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Alaina Kupec, right, and her wife Kathy Brennan work on putting bombs on a model F18 jet after pulling it out from a moving box in the home they just moved in to, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Orange, N.J. Kupec, a transgender woman who worked with pilots who flew F18 jets while serving as a Navy intelligence officer from 1992 until 1995, said she felt "heartbreak" after she heard about Trump's Twitter pronouncement banning transgender people from military service. The 48-year-old publicly transitioned to life as a woman in 2013. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Donald Trump’s transgender troop ban cheers social conservatives

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The Latest: House passes $788B bill for military, wall

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Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, said he would wait for a formal edict from the White House on whether transgender people can serve in the military. (Associated Press)

Gen. Joseph Dunford says transgender policy unchanged for now

By Robert Burns and Catherine Lucey - Associated Press

Sally Kohn, CNN commentator, marvels that Pentagon ‘respects basic human rights’ more than Trump

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Demonstrators displayed "equality" flags on Capitol Hill during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, in support of transgender members of the military, in response to President Trump's declaration Wednesday that he wants transgender people barred from service. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump bans transgender troops in military

By S.A. Miller and Sally Persons - The Washington Times

In this March 27, 2008, file photo, the Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Trump’s order: Bar all transgender troops from US military

By ROBERT BURNS and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Donald Trump transgender military ban makes Pentagon scramble for response

By Carlo Munoz The Washington Times - The Washington Times

In this July 10, 2017, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis waits before an honor cordon at the Pentagon. The Trump administration is still sorting out “the big ideas” for a new Afghanistan strategy, beyond troop levels and other military details, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Mattis says US still debating ‘big ideas’ on Afghan plan

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump stops to answer a reporter's question after greeting military personnel during a visit to the Pentagon, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Watching is Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump remains mum on next step of Middle East war plan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense James Mattis (center) made the rounds on Capitol Hill Wednesday to brief lawmakers on the White House strategy for Afghanistan, which, at 16 years of conflict, is America's longest war. (Department of Defense)

Trump, Tillerson, Mattis meet at Pentagon to discuss way ahead in ISIS, Afghan fight

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency will take greater control of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense missile system from Boeing at the end of this year, according a spokesman. This is a major shift in oversight. (Department of Defense)

Inside the Ring: Military building for info warfare

By Bill Gertz

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency will take greater control of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense missile system from Boeing at the end of this year, according a spokesman. This is a major shift in oversight. (Department of Defense)

Inside the Ring: Military building for info warfare

Defense bill calls climate change a national security threat

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., meets with reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: House approves defense policy bill for 2018

Associated Press

Security forces stand next to a crater created by a massive explosion that killed over 150, according to the Afghan president, in front of the German Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 31, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. forces kill head of ISIS’s Afghan cell for second time

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

US kills Islamic State leader in Afghanistan

By by LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Rep Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo. speaks in Sedalia, Mo. The House is set to consider a Republican-backed measure that would stop the Pentagon from paying for U.S. service members to undergo gender transition surgeries. Hartzler. the amendment’s autho says she wants to ensure the military’s budget is spent on threats facing the country. Her measure bars money from being spent by the military’s health care system on gender reassignment surgery and hormone therapy. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

The Latest: House rejects transgender ban measure for troops

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Rep Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo. speaks in Sedalia, Mo. The House is set to consider a Republican-backed measure that would stop the Pentagon from paying for U.S. service members to undergo gender transition surgeries. Hartzler. the amendment’s autho says she wants to ensure the military’s budget is spent on threats facing the country. Her measure bars money from being spent by the military’s health care system on gender reassignment surgery and hormone therapy. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

House rejects attempt to ban transgender surgery for troops

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

The July 4 launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile from North Korea showed that a rogue dictator stands on the verge of possessing nuclear missiles that threaten U.S. shores. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea missile tests U.S. defense systems

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Iraqi government's victory in liberating Mosul from the Islamic State has been tempered with fears that September's vote by the Iraq's Kurdish minority to form their own state could reignite sectarian conflicts among the country's myriad ethnic groups. (Associated Press)

Kurdish independence vote causes concern among Iraqi leaders

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times