Ernst says Trump should sign defense policy bill with military base renaming...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said on Sunday that President Trump should sign the defense policy bill, which includes a provision to rename the military bases that are named after Confederate officers.The...
View ArticleVanessa Guillén's family says Army has identified her remains
The family of Spc. Vanessa Guillén, a U.S. soldier whose months-long disappearance has drawn national attention in recent weeks amid criticism over the military’s handling of her case, said on Sunday...
View ArticleSpending bill would block military construction at bases with Confederate names
A House spending bill for military construction would block funding for projects at bases named after Confederate leaders unless the properties are in the process of being renamed.The fiscal 2021...
View ArticleHouse spending bill bars military construction funding for border wall
A House spending bill for military construction would block funding from going to President Trump’s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.The fiscal 2021 spending bill for military construction and the...
View ArticleSpending bill would block funding for nuclear testing
A spending bill released by House Democrats would ban funding from being used to conduct a nuclear test.The House Appropriation Committee’s draft fiscal 2021 appropriations bill for the Energy...
View ArticleDOD mulling ban on Confederate flag at all US bases: reports
The Pentagon is working on a policy that would ban the display of Confederate flags at military bases, according to multiple reports on Monday.The draft policy, if put into effect, would ban the flag’s...
View ArticleUS soldier killed in noncombat incident in Kosovo
A U.S. soldier deployed to Kosovo was killed in a “non-combat related incident” over the weekend, the Pentagon announced on Monday.Pfc. Alexander Blake Klass, 20, of Willamina, Ore., died as the result...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: DOD reportedly eyeing Confederate flag ban | House...
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View ArticleGrassley: Senate would 'probably' override Trump veto of defense...
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is warning that Congress would likely override President Trump if he vetoes a mammoth defense policy bill amid the fight over a plan to rename Army bases named after...
View ArticleSuspect in custody after shooting at Marine Corps training facility
A suspected gunman is in custody after an early morning shooting at a Marine Corps training installation in Southern California on Tuesday, according to the service.Military police responded to shots...
View ArticleDefense spending bill would make Pentagon return unspent money taken for...
A defense spending bill written by House Democrats aims to reverse President Trump’s move earlier this year to take $3.8 billion from weapons programs and other Pentagon accounts to use on his...
View ArticleDefense spending bill includes $1M for Army to change Confederate base names
House Democrats’ version of the annual defense spending bill would give the Army $1 million to help remove Confederate names from bases and other property.The bill would set aside $1 million from the...
View ArticleTop US general doubtful Russian bounties led to American deaths in Afghanistan
A top Pentagon official on Tuesday said he believes there were no U.S. troop deaths as a result of reported Russian efforts to pay Taliban militants to kill American forces in Afghanistan, though said...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: House Dems offer $1M for Army to rename bases | Bill takes...
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View ArticleUN expert says US strike on Soleimani was 'unlawful'
The U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in January was “unlawful,” a United Nations investigator specializing in the legality of executions said.The U.S. justified the killing...
View ArticleUS general predicts some troops will remain in Iraq
The top U.S. general in the Middle East predicts that a small amount of U.S. troops will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future.“I believe that going forward, they’re going to want us to be with...
View Article116 House Democrats push for end to transgender military ban following...
More than 100 Democratic House lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to end its transgender military ban following a Supreme Court ruling barring discrimination against LGBT workers.In a...
View ArticleHouse subpanel advances $695B Pentagon bill with money to change...
A House subcommittee has advanced a defense spending bill that would allocate money for the Army to change Confederate base names and that seeks to block President Trump’s use of Pentagon funds for his...
View ArticleOVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Key impeachment witness retires | Duckworth presses for...
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View ArticleWoman to join Green Berets for first time in US military history
A woman will join the Green Berets after she successfully completed Army Special Forces training, a first for the U.S. military.The soldier graduated on Thursday in a ceremony for the Special Forces...
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