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FILE - In this April 5, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle sits near the wall as President Donald Trump visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in El Centro, Calif. The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

Illustration on Google/China cooperation by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How Google is Communist China’s collaborator

By Gordon G. Chang

Then-Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is interviewed in his Pentagon office, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Ash Carter, former Obama defense secretary: Google ‘has a duty to this country’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: Administration to review Pentagon computer contract

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, left, laughs while waiting with Acting President of the U.S. Naval War College Dr. Lewis Duncan, right, prior to the U.S. Naval War College's commencement ceremony, Friday, June 14, 2019, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) ** FILE **

Richard Spencer takes over as acting Pentagon chief

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Michael McCaul

House GOP slams Democrats for effort to repeal 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, stops to talk to members of the media after meeting with President Donald Trump and members of the GOP leadership at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Michael McCaul: House restrictions in ‘illegalize all global counterterrorism operations’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 19, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump, left, and Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, center, listen as Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, speaks during an American Technology Council roundtable in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge sides with Pentagon and Amazon in cloud bidding case

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 5, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle sits near the wall as President Donald Trump visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in El Centro, Calif. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to go ahead and use Pentagon money to build sections of a border wall with Mexico after two lower courts blocked it from doing so while a lawsuit over the money proceeds. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump asks Supreme Court to unfreeze border wall money

Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks to greet supporters as he arrives at General Mitchell International Airport, Friday, July 12, 2019, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House passes massive $733B defense bill restricting Trump on Iran

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Court rejects Oracle challenge to Pentagon’s $10 billion war cloud contract

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is shown, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

House backs amendment barring Pentagon use of Trump properties

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first war cloud. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Donald Trump urged to get involved in Pentagon deal with Amazon on cloud computing

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 19, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump, left, and Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, center, listen as Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, speaks during an American Technology Council roundtable in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Amazon, Microsoft wage war over the Pentagon’s ‘war cloud’

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

Two Bradley Fighting Vehicles are parked nearby the Lincoln Memorial for President Donald Trump's "Salute to America"event honoring service branches on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in Washington. Trump is promising military tanks along with &quot;Incredible Flyovers &amp; biggest ever Fireworks!&quot; for the Fourth of July. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mark Esper, acting Pentagon chief, heads delegation for Donald Trump’s July 4th ‘Salute to America’

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

Space shuttle Endeavour clears the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday, May 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Pentagon seeks ‘orbital outpost’ in space

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 1, 2019, with Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. The president signed a $4.6 billion aid package to help the federal government cope with the surge of Central American immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Appeals court: Trump can’t use Pentagon cash for border wall

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Afghan soldiers stand amid the aftermath of Monday's attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. The Taliban set off a powerful bomb in downtown Kabul on Monday, killing a several people and wounding more than a hundred, and sending a cloud of smoke billowing over the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump Afghanistan message sparks violence, threatens peace talks, experts say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., departs after her weekly media availability on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 27, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pelosi blinks: House to pass Trump border bill

By Stephen Dinan and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is shown in this undated file photo. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Senate gives big backing to wide-ranging $750 billion defense policy bill

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times