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At a rare press conference earlier this week, Mattis discussed some of the historic changes he has overseen since taking office about 19 months ago. 

A Chinese state-owned company hacked Clinton’s email server, inserting code that forwarded a copy of almost every single email.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced Tuesday the U.S. has “no plans” to suspend future large military exercises on the Korean Peninsula.

Lanny Davis, attorney for former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, told Buzzfeed on Monday that he was a source for CNN’s article last month claiming that Cohen would tell Special Counsel Robert Mueller that President Trump knew about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting.

Palin, former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate, called former running mate Sen. John McCain a “maverick and a fighter.”

Comedian Kathy Griffin ripped President Trump’s tribute to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) shortly after his death was announced Saturday evening, in a profanity-laced tweet.

The Army on Friday launched Army Futures Command, tasked with preparing the Army to fight and win future wars.

Facebook on Thursday removed a piece by Salena Zito on why Trump supporters won’t care about Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort convictions. 

Lanny Davis, a staunch ally of the Clintons who is now representing Michael Cohen, called all Steele dossier allegations about Cohen “false.”

President Trump on Wednesday posthumously awarded Air Force Technical Sgt. John A. Chapman the Medal of Honor.

Army Gen. John “Mick” Nicholson said Wednesday in his last briefing as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan that President Trump’s Afghanistan strategy was working, citing progress in the peace process, or reconciliation, with the Taliban.

Senate Democrats fiercely opposed Richard Grenell’s nomination to become the U.S. Ambassador to Germany, and earlier this year, sought his removal after a Breitbart News interview where he said he wanted to empower conservative voices in Europe.

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts of tax evasion, making false statements to a bank, and campaign contribution violations on Tuesday. 

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Tuesday blasted China for bullying El Salvador to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan — the third diplomatic ally to do so under pressure from China this year. 

Brandon Ray Seabolt, 53, said as soon as the team of U.S. and Afghan commandos stepped into the courtyard of a compound that December 17, 2015 night in Helmand, Afghanistan, he knew something was wrong.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis expressed solidarity with President Trump’s stripping of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance earlier this week. 

Twitter this week suspended InfoWars host Alex Jones for seven days for what it said were violations of its policies, following Facebook, YouTube, Apple, and Spotify’s simultaneous banning last week.

The Pentagon on Thursday evening announced that the military parade planned for November will be postponed until next year.

U.S. airpower killed more than 220 Taliban over the past four days, as its fighters tried to overrun the southeastern Afghanistan city of Ghazni last week, according to a spokesman for the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Green Beret Sgt. 1st Class Reymund R. Transfiguracion, 36, of Waikoloa, Hawaii, died Sunday from wounds he received from an improvised explosive device while on a combat patrol in Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan. 

Justice Department Official Bruce Ohr is expected to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee on August 28 about his relationship with Trump dossier author Christopher Steele, according to Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC).

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) said Friday in an interview with Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Daily that the United States needed a Space Force to meet the threats posed by China and Russia.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver said the Navy will continue to challenge China in the South China Sea.

Vice President Mike Pence announced Thursday at the Pentagon that the White House is creating a new sixth branch of the United States military — the Space Force.

Retired Army Green Beret Charles McDaniel Jr., 71, was just three-years-old when his father, Army Master Sgt. Charles Hobert McDaniel, left to fight in the Korean War with the First Cavalry Division.

Jim Jones, former Obama national security adviser, called sanctions on Iran “effective” and said he would like to see more countries sanction Iran.

Paul Manafort’s former business partner Rick Gates testified on Monday as a witness against Manafort, as part of Robert Mueller’s first case.Paul Manafort’s former

The U.S. Navy has sailed ships through the Taiwan Strait throughout the last decade but normally kept those operations quiet — perhaps out of concern it would provoke China, who considers Taiwan its territory and the Taiwan Strait its territorial waters.

The head of the agency tasked with identifying the remains of missing service members credited President Trump for North Korea’s handover last week.

U.S. airlines that partially caved to Beijing’s demands on identifying Taiwan on their websites have requested an extension on further caving.

Commander of the United Nations Command Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks sent Korean War troop remains home to the United States on Wednesday after a dignified transfer ceremony at Osan Air Base in South Korea that lasted more than two hours.

The Trump administration cut off about $10 billion in Russian arms transfers in just a few months time as part of its efforts to challenge Russia. The administration considers Russia a strategic competitor, according to Christopher Ford, assistant secretary of State and head of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation.

It has been two full years since the FBI formally launched its investigation into the Trump campaign on July 31, 2016, but it has yet to find any evidence of collusion with Russia.

The Pentagon is expected to send an interim report to Congress this week on how best to stand up the “Space Force” or some other kind of defense agency devoted to countering military threats in space.

China is waging an aggressive campaign to steal and acquire technology from the United States, experts warned.

Ambassador Sam Brownback commended the commitments made by leaders around the world to do more to protect religious freedom.