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

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U.S. Marines and an Afghan soldier hold flags during a change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest atn Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Marine Corps task force wraps up mission in Afghanistan

The first Marine Corps task force to deploy to southern Afghanistan's violent Helmand province since the Corps pulled out of the region in 2014, officially ended their nearly yearlong mission on Monday.

January 15, 2018
"We make the greatest military equipment in the world, and you buy a lot of it and we appreciate that,” said President Trump in a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Wednesday. American arms manufacturers anticipate the policy changes will level the playing field with foreign rivals. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Donald Trump to deregulate sale of American weapons overseas

The Trump administration is taking aim at another U.S. industry it says it being held back by overregulation and government red tape, moving to reduce federal rules and restrictions governing overseas sales of weapons and armament, in a bid to accelerate American arms deals to a growing international clientele eager to field the latest generation of U.S.-made weaponry.

January 11, 2018
Chief North Korean delegate Ri Son Gwon (right), shaking hands with South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon on Tuesday, noted that his country's nuclear weapons are aimed at the United States, not South Korea. (Associated Press)

Pentagon watches talks in Korea

The Pentagon is taking a backseat in order to give space to sensitive new military talks between ally South Korea and a North Korean regime that has threatened the U.S. with nuclear devastation.

January 9, 2018
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani talks with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the President Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Pentagon task force on Afghan reconstruction wasted millions: Report

The Pentagon task force overseeing millions in U.S.-funded reconstruction dollars for Afghanistan was plagued by organizational shortfalls, inadequate or non-existent records of ongoing projects and an overall lack of strategy that led to the waste of millions in American taxpayer funds on failed projects, a key government watchdog group claims.

January 9, 2018
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the president's hard-line strategy would bring Pyongyang to the negotiation table. She noted, however, that the administration's demand for a denuclearized North Korea would have to be met before the idea of talks could be entertained. (Associated Press)

White House officials: North Korea stance paying off

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the Trump administration's hard-line stance against North Korea's is showing results in Pyongyang and warned that protests in Iran will get worse before getting better.

January 7, 2018
Supporters of Pakistani religious groups rally to condemn a New Year's Day tweet by President Trump in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday. Trump slammed Pakistan for 'lies & deceit' in a tweet that said Islamabad had played U.S. leaders for 'fools'. (Associated Press)

U.S., Pakistan trade angry charges as relations falter

U.S.-Pakistani relations entered the new year on a rocky note Tuesday as officials in Islamabad reacted angrily to the news that the Trump administration will block millions in American foreign aid to Islamabad over concerns that the South Asian nation was not doing enough to combat extremist jihadi groups based inside the country.

January 2, 2018
U.S. troops gather into Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan, in this Dec. 25, 2013, photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. forces to go on the offensive in Afghanistan, says top commander

American forces in Afghanistan will pursue a more aggressive battle plan for the 16-year conflict in the coming year, with U.S. troops more engaged in the fight against the Taliban and other extremist groups for the first time since President Obama officially ended combat operations four years ago.

January 2, 2018
In this May 24, 2015 photo, Hezbollah fighters stand guard during a rally commemorating "Liberation Day," which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon. Hundreds of Iranian troops are being deployed in northern and central Syria, dramatically escalating Tehran’s involvement in the civil war as they join allied Hezbollah fighters in an ambitious offensive to wrest key areas from rebels amid Russian airstrikes. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

Robert Pittenger demands inquiry into obstruction of DEA case on Hezbollah

A House Republican is calling for a congressional inquiry into new reports that the Obama White House tried to obstruct an Department of Justice counternarcotics investigation into Shiite militant group Hezbollah in order to keep the talks with Iran on a nuclear deal on track.

December 19, 2017