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Pentagon official overseeing counter-ISIS effort forced out
The acting defense secretary accepted the resignation of Christopher Maier, who was director of the Defeat-ISIS Task Force.
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Rogers backed as House Armed Services ranking member
House Republicans are backing Rep. Mike Rogers to replace Rep. Mac Thornberry as the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee next Congress, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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Defense bill snagged in Trump’s war on social media protections
With congressional talks close to finalizing this year’s defense policy bill, lawmakers are wrestling with the Trump administration’s last-minute demand to include its legislation to overhaul the tech industry’s prized liability shield.
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House Republicans to pick new top veterans policy leader this week
Republican Reps. Mike Bost from Illinois and Rep. Jack Bergman from Michigan are the leading candidates for the House Veterans' Affairs Committee ranking member post.
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Pentagon extends exception for childcare during telework
Civilian Department of Defense employees will continue to be able to work from home with a child or family member requiring dependent care in the house.
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VA reports more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths among patients in November
The rise in deaths comes amid a surge in active cases among VA patients.
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Top secret: Biden gets access to President’s Daily Brief
Joe Biden on Monday got his first look as president-elect at the President's Daily Brief, a top secret summary of U.S. intelligence and world events.
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Inside the case against ISIS militants suspected in the deaths of Western hostages
The prosecution is a counterterrorism success in the waning weeks of the Trump administration. But it almost didn't happen.
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Four troops have died of coronavirus complications in as many weeks
A North Dakota Army National Guard master sergeant died Nov. 24.
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NATO mulls its future in Afghanistan as US draws down troops
President Donald Trump’s decision to pull almost half the U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by mid-January leaves NATO in a bind.
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After Trump, Congress could chafe at retired officers leading the Pentagon
Getting a congressional waiver let Jim Mattis lead the Pentagon. Getting another waiver might be more difficult.
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This week in Congress: Last days for the 116th session
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Nov. 30, 2020.
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Acting US defense secretary visits troops in rare visit to Somalia
President Trump is expected to order a withdrawal of most or all of the 700 U.S. troops based in Somalia before he leaves office Jan. 20.
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Biden’s win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released
Biden's precise intentions for Guantanamo remain unclear, however.
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Lifting near-total ban on transgender people from military service among Biden plans to protect LGBTQ rights
Among the actions that Biden pledges to take unilaterally, scrapping Trump’s transgender military ban would be among the most notable.
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