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Avoiding death penalty, 9/11 mastermind agrees to plea deal

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and two fellow plotters have entered into a plea agreement with the government, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Wednesday. The plea terms...
American and Iranian flags. Credit: Dmitriy Prayzel/Shtterstock.

Biden administration’s Iran policy failing as Senate rejects appeasement

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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected the Biden administration’s outline for a deal with Iran. Members voted 86-12 to approve a motion that opposes the lifting of terrorism sanctions on Iran to limit cooperation...
U.S. Congress. Credit: Pixabay.

Bipartisan bill introduced to authorize supplying Israel with bunker-buster bombs

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Two pro-Israel members of Congress introduced a bipartisan bill on Friday to provide Israel bunker-buster munitions as Iran and the United States appear to be nearing an agreement in negotiations to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan...
Colin Kahl in 2012. Credit: Ralph Alswang/Flickr.

A profession where results don’t matter

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Should we really care whether Colin Kahl becomes undersecretary of defense for policy? Some friends of Israel think that defeating his nomination for the third-ranking civilian post in the Pentagon matters a great deal...
U.S. soldiers on the way back to Kandahar Army Air Field on Sept. 4, 2003. The soldiers were searching for Taliban fighters and illegal weapons caches. U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Davis.

Pentagon announces troop withdrawals in Afghanistan, Iraq by Jan. 15

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Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher Miller confirmed on Tuesday that the United States will further withdraw some troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The drawdown to 2,500 in both places is slated to take place by Jan. 15,...
U.S. Army Lt. Col (Ret.) Douglas Macgregor. Source: Screenshot.

Pentagon senior adviser said US support for Israel was due to ‘Israeli lobby’ money

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A new senior Pentagon adviser repeatedly said that U.S. support for Israel was due to money from the “Israeli lobby” and accused prominent political figures, including U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, of getting...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivers remarks at the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s 2nd annual national cybersecurity summit, National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 19, 2019. Credit: Lisa Ferdinando/U.S. Department of Defense.

Following months of friction, Trump fires US Defense Secretary Mark Esper

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he has fired U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper. “I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously...
The Pentagon. Credit: David B. Gleason/Flickr.

US Defense Department charges linguist working overseas with espionage

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A linguist who worked for the U.S. Department of Defense was charged on Wednesday with espionage for allegedly transmitting highly sensitive classified national defense information to a foreign national with apparent connections to the U.S.-designated terrorist...