Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border week before midterms
The Pentagon said it's sending 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation ordered up just a week before midterm elections.
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North Korea provided just 1 dog tag with 55 sets of war remains
WASHINGTON -- When North Korea handed over 55 boxes of bones that it said are remains of American war dead, it provided a single military dog tag but no other...
Pentagon agrees to provide space for 20,000 migrant children
The Pentagon will make space available on military bases for as many as 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children detained after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a spokesman said Thursday.
Trump says Syria attack could come “very soon or not so soon at all!”
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Thursday that an attack on Syria could take place "very soon or not so soon at all," arguing he had never signaled the timing...
Trump threatens Syria strike, suggests Russia shares blame
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened an imminent military strike against Syria, vowing to respond "forcefully" to Saturday's apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians and warning that Russia or any...
U.S. greets talk of North Korea nuke concessions with hope, skepticism
President Donald Trump greeted North Korea's reported willingness to negotiate away its atomic weapons with both hope and skepticism Tuesday, insisting a potential diplomatic breakthrough be tested against the North's...
Putin’s nuke boasts are unlikely to change balance of power
Russia's claim to have developed new strategic weapons impervious to Western defenses seems unlikely to change the balance of global power.
Pentagon: Trump agreed to delay U.S.-South Korean exercises
In a possible opening for diplomacy, the Trump administration on Thursday agreed to delay joint military exercises with South Korea until after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Mattis: “Storm clouds gathering” over Korean Peninsula
"Storm clouds are gathering" over the Korean Peninsula, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declared Friday. And as diplomats try to resolve the nuclear standoff, he told soldiers that the U.S. military...
Mattis is 1st Pentagon chief to visit Guantanamo since 2002
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the American Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to offer holiday greetings to troops Thursday. It was the first trip there by a Pentagon...