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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, center, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford arrive to testify at a Senate hearing on the defense budget on May 8, 2019, on Capitol Hill.

Trump to nominate former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan for secretary of defense

August 22, 2019 at 11:04 a.m.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense, putting an end to months of speculation about the former Boeing executive's...

In this March 18, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Air Force, environmental restoration employees deploy a containment boom from a boat on Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.

Midwest flooding highlights national security risk posed by climate change

August 22, 2019 at 10:47 a.m.

The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military's Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others. They had to scramble to save sensitive...

Members of the Central American migrant caravan wake up after spending the night in a field camp on Oct. 31, 2018, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, Mexico. The group of migrants, many of them fleeing violence in their home countries, took a rest day on Wednesday and plan to resume their march north on Thursday.

Trump says up to 15,000 troops could be sent to border; caravan of migrants nearly 1,000 miles from U.S.

August 22, 2019 at 9:42 a.m.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could reach 15,000 — roughly double the number the Pentagon said it currently plans...

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis answers a reporter's question as he starts a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington, March 22, 2018.

Mattis praises Saudis; Trump administration to approve $1 billion arms sale

August 22, 2019 at 3:14 a.m.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Thursday said Saudi Arabia was "part of the solution" in Yemen, where the Saudis are leading a U.S.-supported military campaign against Houthi rebels that is...

It's the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That's far more in defense spending than America's two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can for the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else.

Congress, Trump give Pentagon a budget the likes of which it has never seen

August 22, 2019 at 2:44 a.m.

It's the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That's far more in defense spending than America's two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military...

Acting Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Steve Erhart answers a question during a news conference on the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, Feb. 2, 2018, at the Pentagon.

Trump nuclear doctrine takes tougher stance on Russia; arms control groups alarmed

August 22, 2019 at 2:39 a.m.

The Trump administration on Friday announced it will continue much of the Obama administration's nuclear weapons policy, but take a more aggressive stance toward Russia. It said Russia must be...

In this Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stands as he waits for Netherlands Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert during an enhanced honor cordon at the Pentagon in Washington.

Pentagon chief, in Baghdad, says militants are ‘on the run’

August 22, 2019 at 12:35 a.m.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday he is confident that U.S.-backed Iraqi forces will finish off the Islamic State militants clinging to strongholds that are shrinking in size and...

This June 17, 2017 file photo shows the damaged USS Fitzgerald near the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo. The Navy says the commanding officer of a warship that lost seven sailors in a collision off the coast of Japan will be relieved of command, and nearly a dozen other sailors face punishment.

Senior officer on USS Fitzgerald to be relieved of command after fatal collision

August 22, 2019 at 12:32 a.m.

The captain of a Navy warship that lost seven sailors in a collision with a commercial container ship in June will be relieved of command and nearly a dozen others...

Once at risk of extinction, iconic Warthog plane lives on

June 4, 2018 at 5:11 p.m.

The Warthog is sitting pretty. Once on the brink of forced retirement, the A-10 attack plane with the ungainly shape and odd nickname has been given new life, spared by...

A Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or MOAB, weapon is prepared for testing at the Eglin Air Force Armament Center in Florida. The Pentagon says U.S. forces dropped a MOAB on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan.

Officials: No need for Trump’s approval to use massive bomb

August 21, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan who ordered use of the "mother of all bombs" to attack an Islamic State stronghold near the Pakistani border didn't need and didn't request President...

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