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High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

Breathtaking conflicts of interest are lining oligarchs’ pockets with our tax dollars.

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America’s Shadow War in Yemen Has Its Own Racist Military Swag

While president-elect Donald Trump accuses the U.S. military of being too “woke,” a morale patch showcased on a Defense Department website...

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Goldwater Would Accept Any Reagan Defense Hike

WASHINGTON — Efforts by Senate Republicans to trim defense spending hit a snag Wednesday when Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Armed...

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“Absolutely Insane”: Pentagon Officials on Trump’s Military Deportation Plan

Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of mass deportations, and on Monday, he said that his administration would use the U.S. military to carry out...

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Trump revises policy on transgender service members in military

The new order on transgender troops does not impose an immediate ban, but directs the Pentagon to come up with a policy on their service in the armed...

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Trump appoints Paul Dabbar, Hung Cao to positions within administration

President Donald Trump filled two more roles within his administration late Thursday by announcing who will be serving as deputy secretary of...

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The Rise of the Drone Boats

Swarms of weaponized unmanned surface vessels have proven formidable weapons in the Black and Red Seas. Can the US military learn the right lessons...

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The Uncertain Fate of Guantánamo Under Trump

More than 23 years after the 9/11 attacks, here we are in the very same place we’ve been for endless years—on pause.

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As Civil War Heats Back Up, U.S. Troops Are Still Deployed in Syria — And Under Fire

A rebel blitzkrieg against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in northwestern Syria reignited that nation’s dormant civil war last week, when a...

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