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The Senate has confirmed new commanders for U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Special Operations Command as well as the next chief ...

Suspicions about leaks and a mistrust of senior military officers have defined much of the defense secretary’s first six ...

Chaos in the Pentagon over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s indecision and flip-flopping prompted President Donald Trump’s ...

Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons on his final day to officials including former Chief Medical Advisor to the President, Anthony Fauci, and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...

His success in those missions led to his nomination as the 20th chairman of the U.S. Joint Chief of Staff in Dec. 2018 to succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford, a former Wash100 Award winner, in the role.

Code-named "Operation Midnight Hammer," the top-secret U.S. precision attack on Iran's nuclear facilities launched overnight was the largest strike using B2 bombers in history and it was the longest ...