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Pentagon: Trump order to end DACA raises issues for military

Associated Press

Although Tal Afar's city center and key infrastructure centers are under Iraqi control, Pentagon officials say coalition forces remain engaged in dangerous back-clearing operations against Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Iraq battles ISIS, looks to political stability

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 26, 2017 file photo, people with the Human Rights Campaign hold up &quot;equality flags&quot; during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, in support of transgender members of the military. Officials say the Pentagon expects soon to ban transgender individuals from joining the military and to consider circumstances in which some currently serving transgender troops could remain in uniform. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fate of transgender already in military unclear under order

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 26, 2017 file photo, people with the Human Rights Campaign hold up &quot;equality flags&quot; during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, in support of transgender members of the military. Officials say the Pentagon expects soon to ban transgender individuals from joining the military and to consider circumstances in which some currently serving transgender troops could remain in uniform. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump tells Mattis to indefinitely ban transgender recruits

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

17K California Guard soldiers will keep disputed bonuses

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Despite the U.S. having spent nearly $1 trillion on the Afghanistan War since 2001, the country remains insecure, plagued by terror attacks, political corruption and constantly shifting U.S. military leadership. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan mission provides little return on U.S. investment of money and troops

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Trump has chosen leaders from Congress and industry — like former Exxon executive Rex W. Tillerson — for senior national security positions. (Associated Press)

Trump campaign supporters during election snubbed for Pentagon, State Department, national security

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Trump approves plan to create independent cyber command

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Vice Adm. James W. Crawford III is the 43rd Judge Advocate General of the Navy. (Navy photo)

Sailor convicted of sex assault seeks appeal; lawyers say Navy illegally tried to remove them

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Navy secretary says ‘any patriot’ should be able to serve

Associated Press

President Donald Trump's tweet about modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Trump’s tweet that America’s nuclear arsenal is “now stronger and more powerful than ever before” is debatable. His claim of the credit is entirely unwarranted. While the U.S. has daunting nuclear power, the Pentagon’s program has been beset with morale, training, discipline and resource problems. And the modernization effort that started under President Barack Obama hasn’t been altered by the Trump administration. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s unjustified boast about US nuke power

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

This Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, file photo shows a drone at a testing site in Lincoln, Neb. An experimental study in Sweden suggests drones equipped with heart defibrillators could help with response times for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Pentagon issues classified rules for destroying drones over domestic U.S. military bases

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Osprey flights continue in the Pacific, despite Japanese demands to end operations

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 26, 2017, file photo, protestors attend a rally in New York City, to protest President Donald Trump's announcement of a ban on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military. Trump’s tweets declaring transgender individuals unwelcome in his military has plunged the Pentagon into a legal and moral quagmire, seeing off a flurry of meetings to devise a new policy that could lead to hundreds of service members being discharged. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Military scrambles for transgender policy after Trump tweets

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

The remote controlled DJI Phantom drone with an attached GoPro 3 camera used by Brian Tercero of Keller Williams Realty used to create a high definition video of a property is seen in Santa Fe, N.M. on April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Clyde Mueller)

Army issues ban on DJI, Chinese drone maker, over cyber risks

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 26, 2017, file photo, protestors attend a rally in New York City, to protest President Donald Trump's announcement of a ban on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military. Trump’s tweets declaring transgender individuals unwelcome in his military has plunged the Pentagon into a legal and moral quagmire, seeing off a flurry of meetings to devise a new policy that could lead to hundreds of service members being discharged. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Military scrambles for transgender policy after Trump tweets

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

A U.S. military helicopter flew over the site of a suicide bomb that struck a NATO convoy in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. Two Americans were reported killed (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal off the table

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A U.S. military helicopter flew over the site of a suicide bomb that struck a NATO convoy in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. Two Americans were reported killed (Associated Press)

US military wrangles over release of American casualty info

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

South Korean protesters and residents attend a rally against the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 31, 2017. They gathered to oppose the government's plan to install additional THAAD launchers. Banners held by the protesters read: "Absolutely oppose to THAAD deployment." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korean aggression proves need for anti-missile system, Pentagon says

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, speaks with the new Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Alexei Yerkhov, as he submits his credentials, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Russian S-400 missile deal with Turkey alarms Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times