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House Dems bail on defense bill as GOP votes to repeal abortion policy
House Republicans voted to add several conservative Freedom Caucus amendments on abortion and transgender troops to the previously bipartisan defense bill.
USS Harry Truman carrier strike group stays in Mediterranean amid Ukraine, Russia fears
A defense official said Tuesday that the change in the schedule of the USS Harry S. Truman, and the five American warships accompanying it, reflects the need for a persistent presence in Europe.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
House takes up progressive-led defense spending cuts this week
House progressives will have a few chances to hold down the defense budget this week, but it’s going to be an uphill fight.
By Joe Gould
Iran threatens ‘USS Cole-style attacks’ on Fort McNair and a top general, sources say
Communications intercepted by the National Security Agency in January showed that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard discussed mounting “USS Cole-style attacks” against the base in the nation's capital, two U.S. intelligence officials told the AP.
Memory of 17 killed in Cole attack and heroics of survivors honored at 20th anniversary memorial
The Navy learned a few lessons from the attack, most notably that a ship’s crew needs to remain vigilant.
By Jared Morgan
The Cole attack — more than 9/11 — predicted America’s challenges in the 21st century
The vast majority of terrorist attacks against the U.S. have looked more like the USS Cole and less like 9/11, says the author of this commentary.
By Justin Conrad
Remember the Cole: al-Qaida attacked the destroyer in Yemen 20 years ago today
Two decades ago on Oct. 12, an al-Qaida attack on the USS Cole left 17 sailors dead and 37 wounded.
By Harm Venhuizen
Navy to honor memory of 17 sailors killed in 2000 jihadi attack on destroyer Cole
Monday marks 20 years since 17 sailors were killed in a terrorist bombing of the Navy destroyer Cole while in a Yemeni port.
By Jared Morgan
Oldest living Marine veteran turns 107
When Dorothy Schmidt Cole joined the Marine Corps in July 1943, she wasn’t thinking about the impact her service would have on the Corps or on generations of women to come. She just wanted that stylish uniform.
By Jared Morgan
A Navy ship burns in San Diego and the coronavirus spreads across the force ― The Briefing, 7.17.20
A devastating fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, a relentless rise in COVID-19 infections, a group of Marines heralded for heroism and heartbreaking details of how an Air Force jumpmaster was killed over the Gulf of Mexico.
By Ben Murray
House panel votes to end 2001, 2002 war authorizations
The House Appropriations Committee approved separate measures to end the 2001 and 2002 war authorizations, which underpin U.S. counterterror operations ― another move by lawmakers to curb President Trump’s war-making powers.
By Joe Gould