From left: VA Secretary David Shulkin, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway and Energy Secretary Rick Perry. (Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke via Twitter)

Zinke incorrectly identifies VA chief as 'fellow veteran'

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke incorrectly identified Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin as a “fellow veteran” in a photo Zinke tweeted from Air Force One.

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet is launched during a test of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) at Naval Air Systems Command, Lakehurst, N.J., on Dec. 18, 2010. (Navy)

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The blue crew executive officer of the ballistic missile submarine Alaska was relieved of command this week in light of revelations connected to a Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigation, Navy officials said. (MC1 Rex Nelson/Navy)

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Lt. Cmdr. Bryan P. Watson has been fired as the blue crew executive officer of the ballistic missile submarine Alaska, Navy officials said Tuesday.

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A U.S. Navy image released July 25 shows an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel crossing the bow of the U.S. patrol boat Thunderbolt in the Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy)

US Navy releases video of encounter with Iranian patrol boat

The U.S. Navy released video Tuesday of a close encounter between an Iranian and U.S. Navy patrol boats, which prompted the patrol craft Thunderbolt to fire warning shots.

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Army Sgt. Daniel Tellechea launches an RQ-20 Puma unmanned aerial vehicle during a 2015 training exercise. Drones that appear to be RQ-20s have been spotted at an ISIS drone-making facility in Raqqa, Syria. (Spc. John Cress Jr./Army)

Syrian fighters in Raqqa uncover ISIS drone factory

Syrian Christian fighters with the Syriac Military Council uncovered what appears to be an ISIS drone factory in Raqqa.

By: Shawn Snow
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, left, and Republican congressional leaders and others during a working lunch in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on March 1, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Congress's defense budgeting headed toward 'colossal crackup'

The U.S. House on Wednesday took up a defense appropriations bill that proposes tens of billion of dollars in new spending for the Pentagon. The problem is that it breaks budget caps set in law.

By: Joe Gould
Medical marijuana is placed on a scale as card-carrying medical marijuana patients attend Los Angeles' first-ever cannabis farmer's market at the West Coast Collective medical marijuana dispensary, on the fourth of July, or Independence Day, in Los Angeles, California, on July 4, 2014, where organizer's of the 3-day event plan to showcase high quality cannabis from growers and vendors throughout the state. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

House rejects plan to let VA doctors talk about marijuana

House Republicans leaders on Wednesday ended marijuana supporters hopes for a floor debate on allowing veterans to talk about using cannabis to treat a variety of ailments with their Veterans Affairs doctors.

By: Leo Shane
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