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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to travel to Louisiana. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump dismisses report on 120K-troop Iran plan: ‘Fake news’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan speaks with the media as he waits for the arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington. President Donald Trump on May 9, said he will nominate Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Shanahan wants secure border without continuous military aid

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

W.Va. Delegate Ray Hollen resigns to take defense job

Associated Press

Worshippers chant slogans against the United States and Israel during a rally after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2019. A top commander in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said Friday that Tehran will not talk with the United States, an Iranian news agency reported — a day after President Donald Trump said he'd like Iranian leaders to &quot;call me.&quot; (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast to counter Iran

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan speaks with the media as he waits for the arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington. President Donald Trump on May 9, said he will nominate Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump to nominate Shanahan for top Pentagon post

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this June 18, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump holds up the space policy directive that he signed during a National Space Council meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump is moving closer toward his goal of creating a Space Force, but it won't begin as a separate military branch as the president envisioned. The Space Force instead initially will be created as part of the Air Force, but could be spun into a separate military department in the future. That's according to senior administration officials who briefed journalists on a directive Trump is scheduled to sign Tuesday to establish the Space Force. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Space Force to cost billions more than expected, CBO warns

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump is presented a jersey during the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point football team, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump wants to restore waiver for service academy athletes

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, U.S. Marines surveyors help rebuild the runway with a concrete airstrip on storied Santa Catalina Island, Calif. The mountaintop runway on Santa Catalina Island has reopened Friday, May, 3, 2019, after five months of construction. About 100 U.S. Marines and Navy sailors began working on the island in December under an agreement between the military and the Catalina Island Conservancy to rebuild the deteriorating runway. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

California tourist island’s runway reopens after big fix

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The Pentagon vehemently denies that the White House exerted any political pressure throughout the process for awarding the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, which ultimately went to Microsoft. (Associated Press/File)

Sexual assaults in military jumped nearly 38% last year

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A member of the U.S. Marine Corps participates in an arrival ceremony for Japan's Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya at the Pentagon, Friday, April 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Security clearance background checks to be handled by Pentagon, Trump says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Idaho soldier assigned to Colorado Army post dies in Iraq

Associated Press

Kentucky soldier based at Fort Campbell dies in Iraq

Associated Press

Ranking Member Mac Thornberry, D-Texas, speaks as Secretary of the Army Mark Esper, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, and U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, appear before a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing for the Departments of the Army and Air Force on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Also pictured is Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Mac Thornberry, key House Republican, pushes plan to boost Pentagon contracts with small businesses

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Utah base cited as most at risk in climate change rankings

Associated Press

States, military clash on cleanup of toxic chemicals

By KYLE BAGENSTOSE and JENNY WAGNER and Bucks County Courier Times - Associated Press

In this Sept. 2, 2015, photo, an F-35 jet arrives at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

No F-35s for Turkey if Russian missile defense deal goes through: Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

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, as a precautionary measure for possible fuel leaks in the flooded area. After massive flooding along the Missouri River in the spring of 2019, many want to blame the agency that manages the river's dams for making the disaster worse, but it may not be that simple. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says much of the water that created March's flooding came from rain and melting snow that flowed into the river downstream of all the dams, and at the same time, massive amounts of water filled the reservoirs and some had to be released. (Delanie Stafford/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Offutt Air Force Base flood doesn’t require a green Pentagon

By Nicolas Loris

In this Feb. 3, 2019, photo released by U.S. Marine's 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, an F-35B Lightning II with the F-35B detachment of Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) releases Guided Bomb Units on-target above the Pacific Ocean. The training mission demonstrated an “increase in lethality and integrated amphibious capability,” it quoted Col. Robert Brodie, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit as saying. (Maj. Jesse Peppers/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

U.S. moves closer to killing F-35 jet sale to Turkey over Russia fears

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and David Norquist, far right, the Defense Department's budget chief, arrive to testify at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2020 Pentagon budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Lawmakers are concerned about military construction projects that could lose funding this year to pay for President Donald Trump's border wall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Patrick Shanahan lobbies Iraqi leaders to allow U.S. troops to stay

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

2 ex-Defense Department workers get probation for thefts

Associated Press