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Carlo Muñoz is a former military correspondent for The Washington Times.

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As members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council face Turkish-backed fighters, joint U.S.-Turkish military patrols have calmed tensions in the city for now. Defense Secretary James Mattis said, "It is the most complex battle space I have seen." (Associated Press/File)

U.S., Turkey patrol in Syria leaves Kurds out

U.S. and Turkish military patrols have begun operating in the highly strategic northern Syrian enclave of Manbij, heading off a feared clash between the two NATO allies but potentially leaving the Pentagon's Kurdish allies in the region shortchanged once again.

June 18, 2018
Defense Secretary James Mattis speaks during a portrait unveiling ceremony for former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pentagon’s plans for Iraq mission shelved

BRUSSELS | American and NATO military officials are transforming the U.S. mission in Iraq into a more-multinational campaign amid the promise of new commitments from partner nations to train and advise Iraqi forces to prevent a recurrence of the threat from Islamic State.

June 18, 2018
Adm. Harry B. Harris, Jr., U.S. Navy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, center, and U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, second left, arrive at the Bayi Building to meet with Chinese General Fang Fenghui, PLA Chief of General Staff, and Admiral Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of general staff of the PLA, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump’s Seoul ambassadorial pick still sees nuclear threat from North

President Trump's pick to fill the long-vacant ambassador's post in Seoul said the president's personal diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has put the U.S. in a "dramatically different place," but balked at endorsing Mr. Trump's Twitter assertion that Pyongyang is no longer a nuclear threat.

June 14, 2018
U.S. Marines join in an ongoing U.S.-Thai joint Cobra Gold U.S.-Thai joint military exercise on Hat Yao beach in Chonburi province, eastern Thailand, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. Approximately 11,000 military personnel from the  U.S., Thailand, and South Korea are taking part in the annual drill. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) **FILE**

Former Pacific Command chief backs pause in U.S. war games

The U.S. and its Pacific allies should back Washington's decision to suspend military drills with South Korea, to give Pyongyang a chance to prove whether they are serious about bringing peace to the peninsula, retired U.S. Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris told Congress Thursday.

June 14, 2018
Defense Secretary James Mattis speaks during a portrait unveiling ceremony for former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

James Mattis works to preserve defense gains amid NATO tensions

The Pentagon is determined to keep tensions over trade and other issues between the U.S. and its allies from jeopardizing President Trump's long-term campaign to get America's NATO allies to contribute their fair share to the alliance's defense coffers, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said Wednesday as he arrived here for a summit of NATO defense ministers.

June 6, 2018
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis will be pressuring NATO members to do more on and off the battlefield. The U.S. pressure for more defense spending and support from key NATO allies is having an impact, analysts say. (Associated Press Photographs)

James Mattis meets NATO counterparts

Ex-Marine James N. Mattis' experience operating in hostile territory could come in handy this week as the U.S. defense secretary travels to Europe at a time of unusual strain between the U.S. and its allies, over trade, Iran, energy policy, sanctions — and U.S. demands for more defense spending and more help in such crisis spots as Iraq and Afghanistan.

June 5, 2018