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Dems demand military investigation into Qatar’s plane gift to Trump
Lawmakers worry the expensive gift could create financial and legal issues for the Defense Department.
VA office charged with protecting whistleblowers hurts them instead, investigators say
The VA inspector general found widespread concerns with the two-year-old office, and multiple practices that would discourage employees from reporting wrongdoing.
Mattis responds to Trump’s ‘world’s most overrated general’ comment
Jim Mattis was all smiles the day after President Donald Trump reportedly called his former defense secretary “the world’s most overrated general” during a tense White House meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday.
By Military Times staff
Trump blasts Mattis as ‘the world’s most overrated general’
The comments came amid a White House fight between the president and Democratic leaders over the U.S. troop withdrawal in Syria.
Army leaders want to hear about any problems stemming from military health transformation
During the Association of the United States Army annual meeting Tuesday, Army leaders said they want to know about any problems related to hospital changeover in the military health transformation.
By Patricia Kime
Army officials lay out how IT modernization is changing the service
Top Army officials discuss workforce, data and 5G technologies with C4ISRNET at the AUSA conference.
By Andrew Eversden
Esper says US staying in Syria, but withdrawing south of Turkish advance and deal in works to have Russians protect Kurds
“I spoke with the president last night after discussions with the rest national security team and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from northern Syria,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper told the CBS Sunday morning Face the Nation show.
By Howard Altman
How the Pentagon plans to protect American forces in Syria from Turkish attacks
"Everyone is fully aware that we are the United States military, we retain the right to self-defense. And our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines will defend themselves. That’s clear, and its unambiguous with everybody.”
By Aaron Mehta