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Pentagon: More sex harassment, retribution cases in military

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

An autonomous delivery vehicle targeted toward the "spoiled Chinese" consumer is an example of artificial intelligence coming out of Silicon Valley, which has an uncomfortable relationship with the Pentagon and the CIA. (Associated Press/File)

U.S., China in artificial intelligence technology race

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Pentagon: Sarin likely at Syria sites, but questions remain

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

A U.S. soldier sits on an armored vehicle on a newly installed position, near the tense front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. A week ago, there was just a single house where U.S. soldiers had hoisted a U.S. flag on a hill a little ways back from a tense front line in Syria. Now on Wednesday stood a growing outpost with a perimeter of large sand barriers and barbed wire, a new watch tower and half a dozen armored vehicles, The Associated Press found. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Trump scales back US goals in Syria, against aides’ advice

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, right, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on tax policy, Thursday, April 5, 2018, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lack of White House details on Syria ‘very effective’ strategy, says Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, March 29, 2018 file photo, U.S. soldiers, left, sit in a house turned into an outpost on a road leading to the tense front line between U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council fighters and Turkish-backed fighters, at Halawanji village, north of Manbij town, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) **FILE**

Trump scales back US goals in Syria, leaves future to others

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, walks to greet President Donald Trump's pick for national security adviser John Bolton, right, as Bolton arrives at the Pentagon, Thursday, March 29, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon silent on transgender policy released last week

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this March 5, 2018, photo, boys look through an older section of the border structure from Mexicali, Mexico, alongside a newly-constructed, taller section, left, in Calexico, Calif. Congress gave President Donald Trump the $1.6 billion he sought for one year of funding of the border wall with Mexico, but he wanted a long-term wall financing commitment. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Pentagon, White House discussed shifting military funds to Trump border wall

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis awaits the arrival of Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, Monday, March 26, 2018, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mattis predicts partnership with Bolton despite differences

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders listens to a question from a reporter during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Washington. Sanders discussed the removal of Russian diplomats, the opiate crisis, and other topics. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House won’t deny Trump seeking Pentagon funds for border wall

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gestures to people cheering him across the tarmac as he, arrives on Air Force One with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron Trump at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, March 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures to people cheering him across the tarmac as he, arrives on Air Force One with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron Trump at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, March 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., joined at left by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., meets with reporters following a GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. With the Democrat edging past the Republican in the Pennsylvania special election in a Trump-heavy district, Ryan fielded questions on whether it was a wake-up call for the November midterms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leaders: Do it for the troops on spending bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 25, 2015, file photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and South Korean soldiers take their position during a demonstration of the combined arms live-fire exercise as a part of the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States at the Rodriquez Multi-Purpose Range Complex in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. The Pentagon says the annual U.S.-South Korean military exercises that had been postponed for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will begin April 1. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

US-South Korean military exercises to begin April 1

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2018 file photo, a mother whose daughter said she was sexually assaulted during first grade by a classmate at their elementary school on a U.S. military base in Germany, stands in her daughter's bedroom at their new home in Colorado. On Thursday, March 15, 2018, senior members of Congress called for investigations and a hearing following an Associated Press report that details how the U.S. military frequently fails to protect or provide justice to the children of service members when they sexually assault each other on base. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Congress demands Pentagon, DOJ investigate child sex assault

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and REESE DUNKLIN - Associated Press

In this July 29, 2010, file photo, Air Force Pararescuemen, or "PJs," of the 58th Rescue Squadron, secure a landing zone for their Pave Hawk helicopter during a rescue mission for a wounded Afghan policeman, during an ongoing firefight with the Taliban in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. The PJs and helicopter aircrews are part of the U.S. Air Force's 451st Air Expeditionary Wing based at Kandahar Air Field, which provides a variety of air assets in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

U.S. military helicopter crashes in Iraq with 7 on board

Associated Press

In this Jan. 31, 2018, photo, a mother whose daughter said she was sexually assaulted during first grade by a classmate at their elementary school on a U.S. military base in Germany stands in her daughter's bedroom at their new home in Colorado. The Associated Press is not identifying the girl's mother or father, a U.S. Army soldier, to protect the girl's identity. The family was one of several who said the principal did not tell them about allegations their daughters were sexually assaulted. An Associated Press investigation showed how student-on-student sex assault reports languish in the Pentagon's worldwide school network. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Parents to AP: Military ignored boy’s abuse of girls on base

By REESE DUNKLIN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press

How AP’s investigation into childhood sex assault took shape

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

At its height under President George W. Bush, Guantanamo held 750 suspected militants captured in the global war on terror. Today, just 41 remain. (Associated Press/File)

Guantanamo Bay waits for Donald Trump’s ‘bad dudes’

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

At least 9 kid-on-kid sex assault reports on Arizona bases

By The Associated Press - Associated Press