NATO Pledges Continued Support for Afghanistan Mission: Jim Garamone
NATO will continue to support Afghanistan through thick and thin, the alliance’s secretary general said in Brussels today. Jens Stoltenberg told reporters
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President Gives Mattis Authority to Set U.S. Troop Strength in Afghanistan: Jim Garamone
President Donald J. Trump has delegated authority to manage the number of U.S. troops sent to Afghanistan to Defense Secretary
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Mattis Says DoD Needs Years to Correct Effects of Sequestration: Jim Garamone
Even if Congress acts now to rid the Defense Department of looming sequestration spending cuts, it will take years of
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Mattis Lays Out U.S. Strategy in Asia-Pacific Region: Jim Garamone
The United States is a Pacific power and will lead and work with other Pacific nations to ensure peace and
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U.S. Military Strikes Continue in Somalia, Syria and Iraq: Dana White
U.S. forces conducted a strike operation against al-Shabab in Somalia Sunday, approximately 185 miles southwest of Mogadishu, according to a statement issued
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Mattis: Defeat-ISIS ‘Annihilation’ Campaign Accelerating by Jim Garamone
Nothing keeps Defense Secretary Jim Mattis awake at night. “I keep other people awake,” he told CBS reporter John Dickerson
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President: NATO Member Nations Must Increase Defense Spending By Terri Moon Cronk
President Donald J. Trump called for NATO member nations to step up and pay their “fair share” of defense spending in the
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U.S. Military ‘Brass’ Cite Coalition Progress to Annihilate ISIS: Jim Garamone
The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria will continue to build on the progress made to date to
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Dunford Arrives in Brussels for NATO Military Committee Meeting By Jim Garamone
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford arrived here today to discuss Afghanistan, countering terrorism and other missions during NATO’s Military Committee chiefs
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Mattis ‘Heartened’ After Attending Somalia Meeting in London by Jim Garamone
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis came away from yesterday’s British-sponsored conference on Somalia in London with renewed hope for the peace
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