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Many countries are working on them — and neither China, Russia, Iran, India or Pakistan have signed a U.S.-initiated pledge to use military AI responsibly. Another AI project at Space Force analyzes radar data to detect imminent adversary missile launches, he said. One urgent challenge, says Jane Pinelis, chief AI engineer at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Lab and former chief of AI assurance in Martell’s office, is recruiting and retaining the talent needed to test AI tech. Testing and evaluation standards are also immature, a recent National Academy of Sciences report on Air Force AI highlighted. Might that mean the U.S. one day fielding under duress autonomous weapons that don’t fully pass muster?

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[1/2] A view shows smoke in the Gaza Strip as seen from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON/BAGHDAD, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A defective drone in Iraq may have helped keep America from being dragged deeper into a widening Middle East conflict. The possibility of a major strike that draws America into a conflict is "a very realistic concern," he said. "I think they are calibrating the attacks to harass rather than kill en masse U.S. troops," he said of Iraqi and Syrian militias. "We had rocket attacks, mortar attacks, before we got hit with the big bomb," he said.

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☆ U.S. Forces Under Fire in Middle East as America Slides Towards Brink
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +10 min

By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Ahmed RasheedWASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A defective drone in Iraq may have helped keep America from being dragged deeper into a widening Middle East conflict. The possibility of a major strike that draws America into a conflict is "a very realistic concern," he said. "I think they are calibrating the attacks to harass rather than kill en masse U.S. troops," he said of Iraqi and Syrian militias. Iran says it had no role in Hamas' Oct. 7 raid on Israel, though it has welcomed the attack. "We had rocket attacks, mortar attacks, before we got hit with the big bomb," he said.

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☆ GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville shrugs off blame for top Marine's heart attack, comparing the general's heavy workload to his time coaching football
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

GOP Senator Tuberville compared his work as a football coach to that of top US Marine Gen. Eric Smith. Smith, a Purple Heart recipient, had a heart attack Sunday after complaining for weeks of being overworked. Tuberville's ongoing block on military promotions has left hundreds of positions vacant, forcing officers like Smith to work two or three jobs. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy .

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☆ In D.C., activists find that there are still pro-Ukraine Republicans, but their voters have mixed feelings on aid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Activists were on Capitol Hill this week to urge support for Ukraine. Insider attended a meeting between the activists and Sen. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican. Mullin supports aid for Ukraine, but staff warned that calls from constituents have been "mixed." A majority of Republican lawmakers are no longer so sure, at least publicly, that defending Kyiv from the Kremlin is in America's strategic interests. Republican lawmakers are responding to concerns expressed by Republican voters — the people who will ultimately decide their political future.

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☆ As war breaks out in Israel, Sen. Tommy Tuberville still refuses to lift his ongoing block on military promotions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Tommy Tuberville's office said he still has no plans to halt his block on military promotions. Tuberville's block stems from the Pentagon reimbursing service members for abortion services. AdvertisementAdvertisementGOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville has no plans to back down on his ongoing block of military promotions, despite a new war breaking out in Israel. A Tuberville spokesperson confirmed to Politico on Sunday that the senator's efforts to halt military promotions remain unchanged: until the Pentagon's abortion policy is altered, he'll continue on. The process for confirming military promotions is typically straightforward: the Senate majority leader would bring a vote to the floor with a detailed list of proposed promotions.

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Military promotions, including for the chief of naval operations, have been held up by a single senator because of abortion policy. "It could make our response significantly less effective" and imperil aid to both Israel and Ukraine. That followed the sending of a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group and military aircraft closer to Israel as a show of support. The United States is also supplying Israel with munitions and other military supplies, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. "This kind of situation is what many were worrying about, with all the holds on nominations and military promotions.

