Tag: Defense policy
Despite COVID crisis, Congress seeks to do its day job
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as lawmakers stumble in their quest to pass another coronavirus response measure, both the House and Senate sought to return...
Trump troop cut in Germany fits a pattern of hitting allies
WASHINGTON (AP) - In vowing to pull thousands of American troops from Germany, President Donald Trump is following a pattern of disruptive, sometimes punitive,...
McConnell ‘OK’ with removing Confederate names from bases
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he’s “OK†with renaming military bases such as Fort Bragg that are named after...
Marine barbershops abuzz with demand for high-and-tight cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barbershops at some Marine Corps bases are abuzz with demand for high-and-tight haircuts.Despite social distancing and other Defense Department policies on...
Marine barbershops abuzz with demand for high-and-tight cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barbershops at some Marine Corps bases are abuzz with demand for high-and-tight haircuts.Despite social distancing and other Defense Department policies on...
‘Choppy waters’ await Navy as virus strikes aircraft carrier
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy, the military service hit hardest by the coronavirus, scrambled to contain its first at-sea outbreak, with at least two...
Trump ousts top defense official who certified Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption...
France seeks lead post-Brexit role in EU nuclear strategy
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday advocated a more coordinated European Union defense strategy in which France, the bloc's only post-Brexit...
US adds ‘low yield’ nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military has deployed a new addition to its nuclear arsenal - a long-range missile armed with a nuclear warhead...
Trump turns to those he has scorned for help on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) - As tensions fester with Iran, President Donald Trump finds himself turning to the very people and entities he’s spent three years...
