Lobo Institute in the News
An attempted murderer, a lawmaker, white supremacists: Police records shed light on those arrested in Capitol siege
As published by ABC Olivia Rubin, Lucien Bruggeman, and Soo Rin Kim January 8, 2021, 10:33 PM An attempted murderer, a state lawmaker, and multiple self-proclaimed white supremacists. As prosecutors begin preparing charges against those responsible for Wednesday's deadly insurrection at ...
Iran Increases Nuclear Enrichment, Posing First Challenge for Incoming Biden Administration
The newest move could be negotiating leverage, but it’s set to worsen already strained U.S.-Iran relations in the final weeks of the Trump administration. BY ROBBIE GRAMER, COLUM LYNCH, JACK DETSCH | JANUARY 5, 2021, 3:55 PM This article is ...
Defend our Democracy
As members of the military, we fought to defend our constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech. But the attack against the U.S. Capitol on January 6th was not about free speech, it was an insurrection. Any military member who participated ...
Not Always Easy
Covert Action and National Security As published by ABC News by Mick Mulroy This paper explains covert action, the need for it to be more thoroughly integrated into the U.S. National Security Strategy, and advocates for it to be fully ...
Ex-Defense secretaries say military must stay out of election battles
The 10 who signed on to an opinion column include two who served under President Donald Trump. As published by Politico by By BRYAN BENDER and DAVID COHEN 01/03/2021 06:13 PM EST Updated: 01/03/2021 07:57 PM EST The U.S. military must ...
The time to question election results has passed, all living former defense secretaries say
As published by the Washington Post by Dan Lamothe Jan. 3, 2021 at 6:44 p.m. EST The time to question election results has passed, and there is no role for the military in changing them, all 10 of the living ...
In Abrupt Reversal of Iran Strategy, Pentagon Orders Aircraft Carrier Home
By Eric Schmitt Jan. 1, 2021As published by the New York Times. Click here to go to the article WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has abruptly sent the aircraft carrier Nimitz home from the Middle East and Africa over the objections ...
ABC News “Perspective” Podcast – Will there be an American Insurgency?
Click here to listen to segment 3, January 1, 2021 To read the paper please click here ...

EPISODE #32
Former Pentagon Official Mick Mulroy makes the case for US staying power in Middle East Click here to listen. Mick Mulroy — former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, retired CIA officer and co-founder of the Lobo Institute ...
Army’s futuristic combat goggles let soldiers see battlefield in whole new way
As published by ABC News by Luis Martinez It sounds straight out of science fiction, but new futuristic combat goggles developed for the U.S. Army will transform how soldiers see the battlefield and cut through the fog of war. The ...