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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018, file photo, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, John Rood, speaks during a news conference on the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, at the Pentagon. John Rood, the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that the Defense Department had seen enough anti-corruption progress in Ukraine to justify releasing congressionally authorized aid, has resigned at President Donald Trump's request. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Trump ousts defense official who certified Ukraine aid

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressFebruary 19, 2020

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim of a Ukrainian plane crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday, just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital's main airport, turning farmland on the outskirts of Tehran into fields of flaming debris and killing all on board. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Canada, US: Iranians shot down jetliner

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressJanuary 9, 2020

Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout anti-American and anti-Israel slogans during a protest against a U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. The killing of Iran’s top military commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani triggered several anti-U.S. protests in Indian-controlled Kashmir, and the protesters also shut down shops and businesses in towns in south Kashmir.

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US sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, Robert Burns Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressJanuary 3, 2020

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testifies to a House committee hearing on U.S. policy in Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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US eyes options for reducing force in Afghanistan

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressDecember 11, 2019

President Donald Trump winks as he listens before a trade agreement signing with Japan in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump defends decision to abandon Kurdish allies in Syria

by Robert Burns Associated Press, Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 7, 2019

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, seen this month in Paris, had no answers why suicides were climbing among service members, but he did note rates are up overall.

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Military sees frustrating trend as suicides spike

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressSeptember 27, 2019

Construction crews replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left, seen from Tijuana, March 11.

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Military base cuts for border wall affect schools

by Andrew Taylor Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressSeptember 5, 2019

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Green Beret from Chicopee killed in Afghanistan

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressAugust 22, 2019

Gen. John Hyten appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, for his confirmation hearing to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Pentagon nominee denies allegations of sexual misconduct

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressJuly 31, 2019

Research scientist Leila Walker, left, is assisted by nutritional physiologist Holly McClung, center, as they demonstrate equipment designed to evaluate fitness levels in female soldiers, not shown, who have joined elite fighting units such the Navy Seals, at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, in Natick.

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Military studies ‘hyperfit’ women

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressJuly 21, 2019