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President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with business leaders, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump’s ‘Space Force’ meets resistance in Pentagon, insiders say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Yemeni army soldiers fire rockets at mountainous positions of al-Qaida militants at the town of Meyfaa in the southern province of Shabwa, Yemen in May 2014 file photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry. Al-Qaida took over multiple towns in Shabwa in 2015 and held them until they withdrew in late 2017 and early 2018. The AP found that they pulled out under secret deals with the U.S.-backed coalition that allowed them to take weapons and cash with them, integrated some of its fighters into coalition-backed forces and even paid off some militants. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry, File)

Pentagon denies reports of U.S. allies bribing, recruiting al Qaeda fighters in Yemen

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 20, 2016 file photo, six fitness tracking devices measuring step counts and other fitness features are worn in New York. A new Pentagon order says military troops and other defense personnel on certain sensitive bases and warzone areas won’t be allowed to use fitness tracker or cellphone applications that can reveal their location. The memo stops short of banning the fitness trackers or other electronic devices, which are often linked to cell phone applications and can provide the users’ GPS details to social media. It says GPS technologies present significant risk to personnel. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Pentagon restricts use of fitness trackers, other devices

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attends a swearing in ceremony for Robert Wilkie as Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump wants a Space Force, a new military service he says is needed to ensure American dominance in space. But the idea is falling flat at the Pentagon, where Mattis has said it would add burdensome bureaucracy and costs. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump wants a Space Force, but Pentagon has different idea

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attends a swearing in ceremony for Robert Wilkie as Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump wants a Space Force, a new military service he says is needed to ensure American dominance in space. But the idea is falling flat at the Pentagon, where Mattis has said it would add burdensome bureaucracy and costs. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pentagon redoing space defenses, but will Trump demand more?

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

American air power against Islamic State targets killed roughly 260 to 460 civilians in Syria in the first six months of the year, according to figures compiled by Airwars. (Associated Press)

Pentagon faces more operational restrictions under defense authorization bill

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Amazon vies for Pentagon $10 billion cloud data contract

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a 2018 Australia-U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) Consultations news conference in Stanford, Calif., Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Reporters’ frustration over press access at Pentagon boiling over; another media briefing scrapoed

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a 2018 Australia-U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) Consultations news conference in Stanford, Calif., Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

James Mattis: No plans for U.S., Russian military cooperation in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In a Wednesday, June 27, 2018 file photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert Wilkie is sworn in at the start of a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wilkie is expected to become secretary of Veterans Affairs when the Senate votes Monday, July 23, to confirm him. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senate set to confirm Robert Wilkie for Veterans Affairs secretary

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

The Pentagon, as seen in an undated aerial photo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Austin, Texas, selected for Army Futures Command

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Capt. Philip Gunn participates in a flyover during the interment ceremony of retired Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner on Jan. 23, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Image: Air Force) ** FILE **

Pentagon picks Austin, Texas, to host Army Futures Command

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The C-17 Globemaster III T-1 (U.S. Air Force)

Senator demands answers on Pentagon’s $10,000 toilet seat

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate panel OKs Trump’s pick to lead troubled VA

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

The relationship between President Trump and Defense Secretary James Mattis remains a source of intense speculation in Washington and in numerous NATO capitals. (Associated Press/File)

James Mattis, Donald Trump at NATO summit will give sign to allies

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, listens to China's Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang during a meeting at the Bayi Building in Beijing Thursday, June 28, 2018. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese general, close ally of president, faces off with Mattis on Beijing visit

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

FILE - In this April 26, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens to a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Trump administration’s request for the Pentagon to house migrants detained at the U.S. southern border and even provide lawyers to prosecute them is drawing congressional criticism that it puts undue strain on the military. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Concern over using US military to help border enforcement

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Capt. Philip Gunn participates in a flyover during the interment ceremony of retired Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner on Jan. 23, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Image: Air Force) ** FILE **

Pentagon’s Army Futures Command put 5 cities in competition

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump waves after saying goodbye to North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. Trump says the Singapore summit put North Korea on a path to eliminating its nuclear weapons. If that proves true, then it also may have poked a hole in the Pentagon's main argument for a multibillion-dollar expansion of missile defense. Although uncertainty remains over North Korea's intentions, if it does disarm, then Congress may see less logic to spending $6 billion or more to expand a missile defense system based in Alaska. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Singapore summit success may prompt defense spending issue

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert Wilkie speaks during a meeting with Senate Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s pick to head VA: Time to ‘shake up’ department

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press