Mark Thompson

Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Thompson has covered national security in Washington since 1979, and for Time since 1994. Follow him on Twitter at @MarkThompson_DC

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Hagel Taking Pay Cut

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel – following a path blazed by his deputy, Ash Carter – will kick back up to 14 days’ pay to the U.S. Treasury to replicate the pecuniary pain sequestration will inflict on fellow Pentagon …

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North Korea’s Nuclear Cul-De-Sac

The mutual bluster and braggadocio persisted over the weekend on the Korean Peninsula, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continued to drive his state down an atomic dead end. He brayed anew at the state of war between his …

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North Korea’s Secret Weapon?

Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korean rocket forces to be ready to strike the U.S. and South Korea as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel denounced the Hermit Kingdom’s “provocative actions and belligerent tone.”

Kim’s orders …

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