National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
![Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1279145269.jpg?h=6606cf84&itok=zFowlDe9)
![The B-21 Raider was unveiled to the public at a ceremony December 2, 2022 in Palmdale, Calif. Designed to operate in tomorrow's high-end threat environment, the B-21 will play a critical role in ensuring America's enduring airpower capability. (U.S. Air Force photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.24.2023%20Heinrichs%20Billingslea%20Memo.jpg?h=58c8a5e7&itok=z7TyxK3H)
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The B-21 Raider at a public unveiling ceremony on December 2, 2022, in Palmdale, California. (US Air Force)
![A Ukrainian army artillery crew dismounts from a self-propelled 122mm Howlitzer after firing on a Russian position on February 18, 2023 near Bakhmut, Ukraine. The army's 93rd Brigade's heavy artillery is a main element of the Ukrainian defense of the city, which is under heavy attack by Russian forces. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.24.2023%20Kasapoglu%20Update.jpg?h=790be497&itok=qtNh9RDy)
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A Ukrainian army artillery crew dismounts from a self-propelled 122mm howitzer after firing on a Russian position on February 18, 2023, near Bakhmut, Ukraine. (John Moore/Getty Images)
![b1 bomber](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/03.01.2023%20Huessy.jpg?h=15f821a7&itok=c8xMLdcs)
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A US Air Force B-1B long-range bomber and F-16 fighter jet fly over the Canadian Arctic during North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Arctic air defense exercise, "Amalgam Dart 21-2" on March 24, 2021. (US Air Force)
![zelenskyy](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.24.2023%20Rough%20Federalist.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=yIBtJcyq)
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Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 27. 2023. (President of Ukraine via Flickr)
![Participants drill shooting positions at a combat training day hosted by a local paramilitary civil formation called TSEL on February 22, 2023, in Lviv, Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.22.2023%20Kasapoglu%20Newsletter_1.jpg?h=9855f42d&itok=y5SfgFdO)
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Participants drill shooting positions at a combat training day hosted by a local paramilitary civil formation called TSEL on February 22, 2023, in Lviv, Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
![The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) transits Puget Sound following a 41-month engineered refueling overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, February 9, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.23.2023%20Heinrichs%20NIPP_0.jpg?h=639b8241&itok=W2cBnyG3)
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The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana transits Puget Sound following a 41-month engineered refueling overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility on February 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Brian G. Reynolds)
![Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev after signing the "New START" treaty in Prague](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.22.2023%20Huessy%20JBS_0.jpg?h=7ce3e8c5&itok=OAjpSbcp)
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Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev after signing the New START treaty in Prague on April 8, 2010. (Wikimedia Commons)
In the Media
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(Screenshot via CNN)
![Honour guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.20.2023%20Yu%20Taipei%20Times.jpg.jpg?h=08d7fdd9&itok=fUbyMFXl)
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Honor guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 16, 2023. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)
Commentary
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(Screenshot via Fox News)
In the Media
![Patrick Cronin](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/Image%202-17-23%20at%201.15%20PM.jpg?h=e7db329c&itok=7lOv1EXf)
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(Screenshot via CBN News)
![02.16.2023 Watson Examiner](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.16.2023%20Watson%20Examiner.jpg?h=d668167d&itok=COzOO6gn)
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A B-17 Flying Fortress. (Getty Images)
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