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President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Friday, March 24, 2023, in Ottawa, Canada. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Joe Biden: U.S. will respond ‘forcefully’ to Iranian aggression after drone attack

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to the media, Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at the Capitol in Washington. McCarthy's decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched a wholesale Republican effort to rewrite the history of the deadly siege. Carlson aired the first installment of some 41,000 hours of security footage on his prime-time show and promised more Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House GOP not sold on Senate-approved repeal of U.S. war powers in Iraq

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

This photo taken from video released on Thursday, March 16, 2023, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. (US Department of Defense via AP)

Russia races to recover U.S. drone wreckage as questions swirl over sensitive data

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A truck burns on a street in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States and one of the sons of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in a pre-dawn operation Thursday that set off gunfights and roadblocks across the western state’s capital. (AP Photo/Martin Urista) **FILE**

Senator wants to send military to Mexico, declare war on cartels after Americans’ deaths

By Joseph Clark and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., Feb. 1, 2023. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP, File)

Why balloons are now in public eye — and military crosshairs

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a green military-grade laser light from a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The Philippines on Monday, Feb. 13, accused a Chinese coast guard ship of hitting a Philippine coast guard vessel with a military-grade laser and temporarily blinding some of its crew in the disputed South China Sea, calling it a "blatant" violation of Manila's sovereign rights. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

U.S. backs Philippines in China laser incident

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says no indication last 3 downed flying objects were Chinese spy balloons

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Jason Sellers shows U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that he ordered U.S. officials to shoot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon earlier this week and that national security leaders decided the best time for the operation was when it got over water. (Jason Sellers via AP)

Biden aide: Ramped-up surveillance after Trump years uncovered more Chinese spy balloon incursions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the state's tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Chad Fish via AP)

China: U.S. violated ‘international practice’ in shooting down spy balloon

By Guy Taylor and Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Brown, right, with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, checks pallets of 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The U.S. will send $1.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine in a massive package that will for the first time include a Patriot missile battery and precision-guided bombs for their fighter jets, U.S. officials said Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, as the Biden administration prepares to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

U.S. military has fewer munitions than you might think — and that’s a problem

By Maiya Clark

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley meets with U.S. Army leaders responsible for the collective training of Ukrainians at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Grafenwoehr, Germany, on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. At left is Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Hilbert, who is the commanding general for the 7th Army Training Command. Milley visited the training site in Germany for Ukrainian forces and met with troops and commanders. (Staff Sgt. Jordan Sivayavirojna/U.S. Army via AP)

Top heavy: U.S. military bloated by brass as officer-to-enlisted ratio dwarfs Cold War era

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The roughly 900 generals and admirals on active duty today is far fewer than it was in past eras, but the percentage of those officers compared with the number of enlisted troops is near the highest level in modern military history, according to Congressional Research Service data. (Associated Press)

GOP seeks to balance top-heavy military

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tank fires its gun at a target during an annual drill exercise at the Minami Eniwa Camp in Eniwa, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Dec. 7, 2021. Japan warned of escalating national security threats stemming from Russia’s war on Ukraine and China’s tensions with Taiwan in an annual defense paper issued Friday, July 22, 2022, as Japan tries to bolster its military capability and spending. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) **FILE**

Regional defense partnerships rise with China’s power

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Hawaii Gov.Josh Green speaks at a news conference in Honolulu on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The U.S. military and Hawaii officials said Friday the Air Force has returned 363 acres (147 hectares) it leased on Molokai Island to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, opening the possibility Native Hawaiians could move onto the land. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

U.S. military returns land on Molokai Island to Hawaii

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

In an image taken from video, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian speaks during a media briefing Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo, File)

China’s outspoken Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian relegated to obscure government position

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Residents wearing face masks walk by a large screen showing the Chinese People's Liberation Army Airforce outside a mall in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The Chinese military held large-scale joint combat strike drills starting Sunday, sending war planes and navy vessels toward Taiwan, both the Chinese and Taiwanese defense ministries said. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

U.S. defeats China in simulated war over Taiwan, but costs are high, says new study on risks

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, center, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea attends the activation ceremony for the United States Space Forces Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. U.S. military set up space-monitoring organizations, United States Space Forces Korea, in South Korea, aiming to keep an eye on North Korea's nuclear and missile activity as its capabilities continue to improve. (Song Kyung-Seok/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. military creates space unit in SKorea amid NKorea threats

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, recent Army basic combat training graduates have their temperatures taken as they arrive at Fort Lee, Va, on March 31, 2020, after being transported using sterilized buses from Fort Jackson, S.C. COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on military recruiting, shuttering enlistment stations around the country and forcing thousands of recruiters to woo potential soldiers online. Recruiters have had to abandon their normal visits to high schools and malls, and instead rely almost exclusively on social media to reach young people. (U.S. Army via AP) **FILE**

House GOP falls short in effort to get Pentagon info on ‘woke’ policies

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

American military planes and support facilities are seen at the Al Udeid Air Base outside Doha, Qatar, March 17, 2002. Qatar will be on the world stage like it never has before as the small, energy-rich nations hosts the 2022 FIFA World Cup beginning this November. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Qatar was well known by Pentagon long before global soccer spotlight

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

House Democrats block Republicans’ push for oversight of Ukraine aid

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times