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Lee Ferran

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“It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy. Let’s go exploring.” managing ed @BreakingDefense, fmr @abc. lferran(at)breakingmedia(dot)com

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"The Spanish and English versions had at least one significant discrepancy. The Spanish version included that “Secretary Hegseth recognized the leadership and inalienable sovereignty of Panama over the Panama Canal and its adjacent areas.” apnews.com/article/panama…

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With #Trump in power, can #Turkey find its way back into the #F35 program? #airforce My latest Breaking Defense quoting Dr. Can Kasapoglu Dr. Ali BAKIR (علي باكير) and Serhat Süha Çubukçuoğlu breakingdefense.com/2025/04/with-t…

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Accountability journalism: After we published the video of Israeli soldiers opening fire on ambulances & medics in Gaza, killing 15 & burying them in mass graves, Israel changed its initial narrative. Today, it acknowledged fault & fired the deputy commander of the battalion.

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Yet again, Witkoff meets with Putin with no other senior US officials. While Putin has two of his closest aides. This is the 4th Witkoff-Putin meeting this year and Witkoff doesn't appear to have taken a senior diplomat/intel/expert with him to any of them.

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MARSOC is gaining technology that will help push data to field units and employ FPV drones. Read about in an article by Lee Ferran breakingdefense.com/2025/04/marine…

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From Modern Day Marine: Portfolios within the Marine Corps Program Executive Office Land Systems are undergoing a “big cultural shift” in how they approach the budgeting process. breakingdefense.com/2025/05/marine…

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Kremlin responds to Vance: "We want our national interests to be observed and we want the initial reasons for the special operation to be tackled," Dmitry Peskov tells Frederik Pleitgen, "because they are strictly interconnected with our concerns of security."

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Last week I interviewed Katie Arrington, who is performing the duties of the DoD CIO. She made the case for the new Software Fast Track (SWFT) program. Read more here: breakingdefense.com/2025/05/how-a-…

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According to a new report, Russian military hackers are carrying out a cyber campaign targeting Western information technology, defense and transportation companies in an effort to slow the flow of foreign assistance to Ukraine. Read more here: breakingdefense.com/2025/05/us-all…

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“Even when those seats are filled by talented individuals in an acting capacity, these vacancies are a momentum-killer for getting things done," Erik Raven, former under secretary of the Navy, told Breaking Defense.

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Jack McCain, who served in the Afghanistan war, calls it an "utter travesty” that Congress has not acted to increase the cap on Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans who served alongside U.S. forces, telling Margaret Brennan, “This is an issue of humanity, this is an issue of national

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Trump: "I'm not happy with what Putin is doing. He's killing a lot of people and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin. I've known him a long time ... we're in the middle of talking and he's shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities. I don't like it at all. I'm

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“So yes, they’re stepping it up and trying to replicate every type of thing, whether it be advise and assist-type training and specialized military domains, or anything …" breakingdefense.com/2025/05/africo…

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Breaking Defense's Theresa Hitchens on what would happen if Trump really went through with canceling Musk's contracts. (Hint: Real bad for near-term space ops)