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Home to 28,000 U.S. troops, S.Korea unlikely to avoid a Taiwan conflict

Tensions over Taiwan have raised the thorny issue of whether U.S. troops based in South Korea would be involved in any conflict, with American and South Korean officials acknowledging that the peninsula could easily be dragged into a crisis.

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Pentagon helping troops pay bills, but less than Congress wants

Tribune News Service

Pentagon helping troops pay bills, but less than Congress wants

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials announced Thursday that U.S. military personnel who face a rising cost of living will be getting financial help soon, but the initiative falls short of what many lawmakers have sought.

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Pentagon lays out new food, housing programs for troops

The Pentagon has announced a number of new programs aimed at helping service members who are struggling with housing shortages and steep food and living expenses as they move from base to base

The Independent UK

Congress tells Pentagon to speed review of large drones for Ukraine

Seventeen members of Congress told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to speed up a Pentagon security review of a Ukrainian request for large armable drones, according to a letter dated Wednesday and seen by Reuters.

Reuters

Pentagon helping troops pay bills, but less than Congress wants - Roll Call

The changes were laid out in a memo in which Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III outlined enhanced compensation to offset rising costs.

Roll Call

Nuclear arms fears surface during Senate hearing

Should the vice president’s residence be moved to Kansas City to ensure the U.S. government can function after a nuclear strike?

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Nuclear arms fears surface during Senate hearing - Roll Call

Doomsday queries at a Senate hearing reflect heightened level of alarm after China, Russia devise new delivery systems.

Roll Call

Texas Sheriff Opens Criminal Investigation Into Migrants 'Lured Under False Pretenses' to Martha's Vineyard

Plus: Pentagon investigating U.S. propaganda on social media, 1,648 books banned last school year, and more...

Reason

US military intelligence says Putin unable to attain Ukraine goal

Russia ‘planned for an occupation, not necessarily an invasion, and that has set them back’, Pentagon official says.

Al Jazeera

Military intel chief says Putin can't achieve Ukraine goal

The Pentagon's intelligence chief says Russian forces have shown themselves incapable of achieving President Vladimir Putin’s initial objectives in Ukraine, as things stand now

The Independent UK

US Announces New $600 Mln Arms Package for Ukraine

US President Joe Biden announced a new $600 million arms package to help the Ukrainian military battle Russia, according to a White House memo sent to the State Department on Thursday. Biden authorized the assistance using his Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows the president to sanction the transfer of excess…

Asharq Al-Awsat

COUNTERPOINT: Let’s cut the military budget, just don’t call it ‘defund’

There is an excellent argument that the “defund” trope has become so politicized that it now gets in the way of, rather than advances, policy advocacy of any stripe.

Tribune News Service

Time Is Running Out to Defend Taiwan

Washington must focus on near-term deterrence.

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The Times of India

US has very close defence relationship with India: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: The United States has a very close defence relationship with India, the Pentagon has said as it dismissed questions about the latest multinational military exercises involving Russia, India and China.

Salon

How the arms industry scams taxpayers

Contractors cash in as Congress adds billions to the Pentagon budget

Boston Herald

‘Disgusting’ plea deal could be in works for 9/11 mastermind in Guantanamo Bay

A possible plea deal with five remaining al-Qaida terrorists locked up in Guantanamo Bay has some in the 9/11 community reeling just as the anniversary of the terror attack marked its 21st year.

Los Angeles Times

Don’t declare Ukrainian victory prematurely, White House warns

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are attempting to tamp down any overly optimistic expectations following Ukraine’s significant gains against Russia in recent days.

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High-tech competition with China should be focus, report urges - Roll Call

Eric Schmidt-led group calls for a new defense strategy dubbed “Offset-X” to counter Chinese military strength.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Western Arms Production to Ramp Up as Ukraine Burns through Stockpiles

Western governments are mobilizing their arms manufacturers to ramp up production and replenish stockpiles heavily diminished by supplying Ukraine's six-month-old battle against Russia's invasion. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced this week a meeting of senior national armaments directors from allied countries to make long-term plans for supplying Ukraine and…

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine claims Russian military command has stopped sending new units into country – as it happened

Ukraine officials make claim Russian volunteers are refusing to serve in combat conditions after their counter-offensive

Bangkok Post

Western arms production ramping up as Ukraine burns through stockpiles

WASHINGTON: Western governments are mobilizing their arms manufacturers to ramp up production and replenish stockpiles heavily diminished by supplying Ukraine's six-month-old battle against Russia's invasion.

Daily Record

Sarah Ferguson almost killed during 9/11 attack but was saved by astonishing twist of fate

In the aftermath of the attack, it seemed that many survival stories were full of sliding doors moments.

The Independent UK

‘In the shadow of death’: A look back at how The Independent covered 9/11’s chilling aftermath

‘If I ever need to imagine what a nuclear hell must look like, I have seen it today,’ David Usborne wrote of Ground Zero in September 2001

France 24

US marks anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks

Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

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