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Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war

August 30, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON 鈥� The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America鈥檚 longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures,...

Acting Navy boss submits resignation amid coronavirus uproar

April 7, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday, according to two officials, just hours after he had publicly apologized for a profanity-laced upbraiding of the officer he fired as captain of...

This frame grab from video provided by Hawar news, the news agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria (ANHA), shows the damaged restaurant where explosion occurred near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition, in Manbij town, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. A Syrian war monitoring group and a local town council say an explosion has taken place near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition and that there are casualties. (ANHA via AP)

Syria attack kills 4 Americans, complicates withdrawal plan

January 16, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed at least 16 people, including two U.S. service members and two American civilians, in northern Syria on Wednesday, just a month...

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Pentagon planning troop pullout from Afghanistan, officials say

December 20, 2018 at 7:51 p.m.

U.S. officials say the Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration's policy...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrives for a closed intelligence briefing at the U.S. Capitol with members of the House of Representatives Dec. 13, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Mattis resigning as Pentagon chief after clashes with Trump

December 20, 2018 at 7:16 p.m.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis abruptly said he was resigning Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump overruled his advice against pulling troops out of Syria and pressed forward on discussions...

Pentagon delays Trump’s military parade until at least 2019

August 16, 2018 at 9:22 p.m.

The Defense Department said Thursday that the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won't happen in 2018.

In this July 26, 2018, photo, provided on July 27, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the tombs, on the 65th anniversary of the signing of the ceasefire armistice that ends the fighting in the Korean War, in Pyongyang.

White House says North Korea returns remains of U.S. war dead

July 26, 2018 at 9:58 p.m.

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea -- North Korea on Friday returned the remains of what are believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said, with a...

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