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Archbishop Timothy Broglio conducts an Easter Sunday Mass at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Broglio of the Military Services, who oversees Catholic ministries to the U.S. armed forces, was elected Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, as the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Expanded abortion access for military, vets draws Catholic rebuke

By Mark A. Kellner and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is pictured during the meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Contact Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Friday, April 21, 2023. The U.S. will begin training Ukrainian forces how to use and maintain Abrams tanks in the coming weeks, as the U.S. continues to speed up its effort to get them onto the battlefield as quickly as possible, U.S. officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) **FILE**

Military aid for abortions fuels political, legal wars; Congress urged to step in for clarification

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The flags of the U.S. and Chinese are displayed together on top of a trishaw in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2018. Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips, China’s leaders appear to be struggling to figure out how to retaliate without hurting their own ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence and other industries. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Tech support: U.S. can’t defeat China — not without tax dollars to close tech gap, warns policy pro

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The seal of the Department of Defense is seen on the podium before Pentagon spokesman U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Defense Department detains hotel guest in training mishap, FBI says

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A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks, Nov. 29, 2016, at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. officials say the Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster. The aim is to get the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone in eight to 10 months. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP, File)

U.S. fast-tracks refurbished M1 tank delivery to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A Russian fighter jet Tuesday, Marc 14, 2023, struck the propeller of a U.S. MQ-9 drone surveillance drone over the Black Sea, causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle in international waters, the U.S. military said, an incident that highlighted soaring U.S.-Russian tensions over Moscow's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

Escalation? Dramatic collision of Russian jet, U.S. drone fuels fear of direct conflict

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Senior Cole Lainhoff works on a project during a Cybersecurity Systems Technology class at the Spotsylvania Career &amp; Technical Center in Spotsylvania County, Va., Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. Germanna Community College has teamed with Spotsylvania Schools to create the first dual enrollment program in Cybersecurity in Virginia. The program, which will soon be offered in Fredericksburg City and Stafford County public schools, is funded by a grant from GO Virginia, the state coalition for promoting economic growth and opportunity in high-demand industries. (Peter Cihelka/The Free Lance-Star via AP) **FILE**

Pentagon preparing to let its cyber sleuths work from home

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Airmen with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron use a forklift to move 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The Pentagon announced a new package of long-term security assistance for Ukraine on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, marking the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion with a $2 billion commitment to send more rounds of ammunition and a variety of small, high-tech drones into the fight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. military depleting own arsenal to supply Ukraine as Russian war drags on

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

House lawmakers dig in on Pentagon audit failures ahead of Biden’s federal budget release

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

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

Pentagon investigating server exposed to public

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. The Pentagon would not confirm that the balloon in the photo was the surveillance balloon. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over U.S. homeland

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

American soldiers drive a Bradley fighting vehicle during a joint exercise with Syrian Democratic Forces at the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, Dec. 8, 2021. The U.S. is finalizing a massive package of military aid for Ukraine that U.S. officials say is likely to total as much as $2.6 billion. It's expected to include for the first time nearly 100 Stryker combat vehicles and at least 50 Bradley fighting vehicles to allow Ukrainian forces to move more quickly and security on the front lines. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

Bradley, Stryker combat vehicles being sent to Ukraine from U.S. stocks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. A dozen U.S. Air Force officers have filed a lawsuit against the federal government after the military denied their religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Pentagon: No back pay for troops forced out over COVID policy

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 3, 2015, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, F-35C Lightning IIs, attached to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets attached to the Naval Aviation Warfighter Development Center (NAWDC) fly over Naval Air Station Fallon's (NASF) Range Training Complex near Fallon, Nev. The U.S. Senate passed a massive expansion of a northern Nevada naval air base as part of its defense spending bill, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, that is set to finalize a historic transfer of public land to military use. The amendment designates 558,000 additional acres for military training at the Naval Air Station Fallon east of Reno. (Lt. Cmdr. Darin Russell/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

GAO: Air Force, Navy should better analyze which aging planes still useful

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukrainian military's Grad multiple rocket launcher fires rockets at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Pentagon says new military equipment, ammo heading to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Dec. 16, 2020, south of Seattle. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

End of the road? Pentagon’s COVID vaccine mandate in danger as opposition mounts

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A damaged building seen at the scene of Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Strikes hit residential buildings in the heart of Ukraine's capital Tuesday, authorities said. Further south, officials announced probes of alleged Russian abuses in the newly retaken city of Kherson, including torture sites and enforced disappearances and detentions. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Pentagon still trying to confirm reports of Russian missile strike on Poland

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, an Israeli Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle flies in formation with a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer over Israel as part of a deterrence flight Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Members of the Air Force and Space Force will now be able to tell others what pronouns they use in official correspondence under a just-adopted diversity policy change endorsed by the senior brass. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Jerreht Harris via AP)

Biden’s DoD pulls F-15 Eagles from Japan amid rising China threat: ‘Sends the wrong signal’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Security personnel holding the Communist Party and Chinese national flags prepare to enter the venue for the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on China, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

3 charged with sending defense-related data to China

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Brown, right, with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, checks pallets of 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Officials say the U.S. will send $400 million more in military aid to Ukraine amid concerns financial assistance for the war against Russia could decline if Republicans take control of Congress. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

U.S. sends Ukraine another $400 million in military hardware from its own supply

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times