The incoming Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force will be the first woman to serve as the highest-ranking enlisted member of a military branch, U.S. Air Force officials announced Friday.
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A Russian covert military operation to poison a defector living in Britain two years ago revealed Moscow has violated a treaty banning the use of chemical weapons, according to a new State Department report made public Thursday.
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The Democratic leaders of the House and Senate Foreign Relations committees on Thursday unveiled legislation to restrict funding to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany and other European allied countries.
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One of the Pentagon’s top policy officials, Kathryn Wheelbarger, is resigning after three years in the job.
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Conspicuously absent from police overhaul plans proffered by the White House, Senate Republicans and House Democrats are moves that would weaken police unions and make it easier to weed out bad cops, a tactic that’s touted as key to turning around law-enforcement agencies.
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At least 15 Russian combat aircraft are now operating in Libya to support Moscow-backed mercenary groups, U.S. military officials confirmed Thursday.
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