Ben Watson is news editor for Defense One. He previously worked for NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Here and Now” in Washington, D.C. Watson served for five years in the U.S. Army, where he was an award-winning combat cameraman and media advisor for southern Afghanistan’s special operations command during the 2010-11 surge.
In Afghanistan, a three-week U.S. and Afghan special forces clearing op has ended after killing more than 160 ISIS-linked militants just 10 miles from the Pakistan border, in southern Nangahar …
No more new family separations — for now. After a week of insisting that only Congress could stop federal agents from taking children away from their migrant parents at the border, President Trump …
Afghanistan’s likely new war commander, Lt. Gen. Scott Miller, spoke to senators Tuesday for his confirmation hearing to take over the job from U.S. Army Gen. John “Mick” Nicholson. Military …
It’s official: August exercises — er “war games” — with South Korea are cancelled. The word from the Pentagon: “Consistent with President Trump’s commitment and in concert with our Republic of …
More cancellations coming on the Korean peninsula? Those could happen as soon as this week. Word of that comes after South Korean official said this weekend “large-scale annual maneuvers, such as …
A U.S. drone strike has apparently killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, The New York Times reports after initial indications began surfacing in both local and social media on Thursday (and …
SecState Pompeo this morning says North Korea will “completely denuclearize” in a “step-by-step” process (not yet elaborated, or promised in the Trump-Kim agreement), which nonetheless marks “an …
The war in Yemen begins a new chapter as the U.S. military acknowledged its role in helping refine air strike targets for the UAE while Emirati-backed forces kicked off a new offensive Tuesday …
POTUS, post-summit: “They’re going to get rid of their nuclear weapons, George, and I think they want to do it relatively quickly. Now, we’re going to see. I mean, they’re going to start working …
Here’s the plan for Tuesday’s historic summit in Singapore: “Following the initial greeting, President Trump and Chairman Kim will participate in a one-on-one meeting, with translators only, an …
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