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Western airstrikes unlikely to impact Assad’s war machine

By Zeina Karam, Associated Press

The Western airstrikes targeting suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities might have rained down punishment from the sky, but they will not fundamentally degrade a war machine whose main bases, weaponry and personnel remain in place.

Pentagon silent on transgender policy released last week

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Nearly a week after the Pentagon publicly posted its new recommended policy on transgender troops, the department's chief spokeswoman refused to clarify portions of the memo.

Congress demands Pentagon investigate sexual assaults among children on military bases

By Justin Pritchard, Reese Dunklin, Associated Press

Senior members of Congress are calling for Pentagon investigations in response to an Associated Press report that details how the U.S. military fails to protect the children of service members when they sexually assault each other on base.

Trump orders American military be put on display, breaking with decades of precedent

By PBS News Hour

It was a show of French military might that left a lasting impression on President Trump. Inspired by a Bastille Day parade, Trump recently gave the Pentagon marching orders to organize one in Washington, and it has begun working on…

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Pentagon says war in Afghanistan costs taxpayers $45 billion per year

By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press

Lawmakers, skeptical about the prospects of victory, grilled the Trump administration Tuesday on the direction of the nation's longest-running war, now in its 17th year.

Trump’s nuclear strategy leaves little room for arms control

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

There's a place for arms control in the Trump administration's new nuclear strategy. It's a very small place.

Pentagon will allow transgender people to enlist in the military starting Jan. 1

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The new policy reflects growing legal pressure on the issue, and the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce Trump's demand to ban transgender individuals from the military.

‘Bleak’ assessment of toll of destroying North Korea nukes

By Associated Press

A ground invasion of North Korea is the only way to locate and destroy, with complete certainty, all components of leader Kim Jong Un's nuclear weapons program, according to a Pentagon official.