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Senate passes Trump’s major policy bill with $150 billion for the DOD
Funding included in the bill would go toward shipbuilding, the Golden Dome homeland missile defense project, munitions and other key Pentagon priorities.
Pompeo: Taliban ‘overreached’ in attack that killed American service member
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that Taliban “overreached” with their car bomb attack in a diplomatic area near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, killing an American soldier — and that led President Donald Trump to pull back from planned Afghanistan peace talks at Camp David.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
Trump calls off secret Camp David meeting with Taliban, Afghan leaders
President Donald Trump said Saturday he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders after a bombing in the past week in Kabul that killed 12 people, including an American soldier, and has called off peace negotiations with the insurgent group.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners
Among those Russia returned was Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, whose conviction for preparing terrorist attacks was strongly denounced abroad, and 24 Ukrainian sailors taken with a ship Russian forces seized last year.
C-17 crew stops at Trump’s Scottish golf resort en route to Kuwait
A C-17 crew comprising both Air National Guard and active-duty airmen stayed at President Donald Trump’s posh Turnberry golf resort in Scotland during a trip earlier this year to deliver supplies to Kuwait, as well as on the return trip, Politco reports.
By Air Force Times staff
Mattis on why he went to work for the Trump administration
Mattis told an audience in Washington on Friday that his decision to become defense secretary was informed by the sense of duty he cultivated for 43 years in uniform.
Taliban attacks test Trump as he seeks to end Afghan war
Relentless, deadly attacks by the Taliban, including a car bombing Thursday that killed a U.S. service member, are testing President Donald Trump’s resolve to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and end what he has called America’s “endless” war.
Trump drains US spending in Europe to pay for wall with Mexico
The White House is being criticized for a plan to move Pentagon spending meant to deter Russia to the U.S.-Mexico border wall project.
Critics demand White House drop plans to change citizenship rules for military children overseas
House Democrats want federal officials to drop the idea, and are considering legislation to force a change.
Trump takes $89 million from Seawolf security project for border wall
Naval Base Kitsap wanted to build a pier for the Maritime Force Protection Unit, which guards submarines transiting Puget Sound.
Can POTUS sign your MAGA hat? Experts weigh-in on recent campaign season controversies involving troops
There are reasons to be wary of politicizing the military beyond the concern, however unlikely, of a military junta.
By Kyle Rempfer