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☆ Trump and GOP Rep. Gosar suggest Joint Chiefs boss Mark Milley deserves death
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump and Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona suggested that outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley is a traitor who deserves to be executed. Milley in September 2021 told Congress he had made it clear to Chinese officials that Trump was not planning to attack China in his final weeks as president. "My task at that time was to de-escalate," Milley told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "In a better society, quislings like the strange sodomy-promoting General Milley would be hung," Gosar wrote. Gosar also called Milley, a four-star general with more than four decades of military service, a "traitor."

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But as the ramifications of Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s freeze have grown, more of them are speaking out. Political Cartoons View All 1163 ImagesBut now even the Pentagon’s soon-to-be highest military leader is speaking out. It's not the first time general officer promotions have been frozen by a single senator. Six months into Tuberville's hold, 315 military officers are now affected, and the impact cuts deeper in some services. In the small and still growing U.S. Space Force, at least eight general officers’ nominations are on hold — but that’s one third of all of its 25 senior officers.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to supporters in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 17, 2019. L3 Harris said on July 26 it was informed that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission would not block its $4.7 billion deal for Aerojet Rocketdyne. The letter was signed by Warren, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Personnel, as well as U.S. The lawmakers also requested correspondence between the Pentagon and the companies regarding potential conditions, including how they would be enforced. Reporting by Diane Bartz; additional reporting by Mike Stone; editing by Timothy GardnerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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The Ukrainian pilots are expected to arrive at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, by October. Ukraine’s leaders have asked for fighter jets from the West since the earliest days of the war. Loh said the Air National Guard assessed the three-month timeline based on training Ukrainian pilots received on Fresno, California-based F-15Cs, another advanced Air National Guard fighter jet. That exposure allowed the Air National Guard to assess that Ukraine’s aviators were already using more Western tactics in flying and that it would not take long to bring them up to speed, Loh said. The nine-month timeframe is the estimate to get pilots with no previous fighter jet experience flying the F-16s, Loh said.

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Let’s go to work.”Tuberville’s blockade is unique because it affects hundreds of military nominations and promotions. But, while unusual, Tuberville's office notes that lawmakers from both parties have threatened holds on military promotions over the years. But if Republican leaders are pressuring Tuberville to end his holds, they are not doing so publicly. Some Republicans have suggested that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., could hold votes on some of the most critical nominations. “I'd like to vote to rescind the policy, but I'm not going to hold the military up in perpetuity,” Graham said.

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☆ Sen. Tommy Tuberville argues the Navy is 'too woke' because 'people are doing poems on aircraft carriers'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sen. Tommy Tuberville says the US Navy is too woke, citing a poetry night on an aircraft carrier. "It is absolutely insane the direction we're headed in our military," Tuberville told Fox News. "Secretary [Carlos] Del Toro of Navy, he needs to get to building ships, get to recruiting, and he needs to get wokeness out of our Navy," Tuberville said Wednesday evening on Fox News. AdvertisementAdvertisementSecretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and Sen. Jack Reed at an industry conference in Newport, Rhode Island on August 28, 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The service chief of any service has two full-time jobs already.

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☆ Sen. Tommy Tuberville is worth at least $4.5 million, according to his financial disclosures
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After a 36-year college football coaching career, Sen. Tommy Tuberville joined the Senate in 2021. According to his latest financial disclosure, his wealth is estimated to be at least $4.5 million. AdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to a recent Washington Post report, Tuberville has sold his land in Alabama for close to $1.1 million and the condo for $850,000. When asked about his reported investments, Tuberville's press secretary told Insider that he has financial advisors do his day-to-day trading for him. While it's not listed on his financial disclosure, Tuberville earns $174,000 each year from the government as a current US Senator.

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☆ A massive Iranian missile attack on a US base offered a glimpse of the long-lasting injuries US troops will face in a war with Russia or China
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In January 2020, Iran fired nearly a dozen ballistic missiles at an Iraqi base housing US troops. The hundreds of US troops at the base experienced what has been described as "the largest ballistic attack against Americans in history." The troops only received a few hours of warning, and the base had no air defenses capable of intercepting the missiles. US soldiers inspect damage from Iranian missiles at Al Asad air base on January 13, 2020. The Al Asad attack was a relatively small-scale demonstration of the lethal dangers that US troops will face on the battlefields of the future.

