Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 5, 2014

John McCain will likely become chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. (Yuriy Kirnichny / AFP)

After Election Day, Familiar Faces in New Places on Senate Defense Committees -- Defense News

'Maverick' McCain in Line to Become SASC Chair

WASHINGTON — For the US national security sector, Tuesday mostly was a status-quo election — but with one glaring exception: Say hello to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain.

The Republican tidal wave means defense and national security committees in the Senate will have new chairmen — but all are familiar faces to the Pentagon and arms manufacturers. Voters also sent most sitting members of national security committees back to the Capitol.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 5, 2014

McCain could shake up U.S. defense in powerful new Senate role -- Reuters

Pentagon: Islamic State recruitment 'a real problem' -- UPI

US considers expanded airstrikes in Syria -- The Hill

US, Partners Working Out Details Of Syrian Opposition Training Program: Pentagon -- RTT News

Britain says will send more army trainers to Iraq to help fight Islamic State -- Reuters

France inks $3 billion deal with Saudis to arm Lebanon -- Haaretz/AP

Rivals Tehran, Riyadh pledge billions to Lebanon’s army -- Washington Post

These Chinese Military Advancements Are Shifting The Balance Of Power In Asia -- Business Insider

Predictions of China's Military in 2020 and 2030 -- The Big Future

Putin: Russia's Arms Exports Portfolio Exceeded $7.7Bln in 2014 -- RIA Novosti

Russia Test Fires Intercontinental Missile From Submerged Nuclear Sub: Defense Ministry -- RIA Novosti

Kiev Mulls Int’l Security Deals, Boosting Military Spending to 3% of GDP -- RIA Novosti

The Pentagon Might Still Be Hunting Terrorists in The Philippines -- Joseph Trevithick, War Is Boring

Pentagon Slams Pakistan For Using Militants As Proxies In Afghanistan, India -- IBTimes

Pentagon Sought Sanctions Exemptions for Iranian Investment in Afghanistan -- WSJ

Building US-UK Military Relations With Science and Technology -- Sir Stuart Peach, Defense One

US Army Lost Nearly $420M-Worth of Equipment in Afghanistan -- ABC News

Pentagon: No Plans to Scale Back Military’s Ebola Response -- Military.com

Why Isn’t The Pentagon Using Supply Drones For Ebola? -- Michael Auerbach, Defense One

EXCLUSIVE: Army Apache chopper has critical flaw, hydraulic fluid contamination -- Washington Times

US Army Evaluating Under-Vehicle Threat Protection System -- Defense News

Sequester Could Kill Shipyards, Says CNO Greenert -- Breaking Defense

Army Eyes 3-D Printed Food For Soldiers -- NPR

The Pentagon's Arguments for Runaway Arms Trading Are Indefensible -- William Hartung, Huffington Post

San Diego Military Families Taking ISIS Threat Seriously -- NBC

Army's Last Vietnam-Era Draftee Retires -- AP

Just when you thought the Army had its shit together, it puts out a paper like this -- Thomas E. Ricks, Best defense/Foreign Policy

At least 2,207 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 -- FOX News/AP