The 9 biggest takeaways from Lt. Col. Vindman’s testimony in the Trump impeachment inquiry
The transcript for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's testimony before Congress was released on Friday. Here's what you need to know.
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We salute Donald Trump Jr. for making a visit to Arlington Cemetery all about his family’s ‘sacrifices’
Veterans Day is usually a time to honor and reflect upon the sacrifices of U.S. service members took on in the line of duty — and, most importantly, that means those of true American patriot Donald Trump Jr. The oldest son of President Donald Trump, Don Jr. recently gifted America with a look at what […]
Bowe Bergdahl is getting another chance to argue Trump’s comments screwed with his trial
Pvt. Bowe Berghdal has been granted a review of his case to determine if tweets and comments made by President Donald Trump irrevocably tainted his original trial and therefore constitute grounds for his sentence to be dismissed
Mexico rejects Trump’s offer to help destroy the drug cartels that massacred a Mormon family
Trump tweeted the US is willing to join Mexico's war on drug cartels. Mexico's president has politely declined the president's offer.
Trump expected to intervene in Golsteyn, Lorance, and Gallagher war crimes cases by Veterans Day
President Donald Trump is poised to order the Army to dismiss charges against Maj. Matthew Golsteyn and former 1st Lt. Clint Lorance and force the Navy to make SEAL Eddie Gallagher a chief again, Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth stated on Monday.
It’s not bias to ask if Trump and the Pentagon know what they are doing
Here's why it's not bias to insist that Trump and the Pentagon provide more information about what US troops are doing and why.
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher’s family is asking Trump for a presidential pardon
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher plans on asking President Donald Trump for a presidential pardon, his family announced on Thursday
Army defends Lt. Col. Vindman days after his commander-in-chief called him a ‘Never Trumper’
The Army said in a statement that the officer who testified before Congress in the impeachment investigation of President Trump is "fully supported."
Here’s the military record of Lt. Col. Vindman, the soldier testifying at Trump’s impeachment inquiry
The soldier who testified on Tuesday for the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has served in the Army for more than 20 years and earned a Purple Heart for wounds received in combat.
US troops have killed al-Baghdadi’s most likely replacement as ISIS leader, Trump says
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. military had killed the person who likely would have succeeded Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the leader of Islamic State. Trump did not specify who he was referring to, but the United States on Monday confirmed the killing of Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, ISIS spokesman and a high-ranking figure within the group
One of Baghdadi’s security guards reportedly stole his underwear to prove where he was to US intel
A source described as a “security advisor” to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly stole a pair of the terror mastermind’s drawers about three months ago in order to prove he was being truthful to U.S. intelligence, according to NBC News. The informant stole Baghdadi’s dirty undies as well as a blood sample, which was obtained about […]
The White House says John Kelly was ‘totally unequipped to handle the genius’ of Trump in a totally real statement
Is it just me or does this statement from the White House rebuking retired Marine Gen. John Kelly sound like a piece of North Korean propaganda?
Trump: ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died ‘whimpering and crying’
Fugitive ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died "whimpering and crying" in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, in a major blow to the jihadist group
Here’s Trump watching the al-Baghdadi raid from the White House Situation Room
The White House on Sunday released a photo showing President Donald Trump and senior administration officials observing the U.S. special operations forces raid that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in northwestern Syria
US special operations forces have killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Trump says
U.S. special operations forces conducted a raid that successfully killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday night, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday
Chaos at the Pentagon as military strategy changes with every Trump tweet
The Pentagon is coming up with its Syria strategy one President Trump tweet at a time.
Chief Shannon Kent’s widower: Trump is right to pull out of Syria
The end result will be the same whether the United States stays for another 18 years in Syria or leaves immediately, according to Joe Kent, a retired Army Special Forces officer and Gold Star husband of Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent — a Navy linguist killed in Syria earlier this year. “We can only […]
What withdrawal? US moving ‘some mechanized forces’ into eastern Syria to protect oil fields, Esper says
The US military is sending 'some mechanized forces' to reinforce its position around Deir ez-Zor, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday
11 of the best bits from the book James Mattis doesn’t want you to read
There's a new book detailing the inside story of what it was like during Jim Mattis' tenure as defense secretary, and it's safe to say that he'd prefer you not read it.
Here’s why the Pentagon may not comply with the Trump impeachment inquiry
Senior defense officials explained on Wednesday why the Pentagon may not be able to provide House Democrats with documents about military aid to Ukraine for the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Trump said we’d get ‘tired’ of winning so much, so why does the US keep losing?
President Donald Trump boasts about how often he wins, but his foreign policy is a record of failures, most recently in Syria.
There’s a problem with this Trump tweet on the Kurds in Syria, and it ain’t ‘Mark Esperanto’
Donald Trump's tweet comes as Defense Secretary Mark Esper made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, and according to reporters accompanying him, it wasn't even close to what he said
Shells are still falling in Syria despite a five-day ceasefire agreement with Turkey
Shelling could be heard at the Syrian-Turkish border on Friday morning despite a five-day ceasefire agreed between Turkey and the United States, and Washington said the deal covered only a small part of the territory Ankara aims to seize
They started the US war against ISIS. Now they have an important message for Trump on abandoning the Kurds
[shortcode-Op-Ed-disclosure] Trump’s recent decisions in northern Syria were ill-advised, strategically unsound, and morally shameful. In rapidly withdrawing U.S. presence and allowing a Turk offensive into Syria, we have left the Syrian Kurds behind, created a power vacuum for our adversaries to fill, and set the stage for the resurgence of ISIS. Trump gave many justifications […]
‘Not angels’ — Trump washes his hands of the Kurds who fought alongside the US against ISIS in Syria
President Trump on Wednesday played down the crisis in Syria touched off by Turkey's incursion against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces, saying the Kurds are "not angels…they fought with us. We made a lot of money for them to fight with us, and that's okay. They did well when they fought with us. They didn't do so well when they didn't fight with us."