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Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, early Saturday, June 1, 2019. Muslim leaders from some 57 nations gathered in Islam's holiest city of Mecca late Friday to discuss a breadth of critical issues ranging from a spike in tensions in the Persian Gulf, to Palestinian statehood, the plight of Rohingya refugees and the growing threat of Islamophobia. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Turkey vows retaliation against U.S. over F-35 expulsion threat

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

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Delay on Patrick Shanahan defense secretary nomination fuels rumors

By Ben Wolfgang and Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

This June 17, 2014, photo shows an entrance to Fort Sill near Lawton, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) **FILE**

Army’s Fort Sill to house migrant children to ease border crisis

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan responds to reporters' questions regarding an incident in the East China Sea where an American guided-missile cruiser and a Russian destroyer came within 165 feet (50 meters) of each other, during a meeting with visiting Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis at the Pentagon, Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US troops, civilian defense workers get political reminder

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters. The fifth-generation combat aircraft is designed to perform ground-attack and air-superiority missions. It has three main models: the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, the F-35B short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) variant, and the F-35C carrier-based catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery (CATOBAR) variant. The F-35 descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, the winning design of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. It is built by Lockheed and many subcontractors, including Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, and BAE Systems. The United States plans to buy 2,663 F-35s, which will provide the bulk of the crewed tactical airpower of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps in coming decades. Deliveries of the F-35 for the U.S. military are scheduled until 2037 with a projected service life up to 2070

Pentagon, Lockheed Martin F-35 agreement is largest defense deal in history

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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)

Adam Smith, House defense panel chief, backs Space Force, doubts Air Force oversight

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, May 29, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, two U.S. F-35A Lightning IIs break away from each other after an aerial refuelling mission over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The F-35s later participated in a formation flight with United Arab Emirates Air Force Desert Falcons and Mirage 2000s to continue building military-to-military relationships with the UAE, according to the Air Force. (Staff Sgt. Chris Drzazgowski/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Pentagon suspends Turkish F-35 training program; pilots ordered out of U.S. by July

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

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Pentagon fears U.S. companies being shut out of European arms deals

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan talks with South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo, prior their meeting on the ministry of National Defense in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 3, 2019.(Kim Min-hee/Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon ends reviews of Niger ambush that killed 4 soldiers

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. On Feb. 6, 2019, the Pentagon confirmed it has moved some troops to Eagle Pass, Texas, to counter the threat posed by a new migrant caravan that's arrived on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **FILE**

Military officials dispute reports of Marine shooting on Mexican border

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

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**

U.S. military no long unchallenged for dominance in outer space

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, shakes hands with acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan during a meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 3, 2019. Shanahan arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a two-day visit to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula and ways to boost the alliance between the two countries. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

Patrick Shanahan, Pentagon chief: Large-scale U.S. war games with South Korea no longer needed

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

California turns to military technology to help fight fires

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan used his appearance at the annual Shangri-La forum as an opportunity to publicly call out China and declare that the U.S. will stand firmly against Beijing's claim of near total authority over the vital South China Sea. (Associated Press/File)

Patrick Shanahan, Pentagon tell White House to stop politicizing military amid USS John McCain furor

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, left, arrives for the opening dinner of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

China, Iran push bogus stories to spread discord

By James Varney - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday April 5, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif. A federal judge in California has blocked Trump from building sections of his long-sought border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. on Friday, May 24, 2019, immediately halted the administration's efforts to redirect military-designated funds to build sections of wall on the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall

By DAISY NGUYEN and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday April 5, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif. A federal judge in California has blocked Trump from building sections of his long-sought border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. on Friday, May 24, 2019, immediately halted the administration's efforts to redirect military-designated funds to build sections of wall on the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Tokyo(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: US blames Iran for tanker bombings, Iraq attack

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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan used his appearance at the annual Shangri-La forum as an opportunity to publicly call out China and declare that the U.S. will stand firmly against Beijing's claim of near total authority over the vital South China Sea. (Associated Press/File)

US moves to strengthen forces in Middle East to counter Iran

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press