Veterans Affairs treating one coronavirus patient in California
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is treating one patient with the novel coronavirus at its facility in Palo Alto, Calif., VA Secretary Robert Wilkie confirmed Wednesday.The case marks the first...
View ArticleEsper: US-Taliban deal seeing 'mixed' results
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday the United States has seen “mixed” results in the first days of a peace deal with the Taliban.Esper’s comments to the Senate Armed Services Committee come...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Esper says Taliban deal seeing 'mixed' results...
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View ArticleEsper says he asked commanders for 'a heads up' on major...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday seemed to confirm key details in a New York Times article that reported he directed commanders to notify Department of Defense (DOD) heads of any major...
View ArticleArmy, Navy, Air Force screening recruits for coronavirus
The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force are all screening recruits for coronavirus amid the global outbreak, CNN reported Thursday. The three branches in the U.S. military have always tested their recruits...
View ArticlePompeo: Increase in Afghanistan violence after deal with Taliban...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called a surge in violence in Afghanistan this week “unacceptable” and warned both the Taliban and the Afghan government to “stop posturing” ahead of intra-Afghan peace...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Pompeo calls spike in Afghan violence...
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View ArticleTrump insists Taliban wants to 'make a deal' after surge in...
President Trump projected confidence on Thursday about the prospect of a peace agreement in Afghanistan after a surge of violence was attributed to the Taliban in the region just days after his...
View ArticleUS intel indicates Taliban does not plan to honor deal: report
U.S. intelligence officials say they believe the Taliban do not intend to honor the recently-signed peace deal with the United States, NBC News reported Friday, citing three American officials.The deal...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: 32 dead in ISIS-claimed attack in Kabul | Trump says...
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View ArticleRand Paul looms as wild card in surveillance fight
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is taking on a familiar role as a thorn in the side of leadership as Congress barrels toward a surveillance deadline with no deal in sight.Paul, a libertarian-minded Republican,...
View ArticleUS Army orders stop to movement of troops in South Korea and Italy due to...
The U.S. Army has ordered a halt to the movement of troops and their families into and out of Italy and South Korea as part of its response to the novel coronavirus. U.S. Forces Korea said in a...
View ArticleUS walks tightrope as coronavirus hits adversaries
The spread of coronavirus around the globe is raising questions about how the United States should help its adversaries mitigate the disease.The Trump administration has sent a message to Iran, via the...
View ArticleSouth Korean military: North Korea fired unidentified projectiles
North Korea's military launched three unidentified projectiles, South Korea's military said early Monday morning local time.CNBC first reported the statement from South Korea's military. It was unclear...
View ArticleTwo US troops killed in anti-ISIS mission in northern Iraq
Two U.S. troops were killed Sunday during an operation against ISIS in northern Iraq, the U.S. military announced Monday.The troops were killed by “enemy forces” during a joint operation with Iraqi...
View ArticleUS military begins Afghanistan drawdown
The United States has begun to remove troops from Afghanistan roughly a week after signing an agreement with the Taliban to do so.A U.S. military spokesman confirmed the start of the drawdown, which...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: US begins Afghanistan drawdown | Army commander may have...
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View ArticlePentagon: Cruise passengers to be quarantined at four military bases
The Pentagon will provide four U.S. military facilities for passengers to be quarantined after they are removed from a 3,500-person cruise ship that has had an outbreak of the coronavirus, the Defense...
View ArticleUS Army commander may have been exposed to coronavirus
The commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe and several of his staff may have been exposed to a novel form of coronavirus during a recent conference, the secretary of the Army said Monday.Army...
View ArticleEsper postpones overseas trip to lead Pentagon's coronavirus response
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is postponing a trip abroad “out of an abundance of caution” to lead the Pentagon’s response to coronavirus, the department said Tuesday.“Out of an abundance of caution,...
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