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by Jasmine Khayami | Oct 10, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON– The U.S. military should withdraw from Afghanistan because a negotiated peace is unlikely and because the situation there no longer is a significant threat to the U.S.,going against the Trump administration’s decision to send more troops to the country,...
by Ricky Zipp | Oct 5, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The deployment of close to 4,000 additional troops to Afghanistan will be delayed because of military efforts to provide humanitarian aid to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Pentagon officials said Thursday. Joint Staff Director Lt. Col....
by Oyin Falana | Oct 4, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Security threats, lack of infrastructure and local political tensions have prevented religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq from moving back to territories that have been liberated from ISIS, several Middle East experts said Wednesday. Denise...
by Casey Egan & Matt Sussis | Oct 4, 2017 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON– Senate Intelligence Committee leaders Wednesday said possible collusion between Trump campaign staff and the Russian government during the 2016 election remains an open question, but just as pressing are their questions about possible past and...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Oct 3, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON — A yellow Labrador retriever named Jax stole the spotlight Tuesday at a congressional hearing that focused on the high number of dogs in homeland security canine units that are from foreign countries. He was trotted out as an example of the trained...
by Ricky Zipp | Sep 30, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – More than 75 percent of Raqqa has been cleared of ISIS forces, with only 400 to 800 of the terrorist group’s fighters left in the self-proclaimed capital of the so-called Islamic State caliphate, the chief spokesman for the military’s operation in Iraq...
