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The hot-button issue of transgender politics in the Pentagon is only a medical matter for doctors to decide, according to a statement from the American Medical Association.

President Donald Trump continued challenging online retailer Amazon.com for using the United States Post Office at a discounted shipping rate.

The United States is reportedly increasing its presence in northern Syria’s Manbij region against the possibility of clashes between American allies Turkey and Kurdish forces.

Despite President Trump’s public attacks on the company, tech giant Amazon is still in line to receive a lucrative contract to exclusively provide cloud services to the Department of Defense.

President Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief is reversing the pro-transgender policy set by former President Barack Obama, and will reject soldiers or recruits who demand to be classified as members of the other sex. 

The U.S. military in Iraq on Monday said it was downsizing its headquarters staff, as its mission shifts away from supporting Iraqi troops in combat and more towards training.

The Pentagon on Thursday accused Russia of “double dealing” in Syria — agreeing to a cease fire in its seven-year civil war, but then supporting Syrian forces bombing civilians in East Ghouta.

The Pentagon on Thursday said it will let Congress decide whether it has proper authority to continue supporting Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.

WASHINGTON, DC — Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadist have placed “mines in baby formula” that continue to be used as booby traps scattered across their former “capital” of Raqqa, Syria, warned a former Pentagon official who recently visited the nation.

A bipartisan coalition has emerged in the Senate to invoke the War Powers Resolution to stop U.S. military participation in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. 

The Pentagon has restarted military recruitment of people who say they want to switch sexes, despite orders from President Donald Trump to exclude transgender individuals from military service. Officials announced Monday, February 26, that they had signed a recruitment contract on February

President Donald Trump this week gets a Pentagon study which may recommend the government endorse the transgender ideology, despite his August directive to Pentagon officials.

An official within the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) this week that the militia would welcome the presence of Syrian government soldiers in Afrin if they fought against the ongoing Turkish invasion of that region.

The Trump administration wants to boost spending on deterring Russian aggression in Europe in 2019 by almost $2 billion, indicating continued wariness of Russia and support for European allies.

The Pentagon is requesting $686.1 billion for fiscal year 2019 — $597.1 billion for its base budget, and $89 billion for its war-funding budget some of which will pay for base budget requirements.

President Trump’s proposed military parade may not take place in Washington, the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson said Thursday.

The Defense Department found it necessary to remove the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review document from its website and correct an erroneous reference to Taiwan as a part of mainland China.

The logistical arm of the Department of Defense (DOD) has improperly documented hundreds of millions in spending on everything from construction projects to computers.

The Associated Press reported Friday that President Donald Trump’s new nuclear doctrine “is mostly in line with Obama plan, but more aggressive toward Russia.”

The rate of districts controlled or contested by jihadists in Afghanistan went from 43.3 to 44 percent during a two-month period that ended in October, revealed the U.S. military.

President Donald Trump is poised next month to request a boost in military spending for 2019, according to a recent report by the Washington Post.

The Trump administration’s record numbers of airstrikes in Afghanistan have failed to expand the Afghan government’s control over its population and stop the Taliban from quickly replacing its opium and heroin processing labs pulverized by the U.S. military, a watchdog agency said in a report to Congress released Tuesday.

The Pentagon hit back at a Southern California high school teacher whose derogatory comments about service members during class made national news after they were secretly filmed by a student and posted online.

A Pentagon spokesperson deemed “Operation Olive Branch,” Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria to combat the U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish militia there, a “distraction” but ultimately “not a crisis” between the two NATO member countries in comments Thursday.

The Pentagon was forced last year to rescind security clearances granted under the Obama administration to at least 165 contractors linked to various crimes, including felony convictions for pedophilia and foreign government affiliations, revealed a report issued by the Director of the Defense Security Service (DSS).

Turkey is a sovereign nation and the U.S. isn’t going to get into an argument with it. But apparently, Washington isn’t going to stop Ankara from falling off a cliff, either.

The Pentagon said Sunday that troops serving overseas can now watch two channels during the shutdown — a news channel and a sports channel.

The Pentagon’s blueprint for U.S. defense strategy cites China as a “strategic competitor,” taking a more confrontational stance towards the Asian nation than the previous administration.

Troops will not receive a paycheck this Friday if Congress fails to pass a budget or another short-term spending measure by then, according to the Pentagon.

The U.S. military’s senior noncommissioned officer issued a blunt warning to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS): Surrender or die.

The Afghan government, funded in part by the American taxpayer, has refused to award contracts to exploit the country’s lucrative mining industry to Pentagon-supported international companies, including U.S.-based contractors, according to the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a watchdog agency.

The #MeToo campaign reached a fever pitch in America this winter, taking down a slew of high-profile Hollywood, Washington, and news media figures. But those who served in the military say there has been no similar reckoning for them.

The left and media are presenting a decision by elements of the Trump administration not to pursue an immediate stay in court as a win by LGBTQ forces seeking to force President Donald Trump, America’s Commander-in-Chief, to accept transgender recruits into the U.S. military.

The recent federal court order prohibiting the Pentagon from denying prospective recruits on the basis of transgenderism was an act of “judicial overreach” that ignored the legitimate questions President Trump understood barred transgender troops, said Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney.

At a remote military base in Jordan earlier this month, U.S. Marines were abuzz with excitement — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was in town.

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis began a pre-holiday tour of military bases at the American Navy facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, offering holiday cheer to the troops tasked with operating the jihadi prison on the island and urging them to be ready for war.