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Pentagon poised to store heavy weapons in Baltic and Eastern Europe - NYT

The Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for...

Jun 13, 2015 06:22 PM EDT

Pentagon again asks China to end island building, seeks more military contact

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and repeated a U.S. call for...

Jun 12, 2015 09:24 AM EDT

China in focus as cyber attack hits millions of U.S. federal workers

Hackers broke into U.S. government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million c...

Jun 05, 2015 08:49 AM EDT

Allies back Iraq plan against ISIS, Baghdad seeks more help

Western and Arab states carrying out air strikes on Islamic State fighters backed on Tuesday Iraq's ...

Jun 02, 2015 06:05 PM EDT

U.S. says China has placed mobile artillery on reclaimed island

The United States said on Friday that China had placed mobile artillery weapons systems on a reclaim...

May 30, 2015 05:57 AM EDT

U.S. military orders review as anthrax mishap widens

The U.S. military said on Friday it discovered even more suspected shipments of live anthrax than pr...

May 30, 2015 05:15 AM EDT

U.S., China set for high-stakes rivalry in skies above South China Sea

When the U.S. navy sent a littoral combat ship on its first patrol of the disputed Spratly islands i...

May 15, 2015 09:48 AM EDT

Pentagon, U.S. spy chief urge use of more Russian rocket engines

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and the nation's spy chief this week urged a key Senate committee ...

May 13, 2015 10:00 AM EDT

U.S. military starts training Syrian fighters to combat Islamic State

The United States has begun a long-awaited program to train Syrian fighters to go into combat agains...

May 08, 2015 10:21 AM EDT

Pentagon dismisses Moscow claim of U.S. troops in Ukraine combat zone

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that U.S. troops were training Ukrainian forces in the...

Apr 23, 2015 07:13 PM EDT

Pentagon chief to visit Japan, Korea on first Asia-Pacific trip

Defense Secretary Ash Carter will travel to Japan and South Korea next week on his first trip to the...

Apr 04, 2015 07:49 AM EDT

U.S. arms flow to Iraq ahead of planned Mosul offensive

Some 10,000 U.S. M-16 rifles and other military supplies worth about $17.9 million arrived in Iraq t...

Feb 24, 2015 06:06 PM EST

New Defense Secretary hosts U.S. gathering on Islamic State strategy

New U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is gathering top U.S. military commanders and diplomats for ta...

Feb 22, 2015 06:05 PM EST

'CyberCaliphate' hacks Newsweek Twitter account, threatens Obama

Newsweek magazine's Twitter account was the victim of hackers on Tuesday who posted a threat to U.S....

Feb 10, 2015 10:16 PM EST

United States closes its embassy in conflict-hit Yemen

The United States is closing its embassy in Yemen, the Arabian peninsula state that is a front line ...

Feb 10, 2015 08:45 PM EST

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