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Lauren Toms

lmeier@washingtontimes.com

Lauren Toms is a national security reporter for The Washington Times, covering national security committees on Capitol Hill, foreign affairs, defense, and diplomacy. She began covering politics at CNN during the 2016 presidential election, working closely with the national security and justice teams, and later joined Axios as an editor specializing in international and military coverage.
Lauren holds a master's degree in U.S. law from Washington University in St. Louis school of law, and a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications from the George Washington University school of media and public affairs. She can be reached at ltoms@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Lauren Toms

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, second from left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, second from right, and U.S. Strategic Command Commander Gen. John Hyten, right, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington , Thursday, April 11, 2019, on the proposed Space Force. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Space Force plans meet with skepticism, confusion on Capitol Hill

President Trump's proposed Space Force hit its first public roadblock on Capitol Hill Thursday as senators on both sides of the aisle questioned acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and other senior civilian and military Pentagon leaders on the need to create an entirely separate military branch for space.

April 11, 2019
In this Feb. 11, 2019, file photo, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members attend a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

Iran retaliates after revolutionary guard terror designation

President Trump on Monday officially designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, saying its sponsorship of terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere is unacceptable and that he needed to send an "unprecedented" message that it won't be tolerated.

April 8, 2019
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, left and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, address a Joint Meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, having been invited by the bipartisan leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

NATO chief pitches value of alliance to Congress amid tensions

"It's good to have friends." That was NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg's parting advice at the end of a milestone address to a joint session of Congress, a highlight of three-day Washington visit meant to mark the 70th anniversary of the Western military alliance and -- politely -- take on the arguments of an American president who has questioned the alliance's purpose and the commitment of other members to fund its operations.

April 3, 2019