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Hegseth champions special operations as the force for today’s threats
There has been a 200% increase in SOF missions over the past three years, the defense secretary said.
By Todd South
IG: Pentagon failed to address financial problems of Armed Forces Retirement Home
The report echoes financial concerns that already played a major role in a top-level firing.
By Karen Jowers
2 Navy officers sentenced in ‘Fat Leonard’ case
Capt. John F. Steinberger and Cmdr. Jason W. Starmer are the latest casualties of the "Fat Leonard" scandal.
By Mark D. Faram
Republicans jeopardizing Pentagon budget boost, lawmaker says
The Pentagon’s two-year budget boost may unravel next year if Republicans fiddle with the domestic side of the deal, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee has warned.
By Joe Gould
Probe finds deadly Niger mission lacked proper approval
A military investigation into the Niger attack that killed four American service members concludes the team didn’t get required senior command approval for their risky mission to capture a high-level Islamic State militant, several U.S. officials familiar with the report said. It doesn’t point to that failure as a cause of the deadly ambush.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Iran says will negotiate if West dismantles nuclear arsenal
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency is reporting that a top military commander says Iran will negotiate over its missile program if the U.S. and Europe dismantle their nuclear programs.
White House denies McMaster is leaving; Biegun, Bolton seen as possible replacements
The White House pushed back Thursday against an MSNBC report that President Donald Trump is planning to imminently replace National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.
By Aaron Mehta
Gen. Votel: Russia is both 'arsonist and fireman' in Syria
Russia is seeking to counter U.S. diplomatic influence by stoking conflict in Syria even as it portrays itself as an arbiter in the civil war, the top American general in the Middle East said Tuesday in notably pointed criticism of Moscow.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press