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Lawmakers are heading into the fall with no clear path to passing proposed increases in defense spending, and analysts say it is likely they will pass a months-long continuing resolution at the end of September that would hold military spending to current levels. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Foreign Policy

Jim Mattis calls looming stop-gap budget ‘as unwise as can be’ for military

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President Obama has authorized airstrikes against ISIS, while relying on Turkey and other local forces to provide the ground forces that have worked to recapture ISIS-held territory in Syria. (Militant photo via AP, File)
Foreign Policy

Muslims have the most to lose if we play dumb on Islamic terrorism

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said he has proposed increasing U.S. forces and the use of air power in Afghanistan, following through with a threat to the Trump administration to force a new strategy after weeks of delays. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Security

John McCain follows through on threat to Trump by adding Afghanistan strategy to defense bill

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The Defense Department on Tuesday submitted to Congress a report mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which outlines a proposed restructuring
Foreign Policy

Pentagon unveils plan to overhaul bureaucracy, buy weapons faster

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The statement on Monday was an indication McCain plans to keep up the pressure despite his dire medical issues. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Security

McCain criticizes Trump over Afghanistan strategy amid cancer treatment

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Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said on Friday that the U.S. must upgrade its missile defenses following the newest North Korea test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
National Security

Dan Sullivan: North Korea launch shows need for new missile defenses

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The Senate's August recess is looming and without action soon, consideration of the bill could slip to September. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
National Security

John McCain: New block on defense policy bill is ‘unfortunate’

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The Defense Department has estimated it could save $2 billion annually by closing properties it no longer uses or needs, and use the money on warfighting capabilities. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Foreign Policy

House passes budget-busting $658 billion defense bill

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Sen. John McCain, who arrived on Capitol Hill this week for several days of work following his diagnosis, said an agreement had been reached on proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed by his Armed Services Committee in June. As chairman, the Arizona Republican would typically shepherd it to a final Senate vote. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Healthcare

John McCain to Democrats: Pause the healthcare debate and focus on the defense bill

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The amendment, sponsored by Reps. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, and Bill Shuster, R-Pa., was added to an annual Veterans Affairs and military construction spending bill and prohibits any money to be spent on proposing, planning to, or actually shuttering defense facilities as part of the Base Realignment and Closure program. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
National Security

House underscores opposition to military base closures in ‘minibus’

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