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The battle of the budget is an annual rite of America’s military spending that is rarely resolved on time. This year, as in nine of...
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Trump Attacks Military and Defense Contractors
President Trump mounted a public attack unusual even for him over the Labor Day weekend, accusing his military leadership of advocating war “so that all...
Trump Administration Closing Stars and Stripes newspaper
WASHINGTON — Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper that has both informed and spoken for American troops over the decades, will cease print and online...
Allies and Former U.S. Officials Fear Trump Could Seek NATO Exit in a Second Term
For nearly four years, President Trump has publicly railed against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, angrily demanding that its members pay more for Europe’s collective...
The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color
WASHINGTON — All things being equal, Col. Anthony Henderson has the military background that the Marine Corps says it prizes in a general: multiple combat...
Welcome, Democrats, to Wherever It Is That We Are
Bret Stephens: Gail, last week I argued that what the Republicans need this November is “the political equivalent of an unsedated colonoscopy.” Several readers, including...
Trump Says He’ll Look Into a Pardon for Edward Snowden
President Trump said on Saturday that he would consider pardoning Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who faced criminal charges after leaking...
U.S. Companies Vie for Funds in Race to Build Rare Earths Industry
WASHINGTON — An effort by the Trump administration to break China’s stranglehold on the production of coveted metals vital to national security and many industries...
Nixon Did Call the Military on Protesters. He Just Covered It Up.
In the spring of 1971, Richard Nixon found himself in a situation not unlike President Trump’s. His approval rating was falling — in Mr. Nixon’s...
U.S. to Cut 12,000 Forces in Germany
The United States is cutting back its deployments in Germany by nearly 12,000 troops and shifting some of those forces around the continent, including relocating...