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GOP hopefuls debate China, Ukraine, troops at US southern border
Several candidates at the first Republican debate held Wednesday advocated sending more active-duty troops to work along the U.S. border with Mexico.
No SecDef pick from Biden as Flournoy hits resistance from progressives
President-elect Joe Biden announced the core of his national security team on Monday, but he has yet to name his choice for defense secretary.
Sen. Jack Reed is a quiet professional. If Democrats win the Senate, he’ll be front and center.
With Democrats fighting to retake the Senate and the White House in the Nov. 3 elections, Sen. Jack Reed is favored to move into one of Congress' most visible positions and become a major defense figure for his party ― and just as the military’s transition toward competition with China and Russia is gaining momentum.
By Joe Gould
Trump, Biden trade barbs over North Korea’s nukes
Former Vice President Joe Biden attacked President Donald Trump over his chummy relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who recently unveiled a new, larger ICBM.
By Joe Gould
Democrats face internal ‘fight’ on defense spending, says Smith
The Democratic split over the size of future defense budgets will come to a head in the new Congress, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., predicted Tuesday.
By Joe Gould
Trump doubles down on ending racial sensitivity training
President Donald Trump said during Tuesday's debate that racial sensitivity training for the federal workforce is “sick” and “insane" and "teaching people to hate our country."
By Jessie Bur
Fact check: Trump claims Biden policies killed over 308,000 veterans, but that’s not what investigators found
The VA inspector general found major problems with VA record keeping back in 2015 but did not connect that to missing care which killed veterans.
Candidates accuse each other of military insults, disrespect for troops in first presidential debate
The first debate between President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden was held Tuesday in Ohio.
US sends mechanized troops back into Syria
The armored vehicles sent back this month belong to 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, out of Fort Bliss, Texas.
By Kyle Rempfer
Vehicle collision with Russians injures 4 US troops in Syria
In the most violent skirmish in months between U.S. and Russian forces in Syria, a vehicle collision in the eastern part of the war-torn country left American troops with concussions, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press