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Militia women Thursday held a celebration in a liberated Raqqa, Syria after four years of occupation by the ISIS terrorist group, which had seen the city as the center of its global caliphate. (AP Photo/Gabriel Chaim)
National Security

US general declares ‘Raqqa is free’

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The U.S. military has stopped short of declaring the battle for Raqqa over, but said ISIS was on the "verge of a devastating defeat" at the hands of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a mix of Kurdish and Arab fighters. (Syrian Democratic Forces, via AP)
Foreign Policy

ISIS down to 6,500 fighters, holds only 3 percent of Iraq

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David Trachtenberg, who has experience in the Defense Department and on Capitol Hill, was approved as the new principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy. (Image courtesy screenshot)
National Security

Senate confirms David Trachtenberg for Pentagon policy post after months-long wait

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Iraqi state media say Iraqi soldiers have entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds. The move comes three years after Kurdish militias seized the areas outside their autonomous region to defend against an advance by the Islamic State extremist group. (APTN via AP)
National Security

Pentagon denies that a battle for Kirkuk is underway

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Just 17 of the 57 Pentagon positions that require Senate confirmation have been filled by President Trump's appointees. That figure has barely budged in two months. (iStock Photo)
National Security

Top Pentagon posts are 70 percent vacant as confirmations continue to lag

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A Guantanamo Bay detainee has been sentenced to 13 years in confinement. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi is a Saudi Arabian citizen and according to a Department of Defense memorandum, was a mid-to-high-level al Qaeda operative. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
National Security

Guantanamo detainee sentenced to 13 years in confinement for terrorism charges

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The MAVNI program recruits foreign residents who are in the U.S. with a legal immigration status or fall under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
Immigration

Pentagon orders more security screening for troops seeking US citizenship

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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill that prohibits the Defense Department and Coast Guard from ruling out service based on gender identity. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
National Security

New House bill would block Trump’s rollback of transgender military service

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The identity of the fourth U.S. soldier killed by enemy fire during a mission Wednesday in Niger was announced by the Pentagon on Saturday. (iStock)
Foreign Policy

Pentagon identifies fourth US soldier killed in Niger attack

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The Democrats also called for Trump to send a senior general to Puerto Rico to coordinate the relief effort. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
National Security

House Democrats to Trump: Send USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to Puerto Rico

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