Overnight Defense: Trump announces Korea summit, defends Syria withdrawal in...
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View ArticleArmy developing new fitness test after complaints over troop readiness: report
The U.S. Army is developing a more intensive fitness test tailored to combat situations following complaints from commanders of insufficient troop readiness.Top Army officials told The Associated Press...
View ArticleDem majority revives fight with Trump over Saudis
Democrats are set to challenge President Trump’s relationship with Saudi Arabia in one of their first major foreign policy moves since retaking the House.Congressional fury over the humanitarian...
View ArticleRussia says it would be open to new nuclear pact with US
A Russian official said Thursday that Moscow would consider a proposal from the United States for a new nuclear pact after each side said it was withdrawing from a decades-old treaty.Reuters reported...
View ArticlePentagon official: Military ready to protect US personnel, facilities in...
The head of U.S. Southern America Command (Southcom) on Thursday said the military is prepared to protect Americans and U.S. diplomatic facilities in Venezuela “if necessary.”“Southcom is supporting...
View ArticleGillibrand introduces bipartisan bill to allow transgender military service
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who is vying to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020, introduced Thursday a bill to allow transgender people to serve in the military.The bill, which was...
View ArticleUN investigator: Saudi officials 'planned and perpetrated'...
A United Nations investigator said Thursday after a fact-finding trip to Turkey that evidence in the death of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi indicates that Saudi officials “planned and...
View ArticleEx-Trump national security official joins lobbying firm
Former President Trump aide Jennifer Arangio is heading to K Street, becoming the highest-ranking female Trump official to do so.Arangio, a former senior director on the National Security Council, was...
View ArticleSenators reintroduce bill to punish Saudis for Khashoggi killing
A bipartisan group of senators is renewing a push to punish Saudi officials for the death of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reintroducing Thursday a bill that would require sanctions on those...
View ArticleTop US general on Africa: Airstrikes not enough to defeat al-Shabaab
The head of U.S. Africa Command (Africom) on Thursday said that U.S. airstrikes against al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia are not enough to defeat the al Qaeda-affiliated militant group, and that local...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Gillibrand offers bill to let transgender troops serve |...
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View ArticleUS military to leave Syria by April: report
A significant amount of U.S. troops currently stationed in Syria will be withdrawn from the country by April following President Trump's December announcement that the war against ISIS in the region...
View ArticleUS envoy hopes for Afghan peace deal by July
The United States hopes to reach a peace agreement with the Taliban before the Afghan elections in July, but the country’s elections will go forward regardless, the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: US envoy eyes Taliban peace deal by July | Taliban...
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View ArticleSouth Korean officials agree to increase payment for presence of US troops...
South Korean officials on Sunday signed off on an agreement that would increase the nation's contribution to cover the cost of keeping U.S. troops on the Korean peninsula.The Associated Press reported...
View ArticleTrump gears up to meet North Korean leader amid low expectations
Senators are greeting President Trump’s upcoming second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with low expectations following months of floundering diplomacy with Pyongyang.“High hopes, but no...
View ArticleTrump’s new Syria timetable raises concern among key anti-ISIS allies
The Trump administration’s reported plans to pull out all U.S. forces from Syria by the end of April put key anti-ISIS allies on high alert, with many now worried that a hastened withdrawal will leave...
View ArticlePentagon chief makes unannounced stop in Afghanistan
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan stopped in Afghanistan on Monday in a previously unannounced visit to meet with local officials amid ongoing peace negotiations with Taliban leaders.The...
View ArticleClimate change, ISIS, cyberattacks top list of global threats: survey
Climate change, ISIS and cyberattacks lead a list of the most-feared global threats, according to a new survey.The Pew Research Center study released Sunday found that respondents in 13 of 26 countries...
View ArticleTrump tweets in Persian to send message to Iran on revolution's anniversary
President Trump on Monday tweeted a message in Persian slamming Iran’s leadership on the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution.“40 years of corruption. 40 years of repression. 40 years of terror....
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