Inside the Pentagon highlights

By Tony Bertuca / February 16, 2017 at 10:54 AM

Here are a few must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon:

1. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, whose primary public role in the fledgling Trump administration has been the reassurance of foreign allies, stands to benefit from the exit of Michael Flynn, the president's former national security adviser, who the White House said was forced from his job by the president after an "erosion" of trust stemming from statements he made about a wiretapped conversation with Russian officials.

Full story: Mattis seeks to calm waters as Flynn resignation reverberates through defense circles

2. Responses to a Commerce Department survey designed to gather information on U.S. companies that produce bare printed circuit boards found that the fragile industry is contracting, possibly forcing the federal government to turn to China, according to a source with knowledge of the study.

Full story: Survey finds circuit board industry is small and could be shrinking

3. The Commerce Department is in the midst of a three-year effort to gather information on all the facilities that have a classified contract with the Pentagon, according to a source with knowledge of the effort.

Full story: Commerce Department tracking facilities with classified defense contracts

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