North Korea issues warning over US-South Korea drills
North Korea's State Affairs Commission, the country's highest decision-making body, slammed the U.S. on Wednesday for its planned military drills with South Korea, The Associated Press reports.The...
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View ArticleVeterans face growing threat from online disinformation
Disinformation attacks and scams targeting veterans online have ramped up in recent years, leaving lawmakers and social media platforms scrambling to address the issue.According to experts, veterans...
View Article2020 Dems put focus on stemming veteran suicides
Top Democrats running for president in 2020 are vowing to reduce veteran suicide rates by improving access to mental health care and making improvements to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The...
View Article2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes
2020 Democrats are making an ambitious play to win over veterans, a group that backed President Trump in the last election and remains broadly supportive of his policies.Democratic presidential...
View ArticleLawmakers under pressure to pass benefits fix for military families
Lawmakers and stakeholder groups are pushing for legislation to be enacted this year that would help families of deceased military members have more money in survivor benefits.Members of Congress on...
View ArticleAmazon to challenge Pentagon's 'war cloud' decision in federal...
Amazon is taking the battle over the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud-computing contract to federal court. Amazon's cloud-computing arm plans to challenge the Pentagon's surprising decision to award the...
View ArticleSenate Foreign Relations chair: 'Best' not to pass Turkey sanctions...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) said Thursday he does not think now is the right time to pass a Turkey sanctions bill, further dampening the prospects such legislation...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Erdoğan gets earful from GOP senators | Amazon to...
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View ArticlePentagon's Esper says it is crucial South Korea pays more for U.S. troops
Defense Secretary Mark Esper pressed South Korea to pay more for U.S. troops stationed in the country during a visit on Friday, according to a report by Reuters.Esper also wants to see Seoul re-sign an...
View ArticleEsper: Pentagon contract fairly awarded to Microsoft over Amazon
Defense Secretary Mark Esper doubled down Friday on his belief that Microsoft was fairly awarded a $10 billion cloud-computing contract, The Associated Press reports.When the Pentagon awarded the...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Ex-Ukraine ambassador offers dramatic day of testimony |...
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View ArticleTrump grants pardons to two service members in war-crimes cases
President Trump on Friday granted pardons to two U.S. service members in cases involving allegations of war crimes. The White House said in a statement issued late Friday that Trump had signed...
View ArticleImpeachment battle looms over must-pass defense bill
Partisan sniping over the House’s impeachment inquiry is seeping into what has been a bipartisan realm in past years: the annual defense policy bill.House Democrats and Senate Republicans were already...
View ArticleUS, South Korea cancel military exercise after criticism from North Korea
U.S. and South Korean military forces have indefinitely delayed a planned joint exercise that sparked harsh criticism from North Korea in what Defense Secretary Mark Esper called “a gesture of...
View ArticlePentagon chief confident in military justice system after Trump pardons
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he is still confident in the military justice system after President Trump pardoned two service members who had been charged with war crimes, Reuters reported Sunday....
View ArticleScalise: Trump pardons will improve military morale
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Sunday offered support for President Trump’s pardons of two U.S. service members in cases involving allegations of war crimes. “Fox News Sunday” host Chris...
View ArticleSchumer requests details on how Pentagon is protecting impeachment witnesses
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is pushing the Pentagon for details on how it is protecting officials from retaliation when they testify as part of the impeachment inquiry into...
View ArticlePompeo: US ending sanctions waiver for site where Iran resumed uranium...
The United States is ending a sanctions waiver for civil-nuclear work at a site where Iran recently announced it was enriching uranium, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday.“The United...
View ArticleOvernight Defense — Presented by Boeing — Stopgap spending bill includes...
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