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In this Jan. 1, 2020, file photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne board a C-17 aircraft at Fort Bragg, N.C., to be deployed to the Middle East. A push led by pro-Iran factions to oust U.S. troops from Iraq is gaining momentum, bolstered by a Parliament vote in favor of a bill calling on the the government to remove them. But the path forward is unclear. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/The Fayetteville Observer via AP, File)

National Defense Strategy pivot to China postponed by Middle East tensions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, photo, Amy Braley Franck, a civilian victim advocate with the 416th Theater Engineer Command, poses for a portrait with more than 800 pages from several sexual abuse reports at her home in Oswego, Ill. Leaders of the U.S. Army Reserve unit that controls thousands of soldiers across the western United States have mishandled at least two sexual assault complaints by not properly referring them for outside investigation, according to victims, their advocate and documents obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Army Reserve leaders accused of mishandling assault claims

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

Protesters stick posters featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping on a pillar during a demonstration in Central, the financial district of Hong Kong, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. China reacted furiously to President Donald Trump's signing of two bills on Hong Kong human rights and said the U.S. will bear the unspecified consequences. A foreign ministry statement Thursday repeated heated condemnations of the laws and said China will counteract. It said all the people of Hong Kong and China oppose the move. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Pentagon’s top Asia official resigns

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Government Accountability Office, defense capabilities and management director Elizabeth Field, left, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett, and Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein testify during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee about about ongoing reports of substandard housing conditions Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 in Washington, on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Privatized military housing failures get Senate hearing

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention, Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Amazon JEDI lawsuit threatens to ensnare Donald Trump

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Mark Esper talks to the media with Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Khalid Al Attiyah at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Amazon to protest Microsoft $10 billion JEDI contract

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Baldwin asks DOD to investigate Wisconsin discharge decision

Associated Press

F/A-18 fighter jets fly over the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, Monday, June 3, 2019. The U.S. aircraft carrier the White House ordered to the Mideast over a perceived threat from Iran remains outside of the Persian Gulf amid efforts to de-escalate tensions between Tehran and Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Microsoft tops Amazon, wins Pentagon’s $10 billion ‘JEDI war cloud’ contract

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., left, speaks at a news conference in front of House Republicans after Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper arrived for a closed door meeting to testify as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

What’s new: GOP storms closed-door deposition, causing delay

Associated Press

President Donald Trump, joined by from left, Gen. David Berger, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and Gen. Joseph M. Martin, pauses as he speaks to media during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House Democrats hit Pentagon commanders as too white, too male

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Defense Department to better secure service members’ site

By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press

"There is a line here that I believe has been overstepped," Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, said about rebuking President Trump and the national emergency funds. (Associated Press)

Senate Republicans take steps to approve $5 billion in new border wall funds

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper delivers a speech during a press conference with French Defense Minister Florence Parly in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Pentagon requires ‘constant vigilance’ to protect democratic process from attack: Defense secretary

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 23, 2019 file photo, workers break ground on new border wall construction about 20 miles west of Santa Teresa, N.M. Construction on a Pentagon-funded portion of the border wall began near Yuma, Arizona, this week, just as federal authorities announced they are diverting even more defense funds for wall projects. Crews began constructing a 30-foot steel fence along the Colorado River this week. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)

In Arizona, Pentagon-funded border fence already underway

By ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 23, 2019 file photo, workers break ground on new border wall construction about 20 miles west of Santa Teresa, N.M. Construction on a Pentagon-funded portion of the border wall began near Yuma, Arizona, this week, just as federal authorities announced they are diverting even more defense funds for wall projects. Crews began constructing a 30-foot steel fence along the Colorado River this week. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)

Border wall construction underway near Yuma, Arizona

By Astrid Galvan - Associated Press

From left, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., gather to wait for their vehicles as they leave the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Defense Authorization Act fight inflamed by Trump Wall spending

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

The Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment has submitted a plan to correct its loose contracting procedures after an inspector general found little evidence that Stafan Halper actually carried through with his promises in his "statements of work." (Associated Press/File)

Stefan Halper’s Pentagon contracts investigation shows office’s loose standards

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump salutes a Marines honor guard as he disembarks from Marine One upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, from a trip to Florida. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Investigation clears analyst accused of leaking data, but officials never told man’s defense team

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 19, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump, left, and Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, center, listen as Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, speaks during an American Technology Council roundtable in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge sides with Pentagon and Amazon in cloud bidding case

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first war cloud. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Donald Trump urged to get involved in Pentagon deal with Amazon on cloud computing

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times