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News Articles: U.S. military

In this 2011 photo, then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden walks with then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in southwestern China. Both are now presidents of their countries at a time when U.S.-China relations have been growing increasingly tense.

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  • National Security

Is China a threat or an opportunity? Depends which Americans you ask

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Midwestern farmers and Wall Street investors all see China as a business opportunity. Yet in Washington, China is first and foremost a security threat.

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Myre and
  • John Ruwitch
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in September at the Pentagon in Washington. The top U.S. military officer met with his Russian counterpart Wednesday Sept. 22, 2021 in Helsinki, Finland.

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  • World

U.S. Top Military Officer Talks Counterterrorism Support With Russian Counterpart

The meeting between Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his Russian counterpart in Finland comes at a crucial time in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

September 22, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A pamphlet from a Pride Month event at the Pentagon in 2015. Monday marked the 10th anniversary of the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the U.S. military.

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  • National

LGBTQ Vets Discharged Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Have New Chance For Full Benefits

The new guidance will apply to veterans who were forced from service under the policy and given "other than honorable discharges" due to their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status.

September 21, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Ahmad Zai Ahmadi began interpreting for U.S. forces in Afghanistan when he was a teenager. Since coming to the U.S. as a recipient of a special immigrant visa, he has mainly relied on gig work to support his family.

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  • Business

He Was An Interpreter For U.S. Forces In Afghanistan And Now He's Driving For Uber

Many Afghans who worked for the U.S. government in Afghanistan end up doing gig work or other low-wage jobs in America, even when they come with language and professional skills.

September 17, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Taliban fighters patrol through Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Pictures of such fighters posing with captured aircraft, weapons and vehicles have been showing upon social media.

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  • World

How Valuable Are The U.S. Weapons The Taliban Just Captured?

In a scene repeated across Afghanistan, retreating government forces ditched billions of dollars' worth of U.S.-supplied military hardware, from assault rifles to Black Hawk helicopters.

August 21, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Myre and
  • Scott Neuman
President Biden departs after speaking from the White House Treaty Room on April 14 to announce the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

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  • Analysis

Biden's Choices In Afghanistan Were Complicated. So Is The Fallout He Faces

The simple question of whether the U.S. should stay or go was not simple at all. Now Biden's determination to leave Afghanistan has resulted in a bigger mess than he bargained for.

August 16, 2021
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
A U.S. Navy hovercraft prepares to hit the beach during amphibious-landing exercises as part of an annual joint U.S.-Philippine military exercise on the shores of San Antonio, facing the South China Sea, in Zambales province, Philippines, on April 11, 2019.

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  • World

4 Things To Know After The Philippines Kept Its Pact With The U.S. Military

After threatening since last year to cancel it, President Rodrigo Duterte decided to restore the agreement that enables U.S. forces to operate in the Philippines. Here's why that matters.

August 06, 2021
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
Silhouette of a U.S. Marine praying, photographed from behind.

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  • National

Since 9/11, Military Suicides Are 4 Times Higher Than Deaths In War Operations

The new data highlights the divide between the dangers posed by war and the persistent mental health crisis in not only the military but the country at large.

June 25, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Afghan Army commandos train at the Shorab military camp in Helmand province, in southern Afghanistan in 2017. With U.S. and NATO forces leaving in the coming months, the Afghan forces will have to confront the Taliban without support from Western countries.

What Happens To The Afghan Army Once American Forces Leave?

An Afghan general is confident his soldiers can defeat Taliban fighters. But the imminent withdrawal of U.S. troops, allied forces, and contractors worry many observers of the war.

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Tom Bowman
China may have landed a new space plane on Sept. 6 at this secretive air base, located in China in the desert near an old nuclear testing ground.

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  • Science

New Chinese Space Plane Landed At Mysterious Air Base, Evidence Suggests

The mission took place this past weekend, shrouded in secrecy, but some clues are emerging about what China sent into space, and why.

September 09, 2020
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
The Pentagon will take immediate steps to begin addressing discrimination in the armed forces, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday. U.S. Army troops are seen here in Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border in November 2018.

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  • National Security

Defense Secretary Esper Announces Actions To Address Discrimination In U.S. Military

Esper calls the actions "a necessary first step" but says he has "no illusions" that these initial changes will fully address the concerns he has heard from many service members.

July 15, 2020
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
The New York National Guard's 369th Regiment, 93rd Infantry Division, also known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," stand ready in trenches near Maffrecourt in the Argonne Region, France, May 4, 1918.

How World War I Changed African-Americans' Fight For Equal Rights

World War I, which ended with an armistice agreement 100 years ago, transformed life in the United States. The "war to end all wars" also introduced a...

February 08, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Veda Brooks and BriGette McCoy joined "On Second Thought" to discuss issues facing women veterans.

'We Are Veterans And We're Out There': Women Veterans Represent, Reflect

According to the Women Veterans Office , there are over 93,000 women veterans in Georgia. Women veterans are often invisible as a population because...

November 14, 2018
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott

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