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Senator urges delay in collecting troops’ deferred taxes
Collection of deferred taxes should be delayed until October, senator says.
By Karen Jowers
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The next secretary of defense should be a woman
Four female lawmakers currently serving in Congress would bring as much or more credentials than most of the 27 men who have been defense secretary, says the author of this commentary.
By Lawrence J. Korb
Shadowy special ops sea bases are a ‘gap we know we have and we’re working on,’ Navy secretary says
While the U.S. Navy is certainly doing its part in building up the fleet, its focus on peer-level adversaries like Russia and China is at contention with its responsibility to provide off-shore staging areas for special operations forces.
By Kyle Rempfer