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Video: US Kills 4 In Latest Attack On Alleged Drug Boat Near Venezuela
US forces carried out a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela on Friday, killing four people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
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Why Was Department Of War Renamed After World War II And Why Donald Trump Wants It Restored
Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War, reviving its historic title from 1789 to 1947.
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US Defense Intelligence Agency Chief Fired. He Had Denied Trump's Iran Claim
The move comes after the Defense Intelligence Agency findings appeared to contradict US President Donald Trump's earlier statements.
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National Guard Deployed In Washington Will Be Armed Soon, Says Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump's law enforcement crackdown will be armed, the Pentagon said Friday.
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US Lawmaker Presses Defense For Details On Microsoft's Chinese Engineers
A US lawmaker on Thursday pressed the US Defense Department for further details on what information the US military shared with Chinese engineers as part of a cloud computing services contract with Microsoft.
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US Says It Is Deploying More Defensive Capabilities To Middle East
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday he had ordered the deployment of additional defensive capabilities to the Middle East, as the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran drives regional tensions higher.
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US Accepts Qatar's Boeing 747 Gift For Donald Trump's Use
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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Pentagon Orders 'Comprehensive Review' Into US Afghanistan Withdrawal
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a "comprehensive review" of the United States' chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
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Pentagon Chief Orders 20% Reduction Of Four-Star Military Officers
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered at least a 20 percent reduction in the number of active-duty four-star generals and admirals in the US military, a memo from the defense secretary said.
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In Rajnath Singh-Pete Hegseth Call, US Backs India's Right To Defend Itself
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to US Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, a day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to his American counterpart amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
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US Defense Secretary's Chief Of Staff Leaving His Job Amid Chat Leak Row
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's chief of staff is leaving his job, a senior defense official said Thursday, in the latest shakeup to hit the upper echelons of the Pentagon's leadership.
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Yemen War Plan Blunder: Did Pentagon Chief Leak Chats To Family?
Before the US launched military strikes on Yemen on March 15, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared critical information about the planned attacks to a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.
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Top US Defense Secretary Put On Leave In Pentagon Leak Probe
One of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a US official told Reuters.
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Panama Says Won't Accept US Military Bases On Its Soil
Panama's security minister said his country would reject any effort to reestablish US military bases on his country's soil, slapping down a suggestion by the visiting US Defense Secretary Wednesday.
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Stop "Blackmail" Against Panama: China To US
China on Tuesday refuted US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claim that Beijing interferes in the operations of the Panama Canal.
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Video: US Kills 4 In Latest Attack On Alleged Drug Boat Near Venezuela
US forces carried out a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela on Friday, killing four people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
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Why Was Department Of War Renamed After World War II And Why Donald Trump Wants It Restored
Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War, reviving its historic title from 1789 to 1947.
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US Defense Intelligence Agency Chief Fired. He Had Denied Trump's Iran Claim
The move comes after the Defense Intelligence Agency findings appeared to contradict US President Donald Trump's earlier statements.
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National Guard Deployed In Washington Will Be Armed Soon, Says Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump's law enforcement crackdown will be armed, the Pentagon said Friday.
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US Lawmaker Presses Defense For Details On Microsoft's Chinese Engineers
A US lawmaker on Thursday pressed the US Defense Department for further details on what information the US military shared with Chinese engineers as part of a cloud computing services contract with Microsoft.
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US Says It Is Deploying More Defensive Capabilities To Middle East
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday he had ordered the deployment of additional defensive capabilities to the Middle East, as the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran drives regional tensions higher.
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US Accepts Qatar's Boeing 747 Gift For Donald Trump's Use
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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Pentagon Orders 'Comprehensive Review' Into US Afghanistan Withdrawal
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a "comprehensive review" of the United States' chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
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Pentagon Chief Orders 20% Reduction Of Four-Star Military Officers
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered at least a 20 percent reduction in the number of active-duty four-star generals and admirals in the US military, a memo from the defense secretary said.
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In Rajnath Singh-Pete Hegseth Call, US Backs India's Right To Defend Itself
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to US Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, a day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to his American counterpart amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
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US Defense Secretary's Chief Of Staff Leaving His Job Amid Chat Leak Row
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's chief of staff is leaving his job, a senior defense official said Thursday, in the latest shakeup to hit the upper echelons of the Pentagon's leadership.
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Yemen War Plan Blunder: Did Pentagon Chief Leak Chats To Family?
Before the US launched military strikes on Yemen on March 15, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared critical information about the planned attacks to a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.
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Top US Defense Secretary Put On Leave In Pentagon Leak Probe
One of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a US official told Reuters.
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Panama Says Won't Accept US Military Bases On Its Soil
Panama's security minister said his country would reject any effort to reestablish US military bases on his country's soil, slapping down a suggestion by the visiting US Defense Secretary Wednesday.
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Stop "Blackmail" Against Panama: China To US
China on Tuesday refuted US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claim that Beijing interferes in the operations of the Panama Canal.
