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WHOSE SIDE ARE WE ON?
Shocking report finds that likely U.S. counterterror strikes kill and maim—and destroy the homes of—so many innocent people that they are boosting Islamist group al-Shabab.
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CULTURE OF IMPUNITY
Particularly in more male-exclusive units, the presence of white nationalists is tolerated and normalized.
TROUBLE AT THE TOP
Twenty-eight-year veteran Kathryn Spletstoser couldn’t get the military to take her claims against a decorated Air Force general seriously. Now she’s making those claims in court.
DRAWDOWN
While other Dems say they support the diplomatic discussions on a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Warren said Thursday she wants U.S. forces out now—before a deal is reached.
FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET
The Russians have their Avangard missiles and the Chinese have a railgun, but the Americans have developed maneuverable hypersonic shells for their existing artillery.
OPERATIONAL
After design flaws, mechanical failures, delays, and cost overruns, the planes struck targets in Afghanistan Thursday.
‘An Open Joke’
In an effort to use every dollar lavished on the U.S. Navy this year, workers at a major California aircraft-repair factory are browsing the internet, socializing, even sleeping.