Defense secretary arrives in Afghanistan ahead of US-Taliban deal
Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday to meet with officials ahead of the United States and the Taliban signing a deal to start withdrawing U.S. troops from the country.A...
View ArticleUS, Taliban sign deal to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
The United States and the Taliban signed a historic deal Saturday aimed at winding down America’s longest war.With Secretary of State Mike Pompeo watching, U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and the...
View ArticleGraham: 'Time will tell' if US, Taliban deal meets goals
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of the president’s closest voices on foreign policy, said that “time will tell” if Saturday’s deal between the U.S. and the Taliban holds firm. The deal, signed by...
View ArticlePentagon races to counter coronavirus threat on military forces
The Pentagon is taking care to prevent a slip in national security and readiness following the steady global spread of the coronavirus that has the Department of Defense (DOD) holding off on a military...
View ArticleUS military working to develop coronavirus vaccine
The Pentagon is pitching in on work to develop a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus, the military’s top uniformed official said on Monday.“Our military research labs are working feverishly around the...
View ArticleTaliban announces end of partial truce days after signing deal with US
A motorcycle bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan killed three and injured 11 as the Taliban announced an end to a partial truce Monday after earlier agreeing to a weeklong “reduction of violence” before...
View ArticleTrump nominates first African American Air Force chief
President Trump has nominated Gen. Charles Brown to be the next Air Force chief of staff, setting Brown up to be the nation's first African American military service chief, the Pentagon announced...
View ArticleSigns of trouble mar Trump deal with Taliban
Days into President Trump’s peace deal with the Taliban, there are already signs of trouble.The Afghan government is rejecting a prisoner swap with the Taliban that the deal says is supposed to precede...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: US, Taliban deal hits snag in first days | Military...
THE TOPLINE: Days into President Trump's peace deal with the Taliban, there are already signs of trouble.The Afghan government is rejecting a prisoner swap with the Taliban that the deal says is...
View ArticleWhite House withdraws nomination for Pentagon budget chief who questioned...
The White House has formally withdrawn its nomination for Pentagon budget chief after the nominee questioned President Trump’s hold on Ukraine military aid that was at the center of the president’s...
View ArticleTrump officially sends Senate his Navy secretary nomination
President Trump on Monday officially nominated Kenneth Braithwaite, his current ambassador to Norway, to serve as secretary of the Navy.A press release from the White House stated that Braithwaite's...
View ArticlePentagon chief warned overseas commanders not to surprise White House on...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked overseas military commanders to not to make any coronavirus-related decisions that could surprise the White House or contradict President Trump’s statements on the...
View ArticleBipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report
The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee are pushing the intelligence community to declassify information about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after receiving a classified...
View ArticleTrump speaks with Taliban leader, likely first call between US president and...
President Trump said Tuesday that he spoke with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of the Taliban, in what is the first publicly disclosed call between a U.S. president and a senior Taliban...
View ArticlePentagon calls NYT article on Esper and coronavirus response 'dangerous...
The Pentagon issued a sharp rebuttal Tuesday to a New York Times article saying Defense Secretary Mark Esper directed commanders to notify the Department of Defense (DOD) of their coronavirus responses...
View Article19 states sue Trump administration over reallocated funding for border wall
A coalition of 19 states is suing the Trump administration over its new diversion of $3.8 billion in defense funds to the border wall, arguing that the move is unconstitutional and ignores possible...
View ArticleHouse Republicans sound the alarm on Taliban deal
Top Republicans in the House are expressing concerns over the Trump administration’s deal with the Taliban, with lawmakers cautioning the insurgents won’t live up to their end of the bargain and...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Republicans sound alarm on Taliban deal | Trump speaks...
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View ArticleUS launches airstrike against Taliban
The U.S. launched an airstrike against the Taliban in Afghanistan on Wednesday, days after the Trump administration signed a deal with the military group.A spokesperson for the U.S. military said the...
View ArticleCoronavirus fears have stopped F-35 lines in Japan, Italy, Pentagon says
Work has stopped for a week at the F-35 fighter-jet factory in Japan due to concerns caused by the spreading coronavirus, according to the Pentagon’s top acquisition official.“In Japan, I believe they...
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