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☆ The US is quietly warning its Middle East partners about the cost of stocking up on Chinese-made weapons
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Chinese arms sales in the Middle East have increased by 80% over the past decade, a result of Beijing's expanding relationships there and its willingness to deliver arms faster and with fewer stipulations than Washington. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty ImagesMiddle Eastern countries, led by the Arab Gulf states, have for decades been major buyers of US-made weapons. Chinese arms sales to the region are "substantial and expected to continue to increase," said Ahmed Aboudouh, an associate fellow at Chatham House. "But it's just one factor among many, including varying threat perceptions of Iran among the Arab Gulf states as well as varying levels of trust between the Arab Gulf governments themselves." Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist and columnist who writes about Middle East developments, military affairs, politics, and history.

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☆ Dianne Feinstein has surrendered decision-making on legal matters to her daughter, but the 90-year-old is still one of the most powerful lawmakers in the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dianne Feinstein has reportedly granted her daughter power of attorney over her legal affairs. It's unclear the extent to which Feinstein's agreement extends. The New York Times reported Thursday that Feinstein has granted power of attorney to Katherine Feinstein, a former San Francisco judge, over her legal affairs. During a recent Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Feinstein appeared confused during a roll call vote. Feinstein also serves on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.

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CNN —President Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is being “irresponsible” and jeopardizing national security by blocking military promotions over his objections to the Defense Department’s reproductive health policies. He’s jeopardizing US security with what he’s doing,” Biden said during a news conference in Helsinki, Finland, when asked by CNN about Tuberville’s position. A defense official told CNN Austin and Tuberville eventually spoke at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday. I’m doing it for Republicans and Democrats and citizens of this country. I’m doing it for the Constitution.”CNN reported in June that some of Tuberville’s colleagues have tried to talk with him behind the scenes about alternatives.

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☆ Biden's pick for top U.S. general warns on Republican's hold on promotions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] U.S. Air Force General Charles Brown Jr. attends a U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File PhotoWASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to become the top U.S. general warned on Tuesday that a Republican senator's blockade of military promotions could have far-reaching impact across the U.S. armed forces, affecting troops and their families. General Charles "C.Q." Brown, the outgoing Air Force chief of staff, made the remarks at his Senate confirmation hearing to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reporting by Phil Stewart and Patricia ZengerleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Charles Brown Jr, Kevin Wurm, Joe Biden's, General Charles " C.Q, Brown, Tommy Tuberville, Tuberville, Phil Stewart, Patricia Zengerle Organizations: U.S . Air Force, U.S . Senate Armed Services, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Capitol, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Republican, Air Force, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Pentagon, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S, Alabama

☆ Marines without Senate-confirmed leader for first time since 1859 after GOP senator blocks nominee
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Zoë Richards | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For the first time in more than 150 years, the Marine Corps is operating without a Senate-confirmed commandant. The delay marks the first time the Marine Corps will have been without a Senate-confirmed commandant in 164 years. At a ceremony Monday for Berger — the Marine Corps' 38th commandant — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged the Senate to act. "You know, it's been more than a century since the U.S. Marine Corps has operated without a Senate-confirmed commandant," Austin said. Tuberville, who for months has been using a procedural tactic to slow promotions that are typically approved through unanimous consent, objected to Reed's move, citing the Pentagon's abortion policy.

