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In this Jan. 22, 2017, photo provided by U.S. Navy, the USS John S. McCain conducts a patrol in the South China Sea while supporting security efforts in the region. The guided-missile destroyer collided with a merchant ship on Monday, Aug. 21, in waters east of Singapore and the Straits of Malacca. (James Vazquez/U.S. Navy via AP)

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Search on for missing sailors; Navy chief orders probe of Pacific fleet

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, Annabelle Liang Associated Press, and Stephen Wright Associated PressAugust 21, 2017

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, to the right of the podium, is joined by top U.S. and Afghan military leaders for the launch of the Afghan Army’s new special operations corp on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, at Camp Morehead, a training base southeast of Kabul. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

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Trump to offer Afghan war talk

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressAugust 20, 2017

Paul Delacourt, the FBI special agent in charge of the Hawaii bureau, right, speaks at a news conference as acting U.S. Attorney Elliot Enoki, left, listens outside federal court in Honolulu, Monday.

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US soldier pledges loyalty to IS, gets arrested

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressJuly 11, 2017

In this April 22, 2017, file photo, an Afghan national Army soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in the Kabul-Jalalabad highway on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional American forces to Afghanistan, a Trump administration official said June 15.

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More US troops to go to Afghanistan

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressJune 16, 2017

FILE - In this April 22, 2017, file photo, an Afghan national Army stands guard at a checkpoint in the Kabul-Jalalabad highway on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional American forces to Afghanistan, a Trump administration official said June 15, hoping to break a stalemate in a war that has now passed to a third U.S. commander-in-chief. The deployment will be the largest of American manpower under Donald Trump’s young presidency. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

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About 4,000 more US troops to go to Afghanistan

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressJune 15, 2017

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis smiles at photographers before he testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget for the 2018 budget year, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Congress demands new strategy for 16-year Afghan war

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressJune 13, 2017

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, stands with Danish Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen, during a press conference, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Mattis said he had open and useful discussions with Turkish officials Tuesday, and said the two countries are working out differences over America’s continuing support for Syria Kurds as the fight against Islamic State militants moves closer to group’s headquarters in Raqqa. (Stine Tidsvilde/Ritzau Foto via AP)

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Trump OKs arms for Syrian Kurds

by Robert Burns Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressMay 9, 2017

In this photo taken April 19, Andrew Traver, director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) speaks during an interview at Marine Corps Base Quantico, in Quantico, Va.

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Scouring for nude images in photo scandal at Marine base

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressMay 6, 2017

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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US fires cruise missiles at Syria

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressApril 6, 2017

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, speaks with members of his delegation prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. For U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the next few days will be a reassurance tour with a twist. He is expected to tell allies the U.S. is committed to NATO and is also hoping to secure bigger defense spending commitments. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

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Pentagon chief says NATO members must boost defense spending

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressFebruary 15, 2017