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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, left, and Gen. David L. Goldfein, right, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, have raised concerns about retaining people as many pilots leave for better pay in the civilian sector. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )
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Empty Cockpit Syndrome: Air Force struggles to pull pilot plunge out of tailspin

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National Security

Military appeals court overturns conviction of Marine sniper who desecrated Taliban corpses

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U.S. Secretary for Defense Jim Mattis, center right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center left, prepare to make the opening address during a round table meeting of NATO defense ministers and the Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)
Foreign Policy

US, NATO won’t say exactly how many more troops will be in Afghanistan

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On Wednesday, members from the House and the Senate struck an agreement on a bill that proposes a major hike in defense spending and a raft of Pentagon reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Foreign Policy

Here’s a look at what did (and didn’t) make it into the $700 billion defense policy bill

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The lessening demand for air support for Iraqi and Syrian ground troops will free up some attack planes for use over Afghanistan, where President Trump's new strategy includes new rules of engagement to provide more air support for Afghan government troops battling the Taliban. (Air Force photo)
National Security

Bombing down 60 percent over Iraq and Syria as US shifts air war to Afghanistan

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President Trump delivered a speech to the U.S. troops at the U.S. Yokota Air Base, on the outskirts of Tokyo, on Sunday. Trump arrived in Japan Sunday on a five-nation trip to Asia, his second extended foreign trip since taking office and his first to Asia. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
National Security

Trump asks Congress for $6 billion for missile defense, ship repair, Asia strategy

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Blackwater USA founder Erik Prince testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, before the House Oversight Committee hearing examining the mission and performance of the private military contractor Blackwater in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)
Foreign Policy

Erik Prince believes Trump will eventually privatize Afghanistan War

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Investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday Nov. 5, 2017. A man opened fire inside of the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing more than 20 people. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
National Security

Weekend wrap: Trump’s trip and Robert Mueller’s investigation top the news until tragedy strikes in Texas

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Pentagon identifies Army soldier killed in Afghanistan’s Logar Province
National Security

Pentagon identifies Army soldier killed in Afghanistan’s Logar Province

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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the Fort Bragg courtroom facility as the judge deliberates during a sentencing hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C., Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. The judge ruled that Bergdahl to get dishonorable discharge, lose rank, forfeit pay in addition to getting no prison time. Bergdahl, walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
National Security

Bowe Bergdahl to get dishonorable discharge, lose rank, forfeit pay in addition to getting no prison time

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