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DoD wants to water down curbs to let ex-officials lobby more

A sneaky proposal tosses out revolving door restrictions, limits impact of two-year ‘cooling off’ period

Driscoll Hegseth
Washington Politics

Army Secretary Driscoll struggles to survive wild west Pentagon

Defense Secretary Hegseth has been on a purge and this top civilian leader and friend of Vice President Vance is in his sights. Why?

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New DoD leader connected to firm that trained Khashoggi’s killers

George Kollitides is part of a cadre of Cerberus financiers brought into Pentagon budget and procurement over the last year

POGO The Bunker
Military Industrial Complex

Waging war across three domains

This week in The Bunker: SECDEF Pete Hegseth steps up his carpet-bombing of the press and more

Tehran, Iran strikes
QiOSK

US used 'Claude' to strike over 1000 targets in first 24 hours of war

Despite a spat and Pentagon ban, Anthropic’s ‘AI is being used in the kill chain while Hegseth says ‘no stupid rules of engagement’

Hegseth Amodei
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Hegseth threatens to blackball Anthropic AI

The DoD wants to weaponize Claude for targeting and surveillance; its creators say ‘no way’