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On Thursday, leaders from the House and Senate were on track to reaching a spending deal that would fund the government continuously for two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Congress on track for Thursday vote to avoid government shutdown, lay groundwork for budget deal

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Republican leaders said Wednesday they support the deal as a way to ensure more defense spending, and note it would also create a bipartisan committee that will try to recommend new budgeting reforms. (iStock photo)
Economy

Conservatives accuse GOP of ditching fiscal restraint with new spending deal

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Mac Thornberry on budget deal: ‘If you vote ‘no,’ you are voting against fixing the military’
Economy

Mac Thornberry on budget deal: ‘If you vote ‘no,’ you are voting against fixing the military’

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Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee, held the group's fifth hearing on pilot hypoxia. The hearing comes after the Air Force grounded T-6 training jets last week after more incidents cropped up. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Foreign Policy

Air Force draws fire from lawmaker over mystery of pilot oxygen deprivation

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When Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., asked Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (pictured left) about Afghanistan, he said,
Foreign Policy

Jim Mattis: The US isn’t trying to conquer Afghanistan

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Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis tried repeatedly to make the case that the whole point of having a handful of low-yield missile warheads was not for the U.S. to use them, but to make sure America's enemies don't use theirs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Foreign Policy

Jim Mattis: Low-yield nukes mean US won’t have to choose between ‘surrender’ and ‘suicide’

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Jim Mattis says the proposal is really just a bargaining chip for negotiations with the Russians, who the U.S. says are violating a Cold War-era treaty that bans intermediate-range missiles. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
National Security

The new nuclear weapon the Pentagon doesn’t really want, except as a bargaining chip

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, speaks, accompanied by Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Paul J. Selva, during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
National Security

Jim Mattis rips into lawmakers over failed budgets, backs House bill ahead of vote

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A House Democrat argues that the State of the Union address has become an exercise in unfulfilled promises. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP)
National Security

Adam Smith wants to ban the State of the Union address due to ‘impossible to deliver’ promises

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President Trump is expected to unveil the $716 billion request for fiscal 2019 on Feb. 12. The money would be a victory for Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (pictured center) over other budget hawks in the administration, and would begin to bankroll a buildup and modernization of the military, as well as improvements to the nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Foreign Policy

Jim Mattis upbeat about $716 billion defense request even as temporary budgets pinch the Pentagon

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