Obama says hacks show need for cybersecurity law
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DefenceTalkPresident Barack Obama said Tuesday the cyber attacks against Sony and the Pentagon’s Central Command highlight the need for toughened laws on cybersecurity. Obama made the comment as the White House unveiled a proposal to revive cybersecurity legislation stalled over the past few years. “With the Sony attack that took place, with the Twitter account […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-says-hacks-show-need-for-cybersecurity-law-61907/
Obama calls for stronger personal data protection
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DefenceTalkUS President Barack Obama said Monday he will introduce legislation to beef up and standardize personal data protection on the Internet. “Right now, almost every state has a different law on this, and it’s confusing for consumers and it’s confusing for companies — and it’s costly, too,” Obama told the Federal Trade Commission, the US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-calls-for-stronger-personal-data-protection-61888/
Frontrunners emerge for top Pentagon job
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DefenceTalkA pair of frontrunners have emerged to take charge at the Pentagon after President Barack Obama announced the departure of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. If former under-secretary Michele Flournoy gets the nod, she would be the first woman to hold the role, and neither she nor former deputy secretary Ashton Carter have served in uniform. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/frontrunners-emerge-for-top-pentagon-job-61073/
US Defense Secretary Hagel resigns
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DefenceTalkUS Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will resign on Monday, senior officials told reporters, as the White House faced mounting criticism over its handling of the war against the Islamic State group and the campaign in Afghanistan. The former senator, who has been in the job for less than two years, was chosen to oversee a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-defense-secretary-hagel-resigns-61068/
Downsizing US Army: When We’ll Need An Army, You Can Bet We’ll Need It Bad
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DefenceTalkTwice in just the past 15 years the U.S. government has made the decision to shrink the size of the Army. Under the Bush Administration the argument was that the real threat was from rising near-peer powers and regional adversaries empowered by advanced weapons technologies. Combatting these threats required investment in transformational capabilities that would […]https://www.defencetalk.com/downsizing-us-army-when-well-need-an-army-you-can-bet-well-need-it-bad-60763/
Obama Announces Counterterror Campaign Against ISIL
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DefenceTalkThe United States will lead a broad coalition of nations to take the fight to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, President Barack Obama said in a nationally televised address tonight at the White House. The president vowed to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL, and added that he will not hesitate to target […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-announces-counterterror-campaign-against-isil-60548/
Russia slams US for implicating rebels in jet crash
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DefenceTalkRussia on Saturday launched a blistering attack against Washington after US President Barack Obama said that a missile fired from territory controlled by Moscow-backed rebels downed the Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine. In his most extensive comments on the tragedy that killed 298 people aboard MH17 flight en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Obama […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-slams-us-for-implicating-rebels-in-jet-crash-60216/
Obama to deploy 200 extra troops to Iraq
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DefenceTalkPresident Barack Obama said Monday he had sent up to 200 US extra troops equipped for combat, with surveillance gear and helicopters, to protect the US Embassy in Baghdad. Together with a 275-strong embassy protection force already sent and another 300 US special forces charged with advising the Iraqi army, the deployment will mean nearly […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-to-deploy-200-extra-troops-to-iraq-59994/
Break over, Obama returns to Iraq nightmare
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DefenceTalkBarack Obama returned to Washington on Monday after a brief family break in California to find himself confronted once again by the nightmare from which America thought it had escaped: Iraq. Obama ran for the White House as a young leader who opposed the 2003 US invasion, and then won re-election as the steady hand […]https://www.defencetalk.com/break-over-obama-returns-to-iraq-nightmare-59932/
Obama Weighs Options for Intervention In Iraq
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DefenceTalkCiting the “huge investments and sacrifices” Americans have made in Iraq, President Barack Obama said today that he has asked his national security team to prepare a range of options to help Iraqi security forces stop rapidly advancing Sunni insurgents who have overrun much of the country’s north, control most of Anbar province and are […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-weighs-options-for-intervention-in-iraq-59904/