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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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Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and a former Marine captain, said the military's trying to get soldiers to pay back bonuses is "boneheaded." (Associated Press)

Soldiers asked to return reenlistment bonuses by Pentagon

Capitol Hill lawmakers from both sides of the aisle blasted the Pentagon for trying to recoup reenlistment bonus money awarded to National Guardsmen years ago, calling the military's effort "a bonehead decision" that Congress can correct.

October 24, 2016
Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces advance toward Islamic State positions as fighting to retake the extremist-held city of Mosul enters its second week, in the village of Tob Zawa, outside Mosul, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. A convoy of special forces advanced toward the village of Tob Zawa, Monday, encountering roadside bombs and trading heavy fire with the militants.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Islamic State draws liberating armies from Mosul

The Islamic State has launched a string of vicious, coordinated counterstrikes across Iraq in an attempt to splinter the focus of U.S.-backed Iraqi forces fighting to retake the extremist-held city of Mosul.

October 24, 2016
Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces gather ahead of an operation to re-take the Islamic State-held City of Mosul, outside Irbil, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. A few hundred Iraqi special forces arrived Friday at the front line near militant-held Mosul, one small part of a series of troop movements that have massed thousands of soldiers ahead of an operation seeking to retake the country’s second-largest city from the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

New batch of U.S. troops heading to Iraq

Hundreds of soldiers attached to the Army's 1st Infantry Division are heading to Iraq to support American-backed efforts to drive the Islamic State from the country.

October 14, 2016
"Why can't they do it quietly and do the attack and make it a sneak attack, and after the attack is made inform the American public that we have knocked out the [Islamic State] leaders and have a tremendous success?" asked Donald Trump. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s call for ‘sneak attack’ against ISIS in Iraq stirs debate

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's recent call for a "sneak attack" against the Islamic State in Iraq drew snickers from the national security establishment in Washington and elsewhere, but the idea that the Obama administration is unwisely telegraphing its battle plans to retake the group's Iraqi stronghold of Mosul has sparked a debate in political and military circles.

October 13, 2016
In this Thursday Oct. 13 photo released by U.S. Navy, the guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) launches a strike against coastal sites in Houthi-controlled territory on Yemen's Red Sea coast. U.S.-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles destroyed three coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled territory on Yemen's Red Sea Coast early Thursday, officials said, a retaliatory action that followed two incidents this week in which missiles were fired at U.S. Navy ships.  (U.S. Navy via AP)

Yemen Houthi rebel attack assistance by Iran doubted by U.S.

The Defense Department on Thursday deflected claims that Iranian forces may have played a role in the recent attacks on U.S. warships off the coast of Yemen by anti-government rebels in the country, amid rising fears the United States may find itself drawn into a larger role in Yemen's chaotic civil war.

October 13, 2016
For the second time this week, two missiles were fired at the USS Mason in the Red Sea, and officials believe they were launched by the same Yemen-based Houthi rebels involved in the earlier attack, a U.S. military official said Wednesday. (U.S. Navy via Associated Press)

U.S. warship targeted near Yemen Houthi territory

An American warship stationed off the coast of Yemen again came under fire from rebel-controlled areas in the country less than a day after the Pentagon indicated it was considering retaliatory strikes into the war-torn Middle East nation.

October 12, 2016