Washington Examiner: Jim Mattis breaks down the new Afghanistan strategy: The goal, the plan, what's different and how it all ends
AFGHAN STRATEGY EXPLAINED: The most often-asked question in yesterday’s back-to-back Senate-House hearings on President Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy is how is it different from what has failed to produce victory in 16 years of fighting. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford spent the better part of five hours explaining the nuances, first in the morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee, and then in the afternoon to the House panel. Here, in about a five-minute read, is the new strategy explained, in FAQ form:
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 4, 2017
Mattis reveals new rules of engagement -- Defense News
US relaxes rules of engagement to help troops in Afghanistan defeat Taliban -- Fox News
Mattis expects more NATO troops in Afghanistan as US numbers remain murky -- Military Times
Senate won’t confirm Trump’s Pentagon nominees until McCain gets Iraq and Afghanistan details -- Defense News
Mattis: US will try to work with Pakistan on terrorism 'one more time' -- The Hill
Mattis: U.S. could consider revoking Pakistan's status as major non-NATO ally -- UPI
Defense chief says US should stay in nuclear deal with Iran -- FOX News
Japan rules out intercepting North Korean missile tests -- Financial Times
Russian military holds massive missile drills -- Fox News
Russian military holds massive missile drills -- CTV/Canadian Press
Russian military detect 50 launches of space rockets, ballistic missiles this year -- TASS
Russia to complete its missile warning radar network by 2019 -- TASS
U.S. General Accuses Russia of Skirting the Rules for Military Exercises -- Popular Mechanics
The True Purpose of Russia's Zapad Military Exercises: Why Moscow Wanted to Send a Message to Minsk -- Emily Ferris, Foreign Affairs
China May Outfit 6th Generation Aircraft With New 'All-Seeing' Radar -- Sputnik
China documentary depicts powerful military ahead of CPC meet -- Economic Times
China calls for closer military ties with Britain as its warships visit London for first time -- The Telegraph
Australia's Big Asia Military Deployment Moves to Malaysia -- The Diplomat
Explosives, Other Weapons Stolen From IDF Base in Northern Israel -- Sputnik
Turkey has opened a military base in Somalia as it steps up its Africa engagement -- Quartz
Dutch defense minister, military chief resign over peacekeeper deaths -- DW
U.S. Missile Defense Gets $400 Million After North Korea Threats -- Bloomberg
At Hearing, Dunford Highlights Plans for Afghan Black Hawk Gunship Variant -- The Warzone/The Drive
US military reveals 'super radar' that can give pilots perfect vision through clouds and smoke -- Daily Mail
Army Looks to Integrate Aircraft Technology Faster -- National Defense
Boost The US Bomber Force: Dollars vs. Operational Needs -- Mark Gunzinger, Breaking Defense
Jim Mattis: No lack of resources in Puerto Rico with 10,000 troops on the ground -- Washington Examiner
Food, Water, Fuel Still Priorities for Puerto Rico; 9K Military Now Helping Effort -- US Department of Defense
As Puerto Rico relief expands, the military will set up numerous hospitals, general says -- Washington Post
Trump's generals are speaking up -- CNN
Families, congressman file lawsuit on deadly Osprey crash from 2000 -- Military Times
Vets sue Defense Department over 1966 Spain H-bomb mishap -- Military Times/AP
When Marshall Met Pershing -- Benjamin Runkle, War on the Rocks
The Pentagon has a new acronym for Afghanistan. Can it win the war? -- Aaron Mehta, Defense News
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