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Pentagon: Troop contingent on border ‘pretty much peaked’
The number of U.S. active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border has “pretty much peaked” at the current total of 5,800, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said Thursday.
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Border mission doesn’t fit Mattis’ focus on ‘lethality’
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left no doubt that his top priority as leader of the military is making it more “lethal” — better at war and more prepared for it — and yet nothing about the military’s new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal. Some argue it detracts from it.
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Mattis and Pompeo call for Yemen cease-fire, political talks
A renewed push for a political solution in Yemen comes amid growing criticism of U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s Yemen air campaign and American arms sales to the Saudis.
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Trump space force plan is grounded in real needs, but hazy
President Donald Trump has injected urgency into a long-meandering debate over the best way to protect U.S. interests in space, both military and commercial.
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Mattis reacts to deadly attack in Afghanistan; Taliban says it targeted top US commander
The Taliban claim responsibility for the assault, saying they targeted the top U.S. commander in the country.
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Mattis sees the enduring costs of Vietnam War
The defense secretary was on his way to planned talks with his Chinese counterpart in Singapore.
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Mattis: Trump gave him ’100 percent’ support despite president saying defense chief may go
Reassurance came after Trump told a national news program that Mattis may leave his job.
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Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China
By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s military assertiveness.
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American general says battlefield losses for Afghan forces are rising
Afghan military and police forces had higher numbers of battlefield casualties in a “difficult and bloody summer” of fighting the Taliban insurgency, the American general overseeing the war said Thursday.
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Pentagon: Troop contingent on border ‘pretty much peaked’
The number of U.S. active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border has “pretty much peaked” at the current total of 5,800, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said Thursday.
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Border mission doesn’t fit Mattis’ focus on ‘lethality’
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left no doubt that his top priority as leader of the military is making it more “lethal” — better at war and more prepared for it — and yet nothing about the military’s new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal. Some argue it detracts from it.
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Mattis and Pompeo call for Yemen cease-fire, political talks
A renewed push for a political solution in Yemen comes amid growing criticism of U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s Yemen air campaign and American arms sales to the Saudis.
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Trump space force plan is grounded in real needs, but hazy
President Donald Trump has injected urgency into a long-meandering debate over the best way to protect U.S. interests in space, both military and commercial.
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Mattis reacts to deadly attack in Afghanistan; Taliban says it targeted top US commander
The Taliban claim responsibility for the assault, saying they targeted the top U.S. commander in the country.
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Mattis sees the enduring costs of Vietnam War
The defense secretary was on his way to planned talks with his Chinese counterpart in Singapore.
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Mattis: Trump gave him ’100 percent’ support despite president saying defense chief may go
Reassurance came after Trump told a national news program that Mattis may leave his job.
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Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China
By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s military assertiveness.
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American general says battlefield losses for Afghan forces are rising
Afghan military and police forces had higher numbers of battlefield casualties in a “difficult and bloody summer” of fighting the Taliban insurgency, the American general overseeing the war said Thursday.
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Pentagon: Troop contingent on border ‘pretty much peaked’
The number of U.S. active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border has “pretty much peaked” at the current total of 5,800, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said Thursday.
-
Border mission doesn’t fit Mattis’ focus on ‘lethality’
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left no doubt that his top priority as leader of the military is making it more “lethal” — better at war and more prepared for it — and yet nothing about the military’s new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal. Some argue it detracts from it.
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Mattis and Pompeo call for Yemen cease-fire, political talks
A renewed push for a political solution in Yemen comes amid growing criticism of U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s Yemen air campaign and American arms sales to the Saudis.
-
Trump space force plan is grounded in real needs, but hazy
President Donald Trump has injected urgency into a long-meandering debate over the best way to protect U.S. interests in space, both military and commercial.
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Mattis reacts to deadly attack in Afghanistan; Taliban says it targeted top US commander
The Taliban claim responsibility for the assault, saying they targeted the top U.S. commander in the country.
-
Mattis sees the enduring costs of Vietnam War
The defense secretary was on his way to planned talks with his Chinese counterpart in Singapore.
-
Mattis: Trump gave him ’100 percent’ support despite president saying defense chief may go
Reassurance came after Trump told a national news program that Mattis may leave his job.
-
Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China
By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s military assertiveness.
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American general says battlefield losses for Afghan forces are rising
Afghan military and police forces had higher numbers of battlefield casualties in a “difficult and bloody summer” of fighting the Taliban insurgency, the American general overseeing the war said Thursday.
