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9 Apr, 15 tweets, 11 min read
Pentagon on @POTUS' proposed $715 billion FY 2022 @DeptofDefense budget

It "will ensure the Department’s resources are matched w/our strategy & policy to defend the nation & take care of our people, while revitalizing the key alliances & partnerships" per @SecDef Lloyd Austin
$715 billion budget request prioritizes "the need to counter the pacing threat from #China" per @DeptofDefense, and "...deterring nation-state threats emanating from #Russia, #Iran, & #NorthKorea"
.@DeptofDefense says the $715 billion budget request also addresses "threats to readiness, including hate group activity within the military, and prioritizing strong protections against harassment and discrimination"
No more #OCO - @POTUS budget request "discontinues requests for #OverseasContingencyOperations as a separate funding category, instead funding direct war costs and enduring operations in the DOD base budget" per White House
US Shipbuilding: Per White House, the $715 billion budget request for FY 2022 "proposes executable & responsible investments in the @USNavy fleet...and invests in remotely operated and autonomous systems"
NEW: "We believe it provides a robust funding level for the military forces needed to deter war & ensure our nation's security" per @PressSec on proposed $715 billion defense budget
#China military exercises around #Taiwan - "We're not looking for confrontation w/#China" per @PressSec

Says US has expressed its "growing concerns" to #Beijing "clearly, publicly & privately"
#China's military activity in the #Taiwan Strait "potentially destabilizing" per @PressSec "So we are watching that closely"
#Afghanistan: "The president's commitment is to bring a responsible end to the conflict, removing out troops from harm's way & ensuring Afghanistan can never again become a haven for terrorists that would threaten the United States" per @PressSec
.@POTUS "has been clear that is operationally challenging to get troops out by May 1" per @PressSec "But I certainly expect you will hear from him on what his decision in in advance of that time"
#SolarWinds hack-#Russia: "There will be consequences, some unseen & some seen" per @PressSec "We will hope to have more about those soon"
US, allies in close consultation w/allies on #Russia escalation along border w/#Ukraine, per @PressSec

"There's ongoing diplomatic engagement"
And tweets, now, from @SecBlinken himself on the calls w/#France #Germany and the discussions on #Ukraine & #Russia
.@DeptofDefense's global posture review "ongoing" and "should be completed mid-summer-ish" per @PentagonPresSec

"It will certainly inform subsequent budgets"

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More from @jseldin

9 Apr
#Russia military build-up along border w/#Ukraine, in #Crimea "concerning & certainly not conducive to a sense of stability" per @PentagonPresSec

"We're mindful of the specific threat that the Russian military poses"
#Russia should "tell the world what they're doing...to be more transparent" per @PentagonPresSec

"The fact that they haven't been transparent is only causing more instability, more insecurity" he says "We're watching this very very carefully"
"It is a big build-up...the biggest one that we've seen since 2014" per @PentagonPresSec

re: #Russia military build-up near #Ukraine
Read 4 tweets
9 Apr
BREAKING: @SecDef issues memo to senior @DeptofDefense leadership on #extremism in the ranks

Orders immediately:
-new definition "extremism" for uniformed personnel

-training for soon-to-be veterans who could be recruitment targets

-standardized screening for military recruits
MORE: @SecDef says @DeptofDefense will commission a study on " extremist behavior within our Total Force...to include gaining greater fidelity on the scope of the problem"
MORE: @DeptofDefense Counter Extremism Working Group (CEWG) will also look at:

-whether to amend the Uniformed Code of Military Justice
-how to better support insider threat programs
-examine ways to screen social media/public data for the vetting processes
-education/training
Read 11 tweets
9 Apr
.@DHSgov @SecMayorkas on proposed $52 billion FY 2020 budget

"[It] will reinforce the basic missions of securing our homeland, including preventing terrorism; securing & managing our borders; repairing the broken immigration system; safeguarding critical infrastructure"
"It provides the Department w/targeted resources to advance commonsense policy solutions" per @SecMayorkas
Proposed $52 billion FY 2022 budget calls for $131 million "to support diverse, innovative, & community-driven methods to prevent #domesticterrorism while respecting civil rights & liberties" per @DHSgov

Also includes total of abt $95 million in grants to build local capacity
Read 4 tweets
9 Apr
Somber assessment on US-#China technological battle from Bob Work, the vice chair of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence

"We are not organized to win this competition. We just are not...We do not have a strategy to win" he says "We need to get organized"
Work suggests 2025 deadline for @DeptofDefense to get #artificialintelligence strategy in place
"We actually assess that #China is a little bit ahead of the United States at fielding [#artificialintelligence] at scale" per Work
Read 13 tweets
8 Apr
NEW: US intelligence community/National Intelligence Council warns of "increasingly fractured" communities "as people seek security with like-minded groups" per just released #GlobalTrends2040 report "A more Contested World"
"The #COVID19 pandemic has reminded the world of its fragility & demonstrated the inherent risks of high levels of interdependence" per @ODNI_NIC, predicting "more intense challenges & cascading global challenges"
"These challenges will repeatedly test the resilience and adaptability of communities, states, and the international system, often exceeding the capacity of existing systems and models" per @ODNI_NIC
Read 16 tweets
6 Apr
#Russia-#Ukraine

"We continue to see Russian forces arrayed along the border with Ukraine, in #Crimea specifically, more toward the southeast" per @PentagonPresSec "We're monitoring that very very closely...The intent is not completely clear"
#Russia|n troop movements near #Ukraine

"We have seen them build up forces along the southeast, including in #Crimea" per @PentagonPresSec "It is concerning"
"We call on #Russia to make their intentions more clear as to what they're doing w/this array of forces along the border [w/#Ukraine]" per @PentagonPresSec

"We continue to call for the cease fires that were called for by the #Minsk Agreement...& to bring the temperature down"
Read 5 tweets

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