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Carlo Muñoz

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

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An Israeli soldier stand by a tank near the border with Syria in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. The Israeli military says it has carried out an air strike in Syria on a building used by Islamic State militants to attack Israeli forces. The overnight air strike Monday targeted an abandoned United Nations building that Israel says was used as a base by the militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel says Iran fires missiles

Israel's military says Iranian forces based in neighboring Syria fired about 20 projectiles at Israeli positions in the Golan Heights.

May 9, 2018
Co-Exercise Directors Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, center, commander of the 3rd U.S. Marine Expeditionary Forces, and Northern Luzon commander Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Salamat, left, unfurl a flag of the joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise dubbed "Balikatan 34-2018" during the opening ceremony Monday, May 7, 2018 at Camp Aguinaldo in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. About 8,000 U.S. and Philippine troops are taking part in the annual exercise to enhance their interoperability in counterterrorism and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response or HADR. Contingents from Australia and Japan are also taking part in the two-week exercise. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

U.S., Philippines kick off largest military drill in the region

Over 8,000 American and Philippine troops kicked off this year's annual Balikatan military exercises, the largest bilateral military drills between the two allies, on Tuesday despite previous threats by Manila to dissolve the partnership with Washington and the Pentagon.

May 8, 2018
The U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is shown here. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Guantanamo Bay at center of Pentagon budget battle

Congress is readying for a fight over the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as members of the House and Senate defense panels draft their versions of the Pentagon's budget for the coming fiscal year.

May 6, 2018
A picture taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 shows, a U.S. F-18 fighter jet, left, land on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as a U.S. destroyer sells on alongside during fly exercises in the Persian Gulf. The Carrier sailed from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Iranian navy lies low in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. military unsure why

American warships operating in the waterways near the Iranian coastline have routinely been harassed by Tehran's naval forces in recent years. Tensions came to a head after the capture and brief detention of 10 American sailors who mistakenly entered Iranian waters in January 2016.

May 2, 2018
The successful final flying tests of the new Ukrainian Vilkha missile complex seen in a military training ground south of city Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Ukraine will launch the batch production of the Vilkha (Alder) missile complex next year Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said. (Mykola Lazarenko/Presidential Press Service Pool Photo via AP)

Advanced U.S. missile system arrives in Ukraine, Kiev confirms

The Trump administration has quietly completed the transfer of lethal new anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine, angering the Kremlin and signaling a possible escalation of the fighting between Kiev and Russian-backed separatists in the country's divided east.

May 1, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents material on Iranian nuclear weapons development during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Monday, April 30 2018. Netanyahu says his government has obtained "half a ton" of secret Iranian documents proving the Tehran government once had a nuclear weapons program. Calling it a "great intelligence achievement," Netanyahu said Monday that the documents show that Iran lied about its nuclear ambitions before signing a 2015 deal with world powers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel obtained ‘half a ton’ of documents on Iran’s nuclear weapons program

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu theatrically revealed a library of files and CDs Monday that he claimed was secretly obtained from Tehran and showed Iran lied about its atomic bomb ambitions prior to the 2015 nuclear deal, adding a new layer of complexity to President Trump's looming decision over the future of the deal while heightening fears of an imminent military clash between Tehran and Tel Aviv.

April 30, 2018
An autonomous delivery vehicle targeted toward the "spoiled Chinese" consumer is an example of artificial intelligence coming out of Silicon Valley, which has an uncomfortable relationship with the Pentagon and the CIA. (Associated Press/File)

U.S., China in artificial intelligence technology race

The growing race for military superiority between Washington and Beijing is entering a new phase, with both world powers preparing to square off in the cutting-edge realm of artificial intelligence.

April 29, 2018
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, center, attends a hearing on the Department of Defense budget posture, with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and Defense Under Secretary and Chief Financial Officer David Norquist, right, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Thursday April 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

James Mattis: Iranian nuke deal an ongoing debate

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said Thursday the White House has yet to pull the trigger on an all-out withdrawal from the controversial nuclear proliferation pact with Iran, telling congressional lawmakers that administration officials are still weighing the benefits and consequences of such a decision.

April 26, 2018
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Gen. Joseph L. Votel makes unusual visit to Israel

The top U.S. commander in the Middle East made an unannounced visit to Israel on Tuesday, meeting with his Israeli counterpart amid growing worries in both Washington and Tel Aviv over the Syrian civil war and aggressive moves by Iran.

April 24, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron is on a three-day visit to Washington, a test of whether he can parlay his personal rapport with President Trump into White House moderation on issues such as the Iran deal. (Associated Press/File)

Emmanuel Macron, French president, in U.S. to visit Donald Trump

Behind the pomp and circumstance of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Washington starting Monday -- including President Trump's first state dinner for a fellow world leader since taking office -- lies a calculated and hard-nosed campaign to position Paris as the White House's best friend in Europe.

April 22, 2018