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US and Kenya sign defense agreement ahead of planned Haiti deployment
Kenya is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence.
Senate Dems likely to block defense spending in border wall dispute
Senate Republican leaders plan to offer a 2020 defense spending bill for a vote this week.
By Joe Gould
Ex-intelligence analyst charged with leaks to reporter
A man that worked as an Air Force intelligence analyst and later as a contractor assigned to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has been charged under the Espionage Act.
‘Great nations do not fight endless wars’ — Trump touts troop drawdowns in State of the Union
Trump argued for drawing down the number of U.S. troops fighting overseas and boosting up those deployed along the southern U.S. border in his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Senate vote rebukes Trump on Syria, Afghanistan
The amendment by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell comes after Trump called for a drawdown of troops in both of those countries.
Graham says Trump slowing down planned withdrawal of US forces from Syria
President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Syria, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
Lawmakers tell Trump his decision to pull troops out of Syria is a ‘costly mistake’
Both Republicans and Democrats criticized the move, saying it ignores advice from military and intelligence leaders.
Trump statement sticks with Saudis, hyping economic benefits of alliance
President Donald Trump released a lengthy statement justifying the U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia by focusing on domestic economic benefits and the threat from Iran.
By Joe Gould
Woodward book says John Kelly privately called President Trump an ‘idiot’
An upcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward says President Donald Trump’s chief of staff privately called Trump an “idiot” and aides plucked sensitive documents off the president’s desk to keep him from taking rash actions.
Why the DOJ says Trump was justified in Syria airstrikes
The U.S. Justice Department's findings have drawn immediate criticism from multiple lawmakers.
By Joe Gould
Corker touts ‘progress’ to replace war authorizations
Republicans and Democrats have argued for years that the war authorizations Congress passed after 9/11 have since been overstretched by successive presidents and that Congress must reassert its war-making powers.
By Joe Gould