--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mark Thompson ## Mark Thompson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close ## Mark Thompson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Dec 20, 2016 ### [Pilot Laid to Rest at Arlington for Third, and Final, Time](https://time.com/4603924/pilot-laid-to-rest-at-arlington-for-third-and-final-time/) [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Dec 12, 2016 ### [Donald Trump Just Fired a Heat-Seeking Tweet at the Pentagon's Fattest Target](https://time.com/4597932/donald-trump-twitter-lockheed-martin-f35/) He says the F-35's costs are "out of control" [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Dec 8, 2016 ### [The Creeping Militarization of Trump's Cabinet](https://time.com/4596014/donald-trump-cabinet-military-mattis-flynn-kelly/) They may be smart, but are they right for top civilian posts? [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Dec 6, 2016 ### [The Jury's Out on Obama's Terror Fight](https://time.com/4592667/barack-obama-terrorism-speech-macdill/) His claim of success could collapse if there's another 9/11-scale attack [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Dec 2, 2016 ### [What to Know About James 'Mad Dog' Mattis](https://time.com/4588472/donald-trump-james-mattis-defense-pentagon/) 'He is without a doubt one of the finest military officers of his generation' [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Dec 1, 2016 ### [An American Hero Comes Home, at Last](https://time.com/4581738/an-american-hero-comes-home-at-last/) A decade-long quest ends with pilot's third burial at Arlington [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Dec 1, 2016 ### [Bringing a Hero Home: A Decade-Long Quest Ends With a Pilot’s Third Burial](https://time.com/4587679/bringing-a-hero-home/) A decadelong quest ends with a pilot's third burial at Arlington [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 30, 2016 ### [Why Trump Is Interviewing Generals for His Cabinet](https://time.com/4585503/why-trump-is-interviewing-generals-for-his-cabinet/) The benefit of their experience may be offset by a military-centric foreign policy [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Nov 18, 2016 ### [What Trump’s National Security Hires Actually Mean](https://time.com/4576532/donald-trump-michael-flynn-mike-pompeo/) His choices suggest big changes are in store for American foreign policy [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Nov 17, 2016 ### [The Limits of Military Spending](https://time.com/4574495/military-spending-limits/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Nov 9, 2016 ### [How Trump Must Now Shift from Candidate to Commander-in-Chief](https://time.com/4564591/how-trump-must-now-shift-from-candidate-to-commander-in-chief/) The U.S. military always salutes, but he needs to reach out, too [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Oct 25, 2016 ### [Paying for the Military Like the Ruby Slippers](https://time.com/4544176/smithsonian-ruby-slippers-military/) If crowdfunding can work for the Smithsonian, why not the Pentagon? [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Oct 20, 2016 ### [Clicking 'Like' on the First Facebook War](https://time.com/4539444/iraq-syria-war-facebook-social-media/) The impact of live access to the battle for Mosul [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Oct 19, 2016 ### [The Fight for Mosul: Kamikaze 2.0](https://time.com/4535914/mosul-iraq-suicide-video/) Suicide attacks have long been a leading indicator of defeat [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Oct 17, 2016 ### [Mosul and Aleppo: A Tale of Two Cities](https://time.com/4534096/syria-mosul-aleppo/) The world acts in Iraq, but remains sidelined in Syria [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/mark-thompson/","name":"Mark Thompson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/mark-thompson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/mark-thompson/"},"name":"Mark Thompson","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/mark-thompson/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```