President Biden ordered retaliatory strikes against the militias whose attacks in Erbil this month killed one civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member.
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U.S. Airstrikes in Syria Target Iran-Backed Militias That Rocketed U.S. Troops in Iraq
President Biden ordered retaliatory strikes against the militias whose attacks in Erbil this month killed one civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member.
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After 10 Months at Sea, a Giant Carrier Returns to a Changed Nation
A mounting pandemic death toll. A contested election. A riot at the Capitol. “The world at home has become completely different and we don’t know what we are coming home to,” one sailor on the Nimitz said.
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After 10 Months at Sea, a Giant Carrier Returns to a Changed Nation
A mounting pandemic death toll. A contested election. A riot at the Capitol. “The world at home has become completely different and we don’t know what we are coming home to,” one sailor on the Nimitz said.
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A Top Democrat Warns Against a Hasty Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Afghanistan
Senator Jack Reed said he favored seeking an extension of the May 1 deadline for withdrawing troops that President Donald Trump and the Taliban negotiated last year.
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Biden Says ‘America Is Back.’ Should It Be?
Unless he challenges the fundamental premises of U.S. foreign policy, he will repeat the mistakes of his predecessors, but in a more competitive world.
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After Russian Cyberattack, Looking for Answers and Debating Retaliation
Key senators and corporate executives warned at a hearing on Tuesday that the “scope and scale” of the hacking of government agencies and companies, the most sophisticated in history, were still unclear.
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National Guard Deployment at the Capitol Riot Was Delayed by Confusion and Inaction
As violence grew out of control on Jan. 6, the head of the Capitol Police made an urgent request for the National Guard. It took nearly two hours to be approved.
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Seeking Fresh Start With Iraq, Biden Avoids Setting Red Lines With Iran
The administration’s measured response to a rocket attack in Erbil sharply contrasts with a Trump-era campaign against Iran that, more often than not, caught Iraq in the crossfire.
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Viral Video Moves Sexual Harassment in Marine Corps to Forefront
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said he found the video from a visibly distraught female Marine “deeply disturbing.”
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Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction
Under a Biden administration, the nominations are expected to go from the Pentagon to the White House within weeks and then to the Senate for approval.
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Biden Faces Deadline on Withdrawal From Afghanistan
The question is whether the small contingent of American troops can accomplish anything after 20 years — and whether full withdrawal would clear the way for Taliban advances.
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Biden Speaks With China’s Xi for First Time as President
The two leaders developed a friendly relationship during the Obama years, but now face a wide range of contentious issues.
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In First Pentagon Visit as President, Biden Praises Black Americans Serving in Military
With the nation’s first Black vice president and first Black defense secretary at his side, Mr. Biden said that contributions of African-Americans in the military had not always been recognized.
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U.S. Should Slow Withdrawal From Afghanistan, Bipartisan Panel Urges
A study group appointed by Congress finds that removing international forces by the May 1 date set in the 2020 U.S.-Taliban peace agreement could lead to a civil war in Afghanistan.
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U.S. Aircraft Carrier Returning Home After Long Sea Tour Watching Iran
The Pentagon had extended the deployment of the Nimitz in the Middle East after Iranian threats against President Donald J. Trump and U.S. troops in the region.
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Pentagon Halts Plan to Vaccinate the 40 Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay
The decision to vaccinate the prisoners ignited criticism over whether the government was prioritizing terrorism suspects over American citizens.
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Violence May Delay U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan
The new Biden administration is reviewing a deal between its predecessor and the Taliban for a May 1 deadline to pull all American troops out of the country.
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Pentagon Begins Independent Inquiry Into Special Ops and War Crimes
The Defense Department inspector general will examine whether elite U.S. commando forces are doing enough to comply with the laws of armed conflict and hold violators accountable.
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Pentagon May Send Troops to Assist With Vaccines, Enlarging Federal Role
The move would be the first significant sign that the Biden administration is taking more control of a vaccine distribution effort that states are struggling to manage.
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Biden Team Rushes to Take Over Government, and Oust Trump Loyalists
President Biden named nearly all of his cabinet secretaries and their immediate deputies before he took office, but his real grasp on the levers of power has come several layers down.
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Capitol Police Detail Failures During Pro-Trump Assault
The acting chief of the Capitol Police told lawmakers that the department knew days ahead of time of the risk of violence targeting lawmakers but was unprepared when the mob attacked on Jan. 6.
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Lloyd Austin Tackles Military’s Sexual Assault Problem
President Biden has been a vocal proponent of moving the cases outside of the military chain of command, even as general after general has argued against them.
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Biden Ends Military’s Transgender Ban, Part of Broad Discrimination Fight
The action reverses a Trump administration move, and came less than a week after the new president issued another wide-ranging civil rights executive order.
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Five Takeaways From the Developing Space War Between China and the U.S.
The Biden administration is inheriting the menace of Chinese antisatellite arms as well as an innovative way of trying to defuse the escalating threat.
