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Maj. Gen. Larry Martin, Jr., USAF, deputy under secretary of the US Air Force, international affairs, says the service is committed to supporting the defense capabilities of Japan and South Korea and emphasizes the strength of US international security partnerships in a Sept. 6, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the 2017 ComDef conference, held at the National Press Club in Washington.

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Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, House Strategic Forces Subcommittee chairman, says the formation of a “Space Corps” within the US Air Force would make space dominance an equal priority to air dominance and speed up acquisitions, identifies goals for the proposed service and more during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted during the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ “How to Organize Military Space” symposium on Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington.

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Amb. Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United Nations, says missile technology and nuclear weapons development go hand-in-hand during a Sept. 5, 2017, speech on the Iran nuclear deal at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. Amb. Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United Nations, says missile technology and nuclear weapons development go hand-in-hand during a Sept. 5, 2017, speech on the Iran nuclear deal at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. She broaches the topic while discussing UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which  she said deals with the Iran’s “non-nuclear” infractions — including ballistic missile development and testing, despite the capacity for such weapons to carry nuclear warheads.

Full Coverage: Atlantic Council's Herbst on Ukraine, Afghanistan
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Amb. John Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and former US ambassador to Ukraine and Uzbekistan, says President Donald Trump’s proposed troop surge won’t turn the tide in Afghanistan and that self-imposed limitations on manpower and funding make a US victory there impossible during an Aug. 29, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the organization’s offices in Washington.

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In a wide-ranging, multi-part interview with Defense & Aerospace Report, Amb. Lincoln Bloomfield, distinguished fellow and chairman emeritus at the Stimson Center, discusses statecraft under President Donald Trump, the outlook for the US State Department under his administration, the proposed US strategy shift in Afghanistan and more. The interview was conducted on Aug. 25, 2017, at Bloomfield’s northern Virginia home.

Full Coverage: AEI's Kagan on US Strategy in Afghanistan
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In Part 2 of an extensive interview on Afghanistan with Defense & Aerospace Report, Frederick Kagan, PhD, resident scholar, Christopher DeMuth Chair and Critical Threats Project director at the American Enterprise Institute, said the US military’s presence in Afghanistan should be a “long term support and train advise-and-assist mission” focused on empowering Afghan National Security and Defense Forces to become self-sufficient, but that current troop levels are too low. The interview was conducted at AEI’s Washington headquarters on Aug. 31, 2017.

Full Coverage: AEI's Kagan on US Strategy in Afghanistan
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In Part 1 of an extensive interview on Afghanistan with Defense & Aerospace Report, Frederick Kagan, PhD, resident scholar, Christopher DeMuth Chair and Critical Threats Project director at the American Enterprise Institute, praises President Donald Trump for acknowledging Afghanistan’s strategic importance in his Aug. 21, 2017, presidential address, but calls his plan for US presence in the country “a framework” versus an actual strategy. The interview was conducted at AEI’s Washington headquarters on Aug. 31, 2017.

Full Coverage: Bloomfield on Statecraft Under President Trump
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In the second installment of a wide-ranging interview with Defense & Aerospace Report, Amb. Lincoln Bloomfield, distinguished fellow and chairman emeritus at the Stimson Center, discusses how the US needs to diversify and exert its international influence to promote security in the midst of changing global power dynamics, and says the US “will be safer” if it’s perceived “as upholding justice.” The interview was conducted on Aug. 25, 2017, at Bloomfield’s northern Virginia home.

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