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Mattis Asks Trump to OK US Space Command, Pick Leaders
The Pentagon has made a number of internal moves to create the 11th combatant command.
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US Military Leaders Keep Quiet on Saudi Arabia Amid Khashoggi Outrage
The Pentagon has long accepted Saudi abuses as the price of friendship. The latest won’t change that.
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The Khashoggi Affair Will Change the US-Saudi Relationship
Even if the storm largely blows over, U.S. law means some aspects will never be the same.
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Khashoggi Situation Won’t Stop Saudi Arms Sales, But Could Slow Them
When it comes to blocking U.S. arms sales to foreign countries, Congress has a mixed track record.
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Curtailing Korean Exercises Comes at a Price, Says USMC Commandant
Gen. Neller says training on the Korean peninsula is an integral — if not quite irreplaceable — part of Marine readiness.
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The Navy’s Terrible Accident Record Is Now Hidden From Public View
The latest incidence of a government agency quietly removing data from its website demonstrates the dangers of an ever-changing internet.
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‘It’s Complete Folly’: Hagel Says Trump Administration Can’t Threaten Iran Out of Syria
“I don't know what our foreign policy objective is in the Middle East or almost anywhere else,” says former defense secretary at Defense One interview.
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Trump Officials Target Iran, Raising Question of US Military’s Role in Mideast
Some fear the strategy opens the door to strikes on Iranian forces inside Syria — and direct armed conflict with Tehran.
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The US Just Tore Up a Six-Decade-Old Treaty With Iran
Iran used the 1955 Treaty of Amity to take the U.S. to the International Court of Justice over its decision to leave the nuclear deal.
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Court OKs Suit Over Foreign Payments to Trump Business
U.S. lawmakers get permission to argue in court that the president is improperly receiving payment from foreign people, organizations, and governments.
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A Solitary and Defiant Message to the UN In Trump’s Second Speech
“We reject the ideology of globalism. And we embrace the doctrine of patriotism,” Trump told world leaders.
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USAF’s Space Force Cost-Estimate Is Likely Too High: Analyst
Todd Harrison says $13 billion is a high-ball figure meant to shift the debate.
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Pentagon Appears to Concede USAF Point in Space Force Tug-of-War
Days after the Air Force secretary fired off a memo, the deputy defense secretary appeared to back off a plan for a new acquisition agency.
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Why Russia Is Trying to Stop Macedonia From Changing its Name
As Macedonians go to the polls, the results will help determine whether their country becomes the newest member of the EU and NATO.
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US Launches Farsi Information Service to Reach Iranians
It’s the first new enterprise by the newly renamed U.S. Agency for Global Media.
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Pentagon Races to Empty Its Coffers by Month’s End
It’s use-it-or-lose it season for the federal government.
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Trump's Order to Reveal Docs Could Undermine Secret Court System
‘No one should be happy about the weaponization of declassification.’
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Why 386 Squadrons? Air Force Says It’ll Have the Data Next Year
Air Force leaders say they’ll know how many planes they really need — in March.
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Air Force Pushes Back on Pentagon’s First Blueprints for Trump’s Space Force
In a pointed memo, Heather Wilson counters several Space Force proposals championed by Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.
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