Persons: Sen, Tommy Tuberville, Vivek Murthy, David H, Berger, GOP Sen, Eric Smith, Lloyd Austin, it's, Austin, that's, Jack Reed, Reed, Tuberville, Reed's, Sabrina Singh, Roe, Wade Organizations: Health, Education, Labor, Marine Corps, GOP, —, Senate, U.S . Marine Corps, United States, Senate Armed, Pentagon, Supreme Locations: Alabama

☆ A showdown with one senator over hundreds of generals and admirals is set to ripple through the US military
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Waiting to replacing him is Gen. Eric Smith, and he will continue waiting until one senator lifts holds on the promotions of more than 250 generals and admirals. Tuberville's hold targets uniformed military officers over a policy set by the US military's civilian leadership, diverging from the longstanding manner in which members of Congress have expressed displeasure with such policies. Kelsey Dornfeld"Uniformed military officers do not set policy. 'We will lose talent'Maj. Gen. Eric Smith receives his three-star rank insignia during a ceremony in Okinawa in August 2018. "It is the personal development, it is the family understanding and predictability" that will be affected, Adm. John Aquilino, head of US Indo-Pacific Command, told senators in April.

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☆ US Marine Corps in historic leadership limbo due to Republican block
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - The Marine Corps is now without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in over a century thanks to a Republican senator's block on military nominations. Retiring Gen. David Berger formally relinquished command on Monday as the Marine Corps' commandant, creating the first of several possible vacancies of Senate confirmed leaders on the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff in the coming months. Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said last time the Marine Corps had an acting Commandant was from December 1, 1910 to February 2, 1911. Berger's retirement leaves General Eric Smith, the Marine Corps' No. He is President Joe Biden's nominee to become the next commandant but is expected to avoid major decisions without Senate confirmation.

Persons: David Berger, Tommy Tuberville, Lloyd Austin, Austin, Sabrina Singh, Singh, Roe, Wade, Charles " C.Q, Brown, Eric Smith, Joe Biden's, Phil Stewart, Patricia Zengerle, Stephen Coates Organizations: Corps, Republican, Marine Corps, military's, Chiefs, Staff, Pentagon, . Defense, Department, U.S, Supreme, Democratic, Army, Navy, Joint Chiefs, Air Force, Senate Armed Services Committee, Thomson Locations: Alabama, United States

☆ US Air Force suspends personnel moves and bonuses due to funding shortfall
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US Air Force has suspended personnel moves and bonuses through the end of the fiscal year as the service faces a funding shortfall driven by higher-than-expected costs, according to a statement from the service Monday. The Air Force said it needed to take these steps now “to avoid exhausting funds” dedicated to personnel. The suspensions could affect tens of thousands of service members, according to an Air Force official, though it’s unclear how large the shortfall is. The Air Force is also pausing certain bonus payments for service members, including reenlistment bonuses and extra incentive pay for difficult or extended assignments. The hold affects more than 200 general and flag officers, including Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q.

Persons: Sen, Tommy Tuberville, Charles Q, Brown, Tuberville Organizations: CNN, US Air Force, Air Force, The Air Force, Alabama Republican, Defense, Senate Armed Services Committee Locations: United States

Senator Tim Kaine and Representative Barbara Lee raised concerns on Sunday over the decision by President Joe Biden's administration to send cluster bombs to Ukraine to combat the Russian invasion. "Cluster bombs should never be used. That's crossing a line," she told CNN on Sunday, adding the United States risked losing its "moral leadership" by sending cluster bombs to Ukraine. He added that Russia is using cluster munitions in Ukraine and "indiscriminately killing civilians," while the Ukrainians will be using them to defend their own territory. U.S. Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, said Ukraine's counteroffensive was going slowly and that the cluster bombs could be a "game changer" for the Ukrainians.

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☆ Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold on military nominees in protest of the Pentagon's abortion policy is disrupting the succession of top military leadership as the US confronts multiple threats abroad
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold on military nominees is rippling throughout the Pentagon. But Tuberville continues to stand by his position, a protest against the Pentagon's new abortion policy. If the senator's hold on nominees stands in the coming weeks, though, the leaders of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps — along with the chairman — won't have respective successors installed. The hold on nominees also comes as the US continues to navigate its diplomatic relationship with China. Arnold Punaro, a retired Marine Corps major general and former staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Politico that Tuberville is "taking the military nominees as political hostages."

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