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The group will standardize unidentified aerial phenomena reporting and "assess and mitigate any associated threats to safety of flight and national security."

"U.S. forces will remain in Iraq, at the invitation of the Government of Iraq, in an advising, assisting, and intelligence-sharing role to support the Iraqi Security Forces in the campaign to defeat ISIS," a Pentagon spokesperson told Newsweek.

"China and Russia are united like a mountain and their friendship is unbreakable," Beijing and Moscow's defense chiefs said, according to the Chinese military.

The Iraqi Resistance Coordination Commission said it "did not believe in the seriousness of the occupation and its commitment" to withdrawing combat troops.

As many as 160,000 active-duty military members are having difficulty feeding their families, based on an estimate from Feeding America.

This is not a question of whether women can serve in the military. Thousands of women serve admirably.

"We're the mightiest military on the face of the Earth and yet those who are on the lower rung of our military ranks are...hungry," Sen. Tammy Duckworth said.

It is long past time to rebalance national priorities in ways that benefit people and bend toward decency.

"I'm fighting for [freedom] each and every day, just as each of you have fought to keep us free," the GOP congresswoman told a group of veterans.

Over half of respondents to an Air Force survey said they have experienced physical or mental abuse in the past two years, with many leaving it unreported.

Taiwan's biennial defense report puts a figure on the military exchanges confirmed publicly by President Tsai Ing-wen late last month.

"We would have kept Bagram because it is next to China and it is one hour away from their nuclear facility, and we gave that up too," Trump claimed on Fox News.

"The world will decide who is doing nuclear madness," China's embassy spokesperson told Newsweek. "By smearing China and playing the trick of thief crying 'stop thief,' the US can only amuse itself and deceive the world."

"Foreign forces stationed on Taiwan" was left out of a U.S. military list of circumstances in which China "has indicated it would consider the use force."

"We're refuting the Iranian claims that they prevented us from taking back this vessel," a U.S. defense official said.

"Just recently, as you know, a U.S. ship entered the Black Sea – it could be seen through binoculars or through the sight of our defense systems," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Vaccination deadlines for those serving in the military are approaching, and tens of thousands of service members have still not received at least one shot.

Senate and House lawmakers have responded to the issues by writing stricter accountability into the National Defense Authorization Act.

The deceased included 11 U.S. Marines, one U.S. Army soldier, and one U.S. Navy sailor.

"I would not say that the situation is catastrophic. To be catastrophic, you have to have at least some kind of relationship," Russia's top diplomat said. "We have no relationship with NATO."

Assad has won the war. That's not new information. U.S. decision makers must deal with reality as it is, not as they wish it to be.

"The complete reunification of the motherland must be fulfilled, and it will definitely be fulfilled," Ma Xiaoguang of China's Taiwan Affairs Office said.

Unidentified drones struck positions near a U.S. military garrison located in a remote stretch of southeastern Syria close to the borders with Jordan and Iraq, Newsweek has learned.

The maximum penalty Scheller could have been issued was a forfeiture of two-thirds of his monthly pay for 12 months and a letter of reprimand.

"This is me accepting accountability. But it deeply pains me that my senior leaders are incapable of being as courageous," Scheller told the judge.

America's failure to keep our decades-long public commitment to Taiwan would be devastating.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said U.S. forces will be able to train and operate "in an expanded capacity" at the additional bases.

On Thursday, Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller plead guilty to all six misdemeanor-level charges during a court-martial hearing.

Under the current system, one leader said that states have no incentive to release guard troops promptly.

Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland arrived in Moscow on Monday for a three-day trip on behalf of the U.S. State Department.