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The article reports on the deal signed by the U.S. and the Islamic militant movement Taliban to end the war in Afghanistan. Topics discussed include the withdrawal of American troops from the country, the Taliban's commitment to end its relations with international terrorist organizations including the Al Qaeda, and the history of the American military's involvement in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The article reports that some of the U.S. Special Forces officers who fought with the Kurds in Syria are saying they feel deep remorse at orders from the U.S. to abandon their allies. Topics discussed include the feeling among the Kurds of being betrayed following the pullback orders, the move by the Kurds north to reinforce their comrades, and the close ties that the American Special Forces and other troops had built with their Kurdish allies.

The article reports on the possibility of ongoing U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) involvement in the Afghan War. It mentions the planned withdrawal of military forces, the use of militias backed by the CIA, and how these plans might impact negotiations with the Taliban.

The article reports that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to replicate the military parades in other countries during Fourth of July celebration. Topics discussed include the transformation of traditional activities of the celebration of the Independence Day, display of military tanks and heavy equipment, the traditional way of celebrating the event, some cabinet officers who will be in the event and the cost of the Salute to America event.

The article reports on the deployment of the U.S. Army along the U.S.-Mexico border, dubbed Operation Faithful Patriot. Topics discussed include final cost estimate of the deployment, argument of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who U.S. President Donald Trump accused of being a Democrat, against politicizing the military, and formal requests of the Department of Homeland Security to the Pentagon in late October 2018 for support in handling immigrants at the southern border.

The article offers information on the criticism of the U.S. president Donald Trump's administration by the James Mattis, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, along with information on the policies of the Trump related to the immigrants and tribal people in the U.S.

The article reports on the investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) into a 2017 U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) mission in Niger. Topics explored include the training of SF junior officers prior to their military counterterrorism mission in the region, the death of 4 U.S. soldiers in an ambush led by militant group Islamic State, and the assistance extended by Nigerien soldiers to the SF mission.

The article reports that the leader of a team of U.S. soldiers in Niger warned before the mission that his troops did not have the equipment needed to carry out a raid against a local militant. Topics mentioned include the death of four U.S. soldiers and five Nigerians after an ambush, redirection of Operational Detachment-Alpha Team 3212 to the operation against the militant Doundoun Cheffou, and retirement of Brigadier General Donald C. Bolduc.

The article discusses that the U.S. would not sell it F-35 stealth fighter jets, in retaliation for the country's purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems.

The article reports on the reprimand letter issued by U.S. Lieutenant General Francis M. Beaudette of the Army's Special Operations Command to Army's Special Operations Command leader Captain Michael Perozeni for failure to undergo proper pre-mission training prior to their 2017 mission in Niger.

The article reports on the challenges to the plan of President Donald Trump to send more troops to prevent the caravan of migrants at the U.S. border including the cost of deploying active duty military, the fewer troops available to fight threats and the use of other resources like vehicles.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Defense will deploy more than 5,000 active-duty military troops to the southern border of the U.S. to stop a caravan of Central American migrants as part of mid term elections.

The article reports on taking executive action to bar migrants and asylum seekers from entering the U.S. at the southern border by U.S. President Donald Trump and orders U.S. Army troops to help secure the southern border.

The article focuses on the halting of the F-35 Fighter Jets' flights due to the crashing of a strike fighter jet in South Carolina and mentions the investigations of the Department of Defense of the U.S. for the crash and the suspicion of the military on the faultiness of the fuel tank.

The article reports on the investigation against U.S. Spokeswoman Dana W. White over mistreatment complain in 2018.

The article features First Lieutenant Marina A. Hierl, the first woman in the U.S. Marine Corps to lead an infantry platoon. Hierl is one of the platoon commanders in Echo Company sent to the Northern Territory of Australia for training exercises and to act as a response force for the Pacific region. The Marine Corps allowed women into its infantry ranks in 2015 after initially resisting the Defense Department's order in 2013 to include women in combat roles.

The article reports that U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged President Donald Trump to get congressional approval before the U.S. launched airstrikes against Syria, but was overruled by President Donald Trump , who wanted a rapid and profound response, according to administration officials.

The article reports that the U.S. military has been spending substantial funds to help detain thousands of Islamic State fighters and their family members in makeshift camps run by Kurdish militias in northern Syria, reaching deeper into the war zone detention operations.

The article informs that the U.S. Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to halt American military support for the deadly Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen, as lawmakers from both parties declined to support a rare attempt to limit the president's war powers, as of March 2018.

The article focuses on New York City firefighters Christopher J. Raguso and Christopher Tripp Zanetis who were both killed in an HH-60 Pave Hawk military-helicopter crash near Qaim, Iraq on March 15, 2018.

The article reports that U.S. Department of Defense is planning a parade of military convoys in Washington, D.C. inspired by President Donald Trump in February 2018, however it is being criticized as the agency is facing readiness and budget issues.

The article mentions about the bombing of Islamic State fighters in Somalia by the U.S. military for the first time on November 3, 2017 after recent battlefield successes against the militants in Iraq and Syria.

