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Carlo Muñoz is a former military correspondent for The Washington Times.

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"What we're looking at is: Are there things that we can do to enhance force protection in the Middle East?" said acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan on Thursday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Trump: No plan now for more troops to confront Iran

President Trump and the Pentagon pushed back Thursday at reports of an imminent surge of U.S. forces in the Middle East to confront Iran, while acknowledging that Tehran's recent aggressive behavior remains a focus of prime concern.

May 23, 2019
U.S. Navy Electricians Mate 1st Class Michael Feola, center, from Chatanooga, Tennessee, orders Sailors to march forward during a dress white uniform inspection in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Atlantic Ocean, May 10, 2019. The John C. Stennis is operating in the U.S. 2nd Fleet in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in the Atlantic and Arctic in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jarrod A. Schad)

Navy 2nd Fleet sends message to Russia with BALTOPS drill

The venerable, reborn 2nd Fleet is embarking on its first major mission into the North Atlantic less than six months after the Navy recommissioned it to counter what the Pentagon says is steadily rising Russian aggression.

May 22, 2019
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan listens, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, during a House Appropriations subcommittee on budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

U.S. actions have prevented Iranian attacks on Americans, Shanahan says

The Trump administration's aggressive actions to curb reported threats against U.S. forces in the Middle East have worked to deter Iran, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday, indicating the White House and Pentagon may pare back its forceful measures against Tehran.

May 21, 2019
U.S. Army helicopter crew members look out of their Chinook helicopter as they fly from the U.S. Embassy to Baghdad International airport, following the helicopter of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, over Baghdad, Iraqi, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Embassy in Iraq targeted in rocket attack

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was the target of a rocket attack late Sunday, days after the Trump White House ordered American diplomatic personnel to pull out of the country.

May 19, 2019
Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad approaches the microphone to speak on the prospects for peace, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Zalmay Khalilzad Taliban talks leave Afghanistan in dark

The Trump administration's direct talks with the Taliban have left the U.S.-backed government in Kabul in the dark, raising concern that any peace deal will lack the public support to work, Afghanistan's top emissary to Washington warned this week.

May 16, 2019
China outpaced the U.S. in naval shipbuilding by a factor of four to one from 2015 to 2018, noted a retired Navy captain during a briefing at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Former intel officer sounds alarm over rising Chinese naval might

The Chinese navy is on track to seize the capability to strong-arm control of all international shipping lanes in the Pacific in the next decade and overtake the U.S. as the globe's dominant naval power by the middle of the century, a former top U.S. military intelligence officer warned this week.

May 15, 2019