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From Yemen to Europe, White House foreign policy is in the spotlight
Secretary of Defense James Mattis held a rare, on-camera press briefing today, fielding questions on Yemen, North Korea and the trans-Atlantic alliance. In Europe, meanwhile, top leaders voiced renewed concern about the outlook for their relationship with the U.S. Foreign…
‘Dreamers’ in the military won’t face deportation, Mattis says
Previously, U.S. officials have said the military members' DACA status wasn't clear. But on Thursday Mattis said flatly it's not a problem.
U.S. wants to cut money for Palestinian refugees
President Donald Trump hasn't made a final decision, but appears more likely to send only $60 million of the planned $125 million first installment to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, unnamed officials told the Associated Press.
WATCH: Senators to press Tillerson and Mattis on new war authority
The secretary of state and secretary of defense will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 5 p.m. EST Monday. Watch live here.
The additional U.S. troops, part of President Donald Trump's newly-announced strategy on Afghanistan, have not yet arrived in the country.
President Donald Trump outlined a new strategy for how the U.S. will proceed in the nation's 16-year war in Afghanistan.
In our news wrap Monday, Secretary of Defense James Mattis says the U.S. will “take out” any missile Pyongyang fired toward Guam, adding that a North Korean strike on the U.S. could lead to war. Also, President Trump has asked…
Word of a significant policy reversal came not from the Pentagon, but from President Trump's Twitter feed, where he announced that transgender people would be banned from the U.S. military. Socially conservative groups welcomed the decision, but it drew quick…
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Trump administration is still trying to get right what he calls "the big ideas" for a new Afghanistan war strategy. Mattis was asked what is holding up the administration's strategy review at an impromptu…
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