Defense News in Brief: Naval Supply Systems Command T & D solves the ‘dirtiest’ transportation problems anywhere

Source: United States Navy

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – Operating approximately 300 ships with 350,000 personnel as it provides a strategic deterrent over, under and on the world’s oceans, the U.S. Navy is a force to be reckoned with. But, with so much fire power and so many dedicated Warfighters on watch, there is an inevitable hurdle that must be overcome — what to do with the garbage.

Security News in Brief: Former Advisor to Presidential Candidate Among Three Defendants Charged with Acting as Agents of a Foreign Government

Source: United States Department of Justice

A seven-count indictment was unsealed today in a New York federal court relating to the defendants’ unlawful efforts to advance the interests of the UAE in the United States at the direction of senior UAE officials by influencing the foreign policy positions of the campaign of a candidate in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and, subsequently, the foreign policy positions of the U.S. government in the incoming administration, as well as seeking to influence public opinion in favor of UAE interests.