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Trump defends chaotic Syria pullout saying it was ‘no surprise’ – and warns ISIS if it hits the U.S. they are ‘doomed!’ – just hours after claiming the terrorists had already been defeated The president suddenly announced the pullout Wednesday on Twitter He also touted it in a video from...
by Idrees Ali, Mike Stone for @reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon has failed what is being called its first-ever comprehensive audit, a senior official said on Thursday, finding U.S. Defense Department accounting discrepancies that could take years to resolve. Results of the inspection – conducted by some 1,200 auditors and examining...
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that colossal defense spending bill he signed earlier this year gives troops the largest pay raise in the last decade. However, the two largest increases in the last decade occurred in 2008 at 3.5 percent and 2009 at 3.4 percent raise, according the Department...
Congressional defense lawmakers officially barred deliveries of the fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Turkish forces, inserting the ban into the final version of the Pentagon’s budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year. House and Senate conferees adopted the legislation, which prohibits shipments of the advanced, multi-role jet fighter to...
Nearly 100 countries are flying, floating and fighting with American-made weapon systems The Trump administration’s tough international economic policies are ruffling feathers among foreign allies but aren’t undermining U.S. weapons sales around the world, said a top State Department official who is critical of the president’s “Buy America” campaign. Tina Kaidanow, acting assistant...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States is considering intensified naval patrols in the South China Sea in a bid to challenge China’s growing militarization of the waterway, actions that could further raise the stakes in one of the world’s most volatile areas. The Pentagon is weighing a more assertive program...
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