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Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin is shown prior to a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 4, 2017. The White House said Thursday that the Wagner Group, a private Russian military company, has taken delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea to help bolster its forces as it fights side-by-side with Russian forces in Ukraine. The U.S. assesses that Wagner, owned by Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, is spending about $100 million a month in the fight. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia’s mercenary outfit Wagner Group receives arms shipment from North Korea for use in Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Amanalla Kashgari, of Ashburn Va., with the East Turkistan Youth Congress, protests against China and in support of the Uyghur people, in the wake of the Urumqi fire in China, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, outside the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

White House resists criticism of China’s crackdown on COVID protesters, GOP calls for tougher stance

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, left, listens as National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House pledges to hold Russia accountable amid new reports of mass graves in Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the White House, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House blasts China for severing talks over Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting at the Saadabad palace, in Tehran, Iran, Iran, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

White House says there’s ‘ample evidence’ Russia intends to annex additional Ukrainian territory

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre listens as John Kirby, the National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House warns Americans against going to fight in Ukraine

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A destroyed self propelled artillery unit is seen on a road near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

American troops to train Ukrainians on U.S.-provided cannons

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pentagon hits China for blaming U.S. for Ukraine invasion

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin leaves a closed-door briefing on defense and intelligence issues with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Pentagon chief Austin heads to Europe to meet NATO allies, U.S. troops as Russian buildup continues

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People check at a destroyed house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. U.S. special forces carried out what the Pentagon said was a successful, large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria early Thursday. Local residents and activists said civilians were also among the dead. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Islamic State top leader kills himself as U.S. special forces converge in Syria

By Dave Boyer and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Ukrainian soldiers examine their tank at a military unit close to Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Russia's foreign minister claims that NATO wants to pull Ukraine into the alliance, amid escalating tensions over NATO expansion and fears that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko)

U.S. moves to bolster NATO allies as Russia continues massing troops along Ukraine’s border

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. intel says Russia sending agents into Ukraine to prepare for possible invasion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon on Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. Oklahoma's Republican governor and the state attorney general are suing in federal court to exempt the state's National Guard from a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Gov. Kevin Stitt argued in a statement Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, that the Biden administration's Defense Department overstepped its constitutional authority by subjecting the National Guard to the mandate it imposed on the active-duty military. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pentagon having ‘active discussions’ about COVID-19 booster mandate for troops

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers walks at the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Katerinivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021. The final portion of a $60 million U.S. security assistance package to Ukraine approved by President Biden is expected to arrive this week amid rising tensions with Moscow as hundreds of Russian troops continue massing along the border. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)

Last shipment of U.S. arms arrives in Ukraine amid Russia tensions

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters talk to a detainee before transferring him to a court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. The Taliban are shifting from being warriors to an urban police force. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Pentagon deletes Afghan war photos from Defense Department website

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Traffic moves toward a tank and sign at the main entrance to Fort Pickett Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, in Blackstone, Va. Afghan refugees who have been prescreened by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have been taken to Fort Lee as well as Fort Pickett according to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Pentagon tries to calm base residents over Afghan measles cases

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force airmen guide evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP)

U.S. rescue mission in Kabul races against time, Taliban crackdown

By Ben Wolfgang and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Afghans take selfie wit Taliban fighters during patrol in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. The Taliban celebrated Afghanistan's Independence Day on Thursday by declaring they beat the United States, but challenges to their rule ranging from running a country severely short on cash and bureaucrats to potentially facing an armed opposition began to emerge. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban says Afghans can no longer leave the country as Biden rushes to meet Aug. 31 deadline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Marines, a Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, waits with a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

U.S. helicopters at Kabul airport flew outside the gates to bring Americans to safety

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, right, speaks accompanied by U.S. Army Major Gen. William Taylor, Joint Staff Operations, during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon: No plans for rescuing Americans in Afghanistan who can’t get to the airport

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times