Government Matters (Full Show) – June 5, 2022
Chinese reaction to Biden’s Asia trip; understanding collapse of Afghan security forces; protecting sensitive defense data
Chinese reaction to Biden’s Asia trip; understanding collapse of Afghan security forces; protecting sensitive defense data
President Biden recently took a trip to Asia with the goal of rallying Asian allies against China’s rising influence. Phelim Kine, D.C.-based China correspondent for Politico, said the trip was “a raging success” in that the United States received strong expressions of unity from the governments of South Korea, Japan, India and Australia. Kine said […]
The United States and its partners spent 20 years and nearly $90 billion to build the Afghan security forces. There is plenty of blame to go around for their rapid collapse and the subsequent takeover of the country by the Taliban. The special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a recent report that […]
Defense Department (DoD) computer systems contain vast amounts of sensitive data, and the unclassified information can still be vulnerable to cyber attacks. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) studied how well-protected those Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) systems are. Jennifer Franks, director of information technology and cybersecurity at GAO, said the DoD has not reached 100% compliance […]
