez, Holmes), NBC News (08/12, Collier, Dilanian, Luce), CBS News (08/12, Triay, Leg

e Associated Press (08/12, Baldor) and the Wall Street Journal (08/12, Abdel-Baqui, Lieber, Youssef) reported that on Monday, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and directed the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to expedite its journey