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Russia Launches Another Major Missile Attack on Ukraine

Ukraine's capital came under one of the biggest attacks of the war on Friday as Russia's invading forces fired dozens of missiles across the country, triggering widespread emergency power outages, Ukrainian officials said. Gunfire from air defense systems and thudding explosions combined with the wail of air-raid sirens as the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Senate sends fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill to Biden’s desk

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to pass the final defense authorization bill for fiscal 2023, clearing the sweeping measure for President Joe Biden’s signature.

Tribune News Service

$858 bn US defense bill scraps military vaccine mandate

Washington (AFP) - US lawmakers directed the Pentagon to rescind its Covid-19 vaccine mandate as part of the $858 billion 2023 defense spending bill passed by the Senate on Thursday.

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Pilot ejects from fighter jet in Texas in failed landing

Officials say a pilot had safely ejected from a plane after a failed landing at a North Texas military base

The Independent UK

U.S. military to expand training of Ukrainian forces in Germany

The U.S. military announced on Thursday it will expand wartime training in Germany of Ukrainian military personnel fighting Russia's invasion with a focus on joint maneuver and combined arms operations.

Reuters

Senate sends fiscal 2023 NDAA to Biden's desk - Roll Call

The Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass the final defense authorization bill for fiscal 2023, clearing the measure for Biden's signature.

Roll Call

US to expand combat training for Ukrainian troops

U.S. officials say the Pentagon will expand military combat training for Ukrainian forces, using the slower winter months to instruct larger units in more complex battle skills

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Lawmakers aim to deep-six Pentagon 'wish lists' - Roll Call

Lawmakers are seeking to end the Defense Department’s extensive use of unfunded priorities lists to increase the Pentagon’s budget.

Roll Call

Editorial: Gillibrand’s long march: Persistence has paid off with military justice fairness

Kirsten Gillibrand would not give up. The New York senator labored for a decade to reform how the military justice system works (and doesn’t work). And now she has prevailed. The thousands of annual cases of sexual assault and rape in the ranks will be handled like crimes among civilians,…

Tribune News Service

Final defense authorization bill removes most House provisions on hate groups

WASHINGTON — The lawmakers who wrote this year’s final defense authorization bill deleted or diluted all eight House-passed NDAA provisions pertaining to extremism in the U.S. military or American society.

Tribune News Service

Kremlin: U.S. Patriot systems in Ukraine would be legitimate target

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. Patriot missile defence systems would be a legitimate target for Russian strikes against Ukraine, should the United States authorise them to be delivered to support Kyiv.

Reuters

Final NDAA removes most House provisions on hate groups - Roll Call

Most of the provisions aimed at identifying and removing extremism in the U.S. military were stripped out of the annual defense policy bill.

Roll Call

Kremlin: US Patriot Systems in Ukraine Would Be Legitimate Target

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that US Patriot missile defense systems would be a legitimate target for Russian strikes against Ukraine, should the United States authorize them to be delivered to support Kyiv. Washington is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, a decision that could…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Editorial: GOP forces halt to the military's vaccine mandate to placate the radical fringe

The Republican Party has once again bowed to its radical fringe regarding reasonable precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. An $858 billion defense-funding bill that passed the House last week contains a stipulation that the Pentagon lift its coronavirus vaccination requirement. House Republicans threatened to stall the bill…

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US Plans to Send Patriot Missiles to Ukraine

The Pentagon is finalizing plans to send Patriot missile batteries that can shoot down incoming missiles to Ukraine, US media reported Tuesday. As Russia has ramped up missile strikes on key Ukrainian infrastructure, the administration of President Joe Biden could announce the deployment as early as this week, US officials…

AFP

US plans to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine: media

Washington (AFP) - The Pentagon is finalizing plans to send Patriot missile batteries that can shoot down incoming missiles to Ukraine, US media reported Tuesday.

Reuters

U.S. resumes patrols with SDF in northern Syria - Pentagon

The United States has fully restarted patrols in northern Syria with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Pentagon said on Tuesday, after they had been paused because of Turkish strikes in the region.

Reuters

Pentagon calls for investigation into Reuters report of Nigeria child killings

The U.S. military on Tuesday called on Nigeria to conduct an independent investigation of allegations in a Reuters report that the Nigerian army killed children in its fight against insurgents.

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Salon

Google wants to digitize troops' samples

The tech giant seeks access to a priceless trove of veterans’ skin samples, tumor biopsies and organ slices

Salon

Fake history and the "Christmas bombing"

In the American narrative, one last bombing attack on North Vietnam brought peace. That's a self-serving fiction

The Independent UK

Pentagon admits concern ‘Merchant of Death’ Viktor Bout will return to arms dealing after Brittney Griner swap

‘This should be a moment of deep reflection for the United States government to recognise we have a serious problem with hostage-taking of Americans,’ Senator Bob Menendez said

Salon

DeSantis' pitch: Accept mass death

Ron DeSantis hopes to beat Trump by running as the manly man who rejects vaccines and welcomes mass death

The Independent UK

US keeps eye on China's space activities for potential risks

The head of American military operations in space says the U.S. is closely monitoring Chinese activities that pose a potential risk to its assets in space

Reuters

U.S. to send Ukraine anti-drone, air defense aid worth $275 million

(This Dec. 8 story has been refiled to remove an extraneous paragraph)

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Rescinding the military's COVID vaccine rule is the Democrats' dumbest compromise in the lame-duck session

If you need evidence that Congress is dominated by its stupidest members, look no further than the apparent agreement in the House to lift the requirement that members of the military be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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