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Driver crashes into crowd celebrating New Year's Day in New Orleans

Nation Jan 02

What inspires veterans or service members to carry out violence and extremism?

By Nick Schifrin

World Feb 02

U.S. B-1B bombers take part in a joint air drill Vigilant Storm between South Korea and U.S.
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U.S. strikes Iran-backed militias in retaliation for deadly attack on American troops

The U.S. launched a series of military strikes against Iranian forces and the militias they support in both Syria and Iraq. The bombings are in retaliation for an attack last weekend that killed three American soldiers and wounded dozens of…

By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart

Politics Feb 02

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Brooks and Capehart on the U.S. retaliation against Iran-backed militants

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the U.S. striking back against Iran-backed militias, congressional gridlock on issues like immigration and taxes, its impact…

By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan

World Dec 11

FILE PHOTO: The 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing
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News Wrap: Alleged Pan Am 103 bomber extradited to U.S. to face charges

In our news wrap Sunday, a Libyan suspect in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 is in U.S. custody and will face federal charges, American forces killed two ISIS officials in Syria, University of South California quarterback…

Nation Apr 12

The Pentagon logo is seen behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 8, 2020. Photo by Al Drago/REUTERS
WATCH: Chinese and Russian threats to U.S. space capabilities expanding, Defense Intelligence Agency officials say

A report from 2019 said America’s dominance in space, which helps enable telecommunications and military intelligence, faces threats from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.

By News Desk

Jul 28

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Gen. Brown on extremism in the Air Force and threats from China, Afghanistan

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

The Air Force’s top officer is Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the first and so far only Black service chief in U.S. military history. Nick Schifrin sits down with General Brown to look at his history and his priorities for…

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Jul 07

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100% of military sexual assault survivors feel ‘trapped,’ have suicidal ideations

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

Approximately 20,000 U.S. military members are sexually assaulted annually. But only 7,816 reported those cases, and only in 350 cases were perpetrators charged with a crime. President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin created an independent commission to examine…

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Apr 14

WATCH: Biden to pull troops from Afghanistan, end longest U.S. war

By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

His plan is to pull out all American forces — numbering 2,500 now — by this Sept. 11, the anniversary of the attacks, which were coordinated from Afghanistan.

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Apr 09

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Examining the microaggressions and ‘building blocks to extremism’ within the military

By Nick Schifrin, Sam Lane, Maea Lenei Buhre

About 15 percent of the insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 were current or former members of the military. The military admits it has an extremism problem, but advocates say it hasn’t taken the necessary steps to tackle…

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Feb 05

Pentagon deploys troops to fuel COVID-19 vaccine drive

By Lolita C. Baldor, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

The Pentagon will deploy more than 1,100 troops to five vaccination centers in what will be the first wave of increased military support for the White House vaccination campaign.

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