General Argues to Continue Refueling Saudi Planes in Yemen Fight Gen. Joseph Votel said working with Saudi Arabia has proven successful even as the civil war in Yemen has continued on.
US Will Keep Refueling Saudi Coalition Warplanes -- for Now The House voted to adopt measure that urges a political solution in Yemen -- but does not call for an end to America's...
Pentagon Announces $2 Billion in Arms Sales The Defense Security Cooperation Agency recently issued six notifications with a combined value of $1.71 billion for weapons...
Saudi Arabia Requests $5.4 Billion Worth of PAC-3 Missiles The government of Saudi Arabia has requested several hundred Lockheed Martin Corp.-made Patriot Advanced Capability-3...
US Quietly Maneuvers to Cut UN Dues There is hope among diplomats that the US can modify the UN's dues system loaded in favor of many poor and not-so-poor...
Arab Countries Promise to Halt Flow of Fighters to ISIL Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, the UAE, Lebanon, Egypt. Jordan and Iraq agreed to stop the flow of foreign...
Red Reef 15 Closes With Joint Demonstration U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 11th MEU, along with members of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces officially concluded exercise...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before a meeting Sept. 11, 2014, at the Royal Palace in Jiddah. Key Arab allies promised to "do their share" to fight Islamic State militants. Brendan Smialowski/AP](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/news/people/2014/09/kerry-saudi-600.jpg?itok=qrwDNNVh "Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before a meeting Sept. 11, 2014, at the Royal Palace in Jiddah. Key Arab allies promised to "do their share" to fight Islamic State militants. Brendan Smialowski/AP")