The article offers information on an investigation into an attack on the U.S. Army Special Forces in Niger which left four soldiers dead and twowounded, and presents the views of Lieutenant General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the director of the military's Joint Staff, on the same.

Opinion. Comments on business leadership in the United States. Reference to leaders like Harold S. Geneen of International Telephone and Telegraph company, and Charles Bludhorn of Gulf and Western company; Emergence of a diverse mix of global-minded companies in an effort to challenge traditional business-sense; Comparison of the business environment of the 1990s with that of the 1950s; Responsibilites of chief executives; Definition of business success.

The article reports that 12 U.S. Republicans joined Senate Democrats to overturn U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southwestern border on March 14, 2019. Topics discussed include their argument that Trump had exceeded his powers in trying to build a border wall, this move as a sign that the Republican majority is reasserting its authority with the president and views on the use of emergency powers in this circumstance.

The article discusses the degree of force being considered by U.S. President Donald Trump in the U.S. military's potential airstrike against Syrian government armed forces, in retaliation for an alleged chemical attack carried out by the Syrian regime in the Syrian Civil War. An overview of the Trump administration's blaming of the aforementioned chemical attacks on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is provided.

The article discusses the U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetoric on retaliating against Syrian, Iran and Russia for the Syrian military's alleged chemical weapons attack on Douma, Syria on April 7, 2018, amidst the Syrian Civil War. An overview of Trump's rhetoric on having the U.S. military conduct airstrikes on targets in Syria, including in regard to his perspective on the responsibility of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the chemical attacks, is provided.

The article reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) drone found a young woman and children in a militant camp in Pakistan, which, according to intelligence agents, was an American family abducted five years earlier. The U.S. warned Pakistan to release the family, or it would deploy commandos of the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team 6 in Pakistan to do the same. In response, Pakistani officials took assistance from American intelligence and rescued the family.

The article discusses the possibility that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will issue an executive order banning telecommunications companies in America from using Chinese equipment, and it mentions an effort to prevent the Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. firm from accessing 5G networks.

The article offers information warning from U.S. President Donald Trump about the caravan of migrants who were crossing the U.S. from Central America and Mexico which occurred during the midterm elections in November 2018.

The article focuses on the insult of an American slain soldier's widow by the U.S. President during the condolence call, and talks of investigation of death of military officer La David T. Johnson who was killed in Niger, controversy post the criticism of the U.S. President by Johnson's widow,

The article reports on the ambush of members of the U.S. special forces by Nigerian fighters loyal to the terrorist group, Islamic State in the desert of Niger on October 4, 2017. Topics discussed include the deaths of several soldiers in the ambush triggering a debate over how the families of fallen U.S. soldiers should be treated by their commander in chief and a series of intelligence failures and strategic miscalculations that resulted to an ambush.

The article reports on a plan being considered by the U.S. government that would keep most refugees out of the U.S. Topics discussed include cut in refugee admissions as one option being weighed by the government, remarks from Eric Schwartz, president of Refugees International, and effort of U.S. President Donald Trump to reduce the number of documented and undocumented immigrants entering the country.

The article focuses on the possible involvement of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018. A conversation intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies in 2017 caught the crown prince telling a top aid that he would use a bullet on Khashoggi. The crown prince's possible role in the murder of Khashoggi was denied by the Saudi government.

The article discusses issues regarding U.S. immigration tackled by U.S. President Donald Trump as the November 6, 2018 U.S. elections nears. Topics include Trump's anti-immigrant message designed to stoke fear to motivate voters to reject Democrats, actions promised by Trump to demonstrate a renewed crackdown on immigrants, such as the order to increase military units on the border and Trump's campaign which put out a television advertisement appealing to the Republicans' advocacy.

The article reports on the plan of President Donald Trump to invite President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to visit Washington, D.C., in the fall 2018. Dan Coats, director of national intelligence, was surprised by the planned meeting. Trump announced the plan after amid his effort to explain statements he had made during his meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland.

The article focuses on the attack by U.S. President Donald Trump on unauthorized immigrants and the judicial system that handles them, saying that they should be sent back immediately without due process. Topics covered include how the comment has led to confusions on his executive order ending the separation of children from parents, constitutional questions and dissension faced by his call to ignore due process, and how his conflicting statements are complicating legislative effort.

The article reports on the decision to withdraw Ronny L. Jackson from consideration to join U.S. President Donald Trump's cabinet as the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs after a series of allegations against him surfaced. Jackson was accused of being a bully, keeping sloppy medical records, drinking too much and loosely dispensing strong drugs for politicians and political aides. Jackson, Trump and numerous White House officials denied the allegations.

The article offers information on self-destructive behavior of John F. Kelly, White House chief of staff along with his involvements in culture wars. Topics discussed include decision of U.S President Donald Trump regarding decline in annual cap on refugees; the views of Leon E. Panetta, former Defense Secretary on President Barack Obama's administration; and the views of Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant homeland security secretary, on immigration.

The article reports that U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed his military commanders to quickly wrap up the American military operation in Syria so that he can bring troops home within a few months, and mentions that Trump insisted on an immediate withdrawal.