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Trump Fires Top Military Officer, Appoints New Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman
President Donald Trump announced Friday he is replacing top US military officer General Charles "CQ" Brown less than two years into his four-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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"Islamic State Trying To Regroup In Afghanistan": Top US General
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley on Tuesday said that the Islamic State (ISIS) and other terrorist groups are trying to regroup in Afghanistan.
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Peace With North Korea A 'Possibility': Top US General
Peace with North Korea is a "possibility," America's most senior uniformed officer said Thursday, but warned the US has "credible, viable military options" for dealing with the errant regime.
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Top US General Advises UN to Improve Peacekeeping
America's top general flew to New York on Tuesday to advise the United Nations on how to improve its peacekeeping operations.
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Pak Uses Terrorist Outfits as Proxies, Says US Army General
In a tacit acknowledgement that Pakistan continues to rely on terrorist outfits as proxies to serve as an instrument of national security policy, a top American general today told lawmakers that the US and Pakistan have differences on the issue, but asserted that financial and military aid to Islamabad would continue.
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Obama chooses Dempsey to be next Joint Chiefs head
President Barack Obama moved on Monday to complete an overhaul of the national security apparatus, selecting Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as his new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman amid a winding down of the war in Iraq, protracted battle in Afghanistan and American assistance to the NATO-led effort against Libya's Moammar Gaddhafi.Obama announced a new...
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US worried about Lashkar's 'global aspirations'
The Lashkar-e-Taiba is more than an anti-India terror group as it has "global aspirations" and has extended its reach to the West, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has said.The US is worried about the growing outreach of terror groups based in Pakistan, including the LeT, Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Tehrik-e-Taliban and their strong li...
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Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile
Pakistan successfully test-fired a short range surface to surface ballistic missile, HATF II (Abdali), with a range of 180 km on Friday, official sources said. The missile can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to the target. The test-fire was conducted at an undisclosed location and it witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee...
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Trump Fires Top Military Officer, Appoints New Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman
President Donald Trump announced Friday he is replacing top US military officer General Charles "CQ" Brown less than two years into his four-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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"Islamic State Trying To Regroup In Afghanistan": Top US General
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley on Tuesday said that the Islamic State (ISIS) and other terrorist groups are trying to regroup in Afghanistan.
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Peace With North Korea A 'Possibility': Top US General
Peace with North Korea is a "possibility," America's most senior uniformed officer said Thursday, but warned the US has "credible, viable military options" for dealing with the errant regime.
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Top US General Advises UN to Improve Peacekeeping
America's top general flew to New York on Tuesday to advise the United Nations on how to improve its peacekeeping operations.
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Pak Uses Terrorist Outfits as Proxies, Says US Army General
In a tacit acknowledgement that Pakistan continues to rely on terrorist outfits as proxies to serve as an instrument of national security policy, a top American general today told lawmakers that the US and Pakistan have differences on the issue, but asserted that financial and military aid to Islamabad would continue.
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Obama chooses Dempsey to be next Joint Chiefs head
President Barack Obama moved on Monday to complete an overhaul of the national security apparatus, selecting Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as his new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman amid a winding down of the war in Iraq, protracted battle in Afghanistan and American assistance to the NATO-led effort against Libya's Moammar Gaddhafi.Obama announced a new...
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US worried about Lashkar's 'global aspirations'
The Lashkar-e-Taiba is more than an anti-India terror group as it has "global aspirations" and has extended its reach to the West, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has said.The US is worried about the growing outreach of terror groups based in Pakistan, including the LeT, Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Tehrik-e-Taliban and their strong li...
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Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile
Pakistan successfully test-fired a short range surface to surface ballistic missile, HATF II (Abdali), with a range of 180 km on Friday, official sources said. The missile can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to the target. The test-fire was conducted at an undisclosed location and it witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee...