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How Space Became the Next ‘Great Power’ Contest Between the U.S. and China
The Biden administration faces not only waves of Chinese antisatellite weapons but a history of jumbled responses to the intensifying threat.
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Senate Confirms Austin in Historic Vote, Installing First Black Defense Secretary
The former general was approved overwhelmingly, after Congress granted him a waiver from a law that bars anyone who has been retired from active-duty military service for fewer than seven years from leading the Pentagon.
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Lloyd Austin Confirmed as Defense Secretary
In a 93-2 vote, Senators helped President Biden fill a critical national security position and elevated the first Black Pentagon chief.
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Congress Grants Waiver to Austin to Serve as Defense Secretary
The action paved the way for a historic vote on Friday that will make Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army general, the first Black American to lead the Pentagon.
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Who’s Got the Nuclear Football? Actually, the Question Is When Biden Gets ‘the Biscuit’
The handoff of power from President Trump to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday involves choreography that includes two nuclear footballs and two sets of launch codes.
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12 National Guard Members Removed From Inauguration Duties Amid Extremist Threats
Two of them made threatening comments toward lawmakers, and one expressed support for President Trump. The others were removed for a wide variety of reasons.
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Pentagon Accelerates Efforts to Root Out Far-Right Extremism in the Ranks
The nation’s military has a history of downplaying white nationalism and right-wing activism, but the siege of the Capitol has created a new urgency for dealing with them.
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N.S.A. Installs Trump Loyalist as Top Lawyer Days Before Biden Takes Office
The acting defense secretary ordered the spy agency to appoint Michael Ellis, who has been accused of having a hand in one of the Trump administration’s most contentious legal decisions.
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Pentagon Moves to Block Exam of Tortured Guantánamo Prisoner
In his final days in office before a new administration takes over, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy changed a regulation to sidestep court rulings requiring the medical examination.
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A Scoop About the Pentagon Papers, 50 Years Later
A former Times reporter obtained the answer to a major question involving Neil Sheehan’s source, then had to keep it secret until last week.
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National Guard Provides Covid Vaccine Help in Overwhelmed States
At least 16 states and territories are using the National Guard to give shots, drawing on doctors, nurses, medics and other troops who are skilled in administering injections.
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Trump Appointee to Temporarily Lead Pentagon; Retired Admiral Will Be Spokesman
David Norquist will be Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s acting defense secretary, if only for a few days. A retired rear admiral, John Kirby, will be the Pentagon press secretary.
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Rare Pentagon Mission: Armed Troops in Capital
The troops will be the National Guard and not active-duty. But officials know such events are fraught with risk and cite Kent State in 1970, Tiananmen Square in 1989 and Tehran in 2009.
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Military Chiefs Remind Troops of Their Oath After Fallout From Assault on Capitol
The Joint Chiefs of Staff told the United States’ armed forces to defend the Constitution and reject extremism in a memo that condemned last week’s violence.
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Pentagon to Arm National Guard Troops Deploying to Capitol for Inauguration
The armed National Guard troops will be responsible for security around the Capitol building complex, officials said. About 15,000 Guard troops are expected to be deployed in the city.
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How a String of Failures Led to the Capitol Siege
Poor planning among a constellation of government agencies and a restive crowd encouraged by President Trump set the stage for the unthinkable.
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Defense Secretary Pick, Lloyd Austin, Unlikely to Be in Job on Biden’s First Day
The nominee, Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army general, must obtain a congressional exemption from a law that bars recent active-duty officers from serving in the top Pentagon job.
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Biden’s Pick for Defense Secretary Unlikely to Be in Job on Administration’s First Day
The nominee, Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army general, must obtain a congressional exemption from a law that bars recent active-duty officers from serving in the top Pentagon job.
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Were These the Fingerprints of a Terrorist?
Biometric data led President Trump to pardon an American soldier convicted of killing Afghan civilians. What if the data was wrong?
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Pelosi Pressed Pentagon on Safeguards to Prevent Trump From Ordering Military Action
But short of the cabinet invoking the 25th Amendment or impeaching and convicting the president, it would be unconstitutional to defy legal orders from the commander in chief, experts note.
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Now It Can Be Told: How Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers
It was a story he had chosen not to tell — until 2015, when he sat for a four-hour interview, promised that this account would not be published while he was alive.
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How Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers
It was a story he had chosen not to tell — until 2015, when he sat for a four-hour interview, promised that this account would not be published while he was alive.
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Biden to Tap More Former Obama Officials for Top National Security Jobs
The president-elect is turning to trusted former colleagues to manage complex negotiations with Iran and Russia.
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Leader of Proud Boys, a Far-Right Group, Is Arrested as D.C. Braces for Protests
About 340 National Guard troops are expected to deploy in support of local law enforcement before demonstrations against the election results.
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Leader of Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, Is Arrested as DC Braces for Protests
About 340 National Guard troops are expected to deploy in support of local law enforcement before demonstrations against the election results.
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