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John T. Seward

John T. Seward

jseward@washingtontimes.com

John T. Seward is a Defense and National Security Correspondent at The Washington Times, delivering insightful reporting on key decision-making in Washington and new defense technologies for Threat Status.John previously worked at Sinclair’s The National Desk before helping stand-up the non-profit newsroom NOTUS as one of its first class of newsroom fellows.
John graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a B.S. in Philosophy and served seven years as a U.S. Army artillery officer before leaving the service to become a journalist. In 2021 he graduated from American University with his M.A. in Journalism and Public Affairs.He can be reached at JohnS.13 on Signal and at jseward@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by John T. Seward

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Hegseth backtracks on war-funding estimates at Senate hearing

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that the conflict in Iran was seen by President Trump as a historic "opportunity" -- and tap-danced away from his previous statements that he sought $200 billion in supplemental funding for the war.

April 30, 2026
Ships sail through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz as the sun sets in the United Arab Emirates Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo, File)

Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s new ‘nuclear bomb’

The aim of Tehran's decades of pursuit of a nuclear bomb was always twofold: The mullahs wanted to threaten Israel and also to warn the U.S. and the rest of the world that attacking Iran would carry a cost no adversary would be willing to bear.

April 5, 2026
A fire and plumes of smoke rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Are U.S. troops ready to face Iranian drone swarm attacks?

Ground operations in Iran could put U.S. forces directly in the crosshairs of Iranian drone swarms at a moment when American troops may not have the equipment needed to handle the threat, former defense officials and military analysts say.

April 4, 2026