Mattis Signs Deployment Orders for More Troops to Afghanistan More information will be given in the next few weeks as he prepares to brief lawmakers on Sept. 6, the secretary said.
Gillibrand Remains Opposed to Mattis Waiver After Meeting Emerging from the closed-door meeting, Gillibrand said she will oppose the waiver, emphasizing her belief in civilian...
Trump to Defer to Mattis on Keeping Torture Ban President Trump said he still thinks torture works but will defer to Defense Secretary James Mattis on keeping the ban...
US Airstrike Kills High-Profile Terrorist Leader Al-Qaida terrorist leader Qari Yasin was responsible for the deaths of many innocent victims, including two U.S...
Mattis: Lawmakers in Congress Have Let Troops Down Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ripped Congress Monday for letting sequestration budget caps continue.
Trump Defends His 'Locked and Loaded' Rhetoric on North Korea President Donald Trump said Friday that only his critics were offended by his "locked and loaded" statement on North Korea.
North Korea Remains a Diplomatic Effort Amid Rising Tensions: Mattis Dealings between the United States and North Korea remain fully in the sphere of diplomacy, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said...
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Veterans in Congress Call for Ban Exemptions for Iraqi Interpreters The letter asks Trump to grant the request of Mattis to exempt Iraqi interpreters, aides and allies from the scope of the...
US Talks of Action After 'Heinous' Chemical Attack in Syria An alleged chemical attack in Syria requires a response by the U.S., President Trump and Defense Secretary Mattis said...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
