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In this Oct. 30, 2017, file photo, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. US officials say stricter Trump administration immigration policies have stymied Pentagon plans to restart a program that allowed thousands of people with critical medical or Asian and African language skills to join the military and become American citizens.

Problems for Pentagon鈥檚 immigrant recruit program

October 1, 2018 at 7:48 a.m.

Stricter Trump administration immigration policies have stymied Pentagon plans to restart a program that allowed thousands of people with critical medical or Asian and African language skills to join the...

FILE – In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, military units participate in the inaugural parade from the Capitol to the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. A U.S. official says the 2018 Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump would cost about $92 million _ more than three times the maximum initial estimate. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Trump blames D.C. as military parade plans unravel over costs

August 17, 2018 at 11:23 p.m.

The cancellation of President Donald Trump's Veterans Day parade came swiftly when senior White House and Pentagon leaders saw the estimated $92 million price tag play out in public, setting...

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Trump announces plans for Pentagon to create “Space Force”

June 19, 2018 at 8:46 a.m.

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is directing the Pentagon to create a new "Space Force" as an independent military service branch aimed at ensuring American supremacy in space --...

Despite President Donald Trump's opposition. ...

Military sex assault reports jump 10 percent, U.S. officials say

April 25, 2018 at 9:29 p.m.

U.S. officials say reports of sexual assaults across the military jumped by nearly 10 percent in 2017, a year that saw a massive online nude-photo sharing scandal rock the services,...

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Impatient for wall, Trump wants U.S. military to secure border

April 3, 2018 at 9:36 p.m.

Frustrated by slow action on a major campaign promise, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall...

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Sexual assault reports doubled at West Point, while Colorado’s U.S. Air Force Academy saw only slight increases

February 7, 2018 at 10:24 p.m.

The number of sexual assaults reported at the U.S. Military Academy roughly doubled during the last school year, according to data reviewed by The Associated Press, in the latest example...

Army to send female infantry, armor officers to 3 more bases, including Fort Carson

January 24, 2018 at 1:46 p.m.

As more female soldiers move into frontline combat jobs, the Army's top leaders have decided to integrate female officers into infantry and armor brigades at three more military bases around...

Mattis nixes holiday tradition of seeing troops in war zones

December 29, 2017 at 9:29 p.m.

For only the second time since 9/11, America's defense secretary didn't visit U.S. troops in a war zone during December, breaking a long-standing tradition of personally and publicly thanking service...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump fired his his combative campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, on Monday.

Singer files sex assault complaint against former Trump aide Corey Lewandowski

December 26, 2017 at 5:56 p.m.

A singer and potential congressional candidate said Tuesday that she has filed a sexual assault complaint against President Donald Trump's former campaign manager for hitting her twice on her buttocks...

Transgender people can enlist in military Jan. 1

December 27, 2017 at 6:20 p.m.

The Pentagon is allowing transgender people to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, despite President Donald Trump's opposition.

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