Defense Officials Warn of Seoul's Destruction in War With North Korea The opening round of a war with North Korea would devastate Seoul and be unstoppable.
Dunford in Afghanistan for Talks on US Troop Increase Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford was in Kabul on Monday to prepare the way for a possible U.S. troop increase.
ICBM Launch Doesn't Bring US, North Korea Closer to War: Mattis Mattis said the U.S. military was ready to meet North Korea's ICBM threat but war on the peninsula was not an immediate...
Mattis Again Pushes a Diplomacy First Response to North Korea BDiplomacy must be the first option in dealing with North Korea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday.
Officials Still Working on New Strategy for Afghanistan: Mattis Top aides have told various news outlets that roughly 3,500 to 5,000 additional U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan.
Mattis Close to Recommending New Choice for Army Secretary Robert M. Speer, a former assistant secretary of the Army for financial management, has been serving as acting Army secretary...
Trump at Pentagon to Review New Strategy for Afghanistan President Donald Trump met at the Pentagon Thursday with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis for talks on Afghanistan and ISIS.
Holdup on Mattis' Strategy for Afghanistan in White House: Dunford The White House reportedly is balking at Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Trump Puts US Commander in Afghanistan in Crosshairs President Trump reportedly has clashed with SecDef Jim Mattis on whether to fire Gen. John Nicholson as commander in...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
