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Former top officials press lawmakers to solve “cliff”

August 23, 2021 at 6:51 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifteen former top U.S. national security officials urged lawmakers on Tuesday to put the United States on a sustainable fiscal path and avert automatic spending cuts that...

New commander faces challenge of winding down Afghanistan war

August 23, 2021 at 6:48 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, who takes over as head of international forces in Afghanistan next year, faces the challenge of winding down a war in a...

New commander faces challenge of winding down Afghanistan war

August 22, 2019 at 7:16 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, who takes over as head of international forces in Afghanistan next year, faces the challenge of winding down a war in a...

Former top officials press lawmakers to solve “cliff”

December 25, 2018 at 7:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifteen former top U.S. national security officials urged lawmakers on Tuesday to put the United States on a sustainable fiscal path and avert automatic spending cuts that...

Senate strikes restriction on military biofuel development

August 23, 2021 at 6:29 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to strike restrictions in its annual defense policy bill that would have severely limited the military's effort to develop biofuels for...

Report challenges key Pentagon spending assumption

August 22, 2019 at 7:09 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. military grappled with budget cuts over the past year, one thing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made clear was the Pentagon must avoid reductions in...

U.S. has decimated al Qaeda chiefs but must persist in fight: Panetta

August 22, 2019 at 7:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces have decimated al Qaeda's leadership and made gains against some of its affiliates, but the fight has shifted in new directions that will require persistent...

Afghan command nominee vague on troop withdrawal timetable

August 23, 2021 at 5:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The general chosen to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan through the critical transition to Afghan security control in 2014 declined to speculate on Thursday on how quickly...

Change in U.S. defense strategy could ease fiscal challenge: report

August 23, 2021 at 5:42 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of national security experts on Thursday proposed a new U.S. defense strategy they said could be safely implemented at different budget levels, enabling President Barack...

Change in U.S. defense strategy could ease fiscal challenge: report

August 22, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of national security experts on Thursday proposed a new U.S. defense strategy they said could be safely implemented at different budget levels, enabling President Barack...

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