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Jun 04

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‘Armed forces exist to protect’ U.S., not police communities, retired general says

President Trump's talk of using military force on people protesting police brutality against black Americans has generated a backlash among a number of former senior military officers. Nick Schifrin gets perspective from retired Army Gen. Carter Ham on why these…

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Jun 02

Democratic governors reject Trump’s call to send in military

By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

Several Democratic governors on Monday pushed back against President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the U.S. military in reaction to the violence that has erupted across the country.

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Mar 09

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News Wrap: Twitter labels video retweeted by Trump as ‘manipulated media’

In our news wrap Monday, Twitter has applied a “manipulated media” tag on a campaign video shared by a White House aide and retweeted by President Trump. The edited clip makes it appear that former Vice President Joe Biden, leading…

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Feb 08

U.S. official: American casualties in Afghan military mission

By Associated Press

American and Afghan military personnel were fired on while conducting an operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, the U.S. military said Saturday. Several U.S. personnel were either injured or killed, but the exact number and other details were not provided,…

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Feb 05

Iraqi officials say Baghdad wants to minimize reliance on U.S.

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Samya Kullab, Associated Press

The development comes amid a prevailing crisis of mistrust between Washington and Baghdad after a Washington-directed strike killed a top Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander.

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Feb 04

U.S. general slips into Iraq for talks to salvage relations

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East, has slipped into Iraq as the Trump administration works to salvage relations with Iraqi leaders and shut down the government's push for an American troop withdrawal. McKenzie is…

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Jan 31

Trump authorizes shift to wider U.S. military use of land mines

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

Earlier Friday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper made the case for giving military commanders the latitude to use land mines as a means to "shape the battlefield" and protect American forces. Critics of the new Trump policy call it dangerous.

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Jan 29

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The danger of traumatic brain injury, which afflicted U.S. troops after Iranian attack

When Iran fired missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops in early January, there were no fatalities, but weeks later, the Pentagon said 50 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries in the attack. Now questions are being raised about…

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Jan 14

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A war veteran’s story of survivor’s guilt — and redemption

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

Over two decades of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, much research has explored the psychological toll suffered by the men and women who serve. A phenomenon that is perhaps less well understood is survivor’s guilt. Adam Linehan was an Army…

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Jan 11

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Are U.S. military leaders prepared to withdraw from Iraq?

By PBS NewsHour

Iraq’s government is demanding that U.S. troops leave the country in the wake of last week's drone strike that killed an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander. But on Friday, as violent protests continued in Iraq, Secretary of State…

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