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The Trump administration escalated its actions against China on Monday by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea.
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House appropriators will vote on the measure on Tuesday morning.
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Fired-up House appropriators are expected to vote to reject the Pentagon’s requests for added budget flexibility over the president’s diversion of military funds to build his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.
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Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of July 12, 2020.
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Russia’s top diplomat on Friday dismissed U.S. intelligence information alleging that Moscow offered bounties to the Taliban for killing American soldiers as a product of election year politics in Washington.
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Cases in the military surged 33% in the past 10 days, twice the rate of new cases nationwide.
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South Korea on Thursday asked a visiting senior U.S. envoy to try to revive stalled nuclear diplomacy with North Korea, which has refused to resume talks because of what it calls hostile U.S. policies.
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Joint Chiefs chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley is willing to continue the discussion.
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper and his top military adviser clarified issues that arose out of the military's support of law enforcement in tamping down on violent protests.
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The secretary is launching a new push to address operational security concerns.
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and his top military adviser, say they cannot corroborate reports that Russia has paid bounties to Taliban fighters targeting U.S. troops.