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President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence and others stand as the US Army Band performs and the US Navy Blue Angels flyover at the end of an Independence Day celebration in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump calls America’s story ‘the greatest political journey’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CALVIN WOODWARD and LYNN BERRY - Associated Press

An Army soldier hops out of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle after moving it into place by the Lincoln Memorial, Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Washington, ahead of planned Fourth of July festivities with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump asks Americans to ‘stay true to our cause’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CALVIN WOODWARD and LYNN BERRY - Associated Press

University of Louisville researchers test freeze-dried blood

By MORGAN WATKINS - Associated Press

Debris from what Iran's Revolutionary Guard aerospace division describes as the U.S. drone which was shot down on Thursday is displayed in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 21, 2019. Major airlines from around the world on Friday began rerouting their flights to avoid areas around the Strait of Hormuz following Iran's shooting down of a U.S. military surveillance drone there, as the U.S. warned commercial airliners could be mistakenly attacked. (Borna Ghasemi/ ISNA via AP)

Amid tough talk, Trump says he could be Iran’s ‘best friend’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

This map provided by the Department of Defense, Thursday, June 20, 2019, shows the site where they say a U.S. Navy RQ-4 drone was shot down. The Department of Defense says the drone was flying over the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz on a surveillance mission in international airspace in the vicinity of recent IRGC maritime attacks when it was shot down by an IRGC surface to air missile fired from a launch site in the vicinity of Goruk, Iran. (Department of Defense via AP)

The Latest: Trump says he’s in ‘no hurry’ to strike Iran

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President Donald Trump speaks during his reelection kickoff rally at the Amway Center, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he called off attack on Iran 10 minutes before launch

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A woman holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish; “Galapagos is not to be sold, but to be defended,” during a protest against the government’s plan to allow the U.S. military to use a Galapagos island for aircraft on anti-drug trafficking flights, outside the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, June 17, 2019. Protesters say the plan was a threat to the environment of the U.N. world heritage site as well as Ecuador’s sovereignty. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador: US military could use Galápagos island for flights

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

US military vehicle hits roadside bomb in Niger

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Strategic U.S. military presence

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(From left) Jack Thomas Smith, Mandy Del Rio, Kris Paronto & Glenn Nevola at Las Vegas Premiere of War Heroes Pilot Episode on January 23, 2019. (Photographs courtesy of Jack Thomas Smith)

Jack Thomas Smith War Heroes honors American soldiers without compromise

By Christian Toto - Special to The Washington Times

Correction: United States-Iran-Mideast story

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this May 13, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump listens to a question during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. A federal judge in Washington is set to hold a hearing on May 14 on Trump’s attempt to block a House subpoena seeking his financial records. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Global worries flare over whether US sliding toward Iran war

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

An opponent of the Nicolas Maduro government, his mouth covered with strands representing the national colors of Venezuela, waits for the arrival of opposition leader Juan Guaidó to lead a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 11, 2019. Guaidó has called for nationwide marches protesting the Maduro government, demanding new elections and the release of jailed opposition lawmakers. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Venezuela’s Guaido asks for relations with U.S. military

By Scott Smith - Associated Press

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**

Space Force to cost billions more than expected, CBO warns

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan responds to questions during a meeting with visiting Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Shanahan, making pitch for Space Force, warns U.S. falling behind rivals

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

States, military clash on cleanup of toxic chemicals

By KYLE BAGENSTOSE and JENNY WAGNER and Bucks County Courier Times - Associated Press

In this March 7, 2019, file photo, U.S. Africa Command Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. Africa Command says new information shows a woman and a child were killed in a U.S. airstrike that was targeting al-Shabab insurgents in Somalia last year. The information released Friday contradicts military insistence last month no civilians had been killed in Somalia strikes since 2017, despite a human rights group’s claims casualties had occurred. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S. admits airstrikes killed Somali civilians

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump holds up a chart documenting ISIS land loss in Iraq and Syria as delivers remarks at the Lima Army Tank Plant, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Lima, Ohio. In a campaign that spanned five years and two U.S. presidencies, the American military engineered the destruction of the Islamic State group’s self-proclaimed empire in Iraq and Syria. That’s a military success, but not one that’s certain to last. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Analysis: Victory over Islamic State may be short-lived

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Armed and dangerous: Pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Forces militants say it’s time for U.S. troops to leave Iraq and are said to be spreading conspiracy theories that the Trump administration is helping the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Iran backed Popular Mobilization Forces pressures U.S. to leave Iraq

By Adam Lucente — Special to The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan gestures while speakings to members of the media aboard a military plane prior to his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Shanahan spoke about the US-Mexico border after visiting the El Paso, Texas area. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Patrick Shanahan overshadowed by James Mattis in defense secretary audition

By Lauren Toms, Ben Wolfgang and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times