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August 19, 2022

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Zelenskyy meets top-level US delegation, gets aid promises

April 25, 2022 David Keyton, Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — The U.S. secretaries of state and defense met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the highest-level visit to the country’s capital by an American delegation since the start of Russia’s […]

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Navy blocked from acting against 35 COVID vaccine refusers

January 5, 2022 Robert Burns, Associated Press

A federal judge in Texas has granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Navy from acting against 35 sailors for refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  The injunction […]

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Air Force discharges 27 for refusal to get COVID vaccine

December 14, 2021 Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the mandate to […]

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Austin: Allies, innovation key to US competition with China

December 9, 2021 Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon intends to work better with private industry to develop high-tech systems and to strengthen relations with allies in the Indo-Pacific region in order to maintain a competitive edge over China, […]

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Pentagon boosts housing money for troops, as hunger persists

November 24, 2021 Robert Burns, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon will increase housing payments for troops in key areas and look for ways to combat hunger across the force, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced, in the department’s latest effort to […]

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US defense chief vows to counter Iran in visit to Bahrain

November 22, 2021 Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — America’s top defense official vowed Saturday to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to counter its “dangerous use” of suicide drones in the wider Mideast, a pledge coming […]

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Defense chief orders new review of mistaken US drone strike

September 28, 2021 Robert Burns, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a senior-level review of the investigation that found that 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, were killed in an Aug. 29 U.S. drone strike in Kabul […]

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COVID vaccines to be required for military under new US plan

August 10, 2021 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the U.S. military will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine beginning next month under a plan laid out by the Pentagon Monday and endorsed by President Joe Biden. In […]

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Pentagon chief: Myanmar military acts ‘flatly unacceptable’

July 27, 2021 Annabelle Liang, Associated Press

SINGAPORE — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decried the actions of Myanmar’s military rulers on Tuesday and urged a regional bloc to keep demanding an end to the violence. Myanmar, also called Burma, has been […]

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US begins shifting Afghan combat operations outside country

June 16, 2021 Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. military has already begun conducting combat operations and surveillance in Afghanistan from outside the country’s borders, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress, as the troop withdrawal continues. But Austin declined […]

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