David S. Cloud covers the Pentagon and the military from the Washington, D.C., bureau of the Los Angeles Times. In his 30-year career, he has also worked at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, where he was a member of a team of reporters awarded a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Sept 11, 2001, terror attacks. He is co-author of “The Fourth Star,” which traces the careers and experiences in Iraq of four U.S. officers.
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Former national security advisor John Bolton skewers President Trump and White House insiders in ‘The Room Where it Happened.’
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U.S. allies are nervous about agreeing to base new missiles on their territory.
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Former Defense chief James N. Mattis denounces Trump while current Secretary Mark Esper says he opposes use of active-duty military to contain protests.
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The law does allow a president to send troops to a state over the state government’s objections, but only under specific circumstances.
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A U.S. official says the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan carried out this week’s horrific attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul.
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Ousted director testifies that Trump has no plan and unrealistic timetable for a coronavirus vaccine
Ousted director testifies that Trump has no plan and unrealistic timetable for a coronavirus vaccine
Rick Bright testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s health subcommittee after he filed a whistle-blower complaint.
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Rick Bright, pushed out of a job heading a federal research agency, files a complaint saying he was retaliated against for resisting Trump’s plans.
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A government scientist felt pressure to approve a research contract for a lab investigating hydroxychloroquine, a drug Trump has touted as a coronavirus cure.
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For weeks, Trump downplayed the coronavirus as his administration delayed or bungled crucial early steps in its response. Even some top aides warned it posed a greater risk than the president claimed.
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Even as the Pentagon has sent hospital ships to Los Angeles and New York, it has benched an aircraft carrier, stopped troop travel and halted most training exercises. The bigger question is: What happens to national security during a pandemic?