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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, left, gestures duringg a debate with Republican challenger Corey Stewart, at the Virginia Bar Association debate at the Homestead in Hot Springs , Va., Saturday, July 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Battle looms over Pentagon money for border wall

Pentagon outlines its first artificial intelligence strategy

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan speaks with the media as he waits for the arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon's top official, Shanahan, has arrived in Afghanistan to meet with U.S. commanders and Afghan leaders amid a push for peace with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pentagon official assures Iraqis of limited US military role

Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan, left, arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday morning, Feb. 11, 2019, to consult with Army Gen. Scott Miller, right, commander of U.S. and coalition forces, and senior Afghan government leaders. The unannounced visit is the first for the acting secretary of defense, Pat Shanahan. He previously was the No. 2 official under Jim Mattis, who resigned as defense chief in December. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

New Pentagon chief makes global debut with status uncertain

U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Joseph Votel testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in Washington. Votel told the committee that of the 34,000 square miles of territory that IS once held, it now controls less than 20 square miles. "It is important to understand that even though this territory has been reclaimed, the fight against ISIS and violent extremists is not over and our mission has not changed." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Gen. Joseph Votel tells Senate panel he was not consulted on Trump’s Syria pullout decision

In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, construction crews install new border wall sections seen from Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Trump: ‘Finish the wall’ should be the new slogan as progress continues to secure border

President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other top administration officials say the U.S. risks falling behind rivals such as Russia and China in the space arms race. (Associated Press/File)

Why Pentagon planners aim to make Trump’s Space Force ‘as small as possible’

Rep. Adam Smith, Washington state Democrat, is shown in this file photo from April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

New House Armed Services panel pressed to pass big defense bill

Afghan Exit Deal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Surveying endgame options for Afghanistan

In this Jan. 7, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue. The high court on Tuesday reversed lower-court orders preventing the Pentagon from implementing its plans. The high court for now declined to take up cases about the plan. The cases will continue to move through lower courts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court allows Trump administration transgender military policy to go into effect

In this Jan. 15, 2018, photo, U.S. Marines stand guard during the change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration's policy aimed at forcing the Taliban to the peace table after more than 17 years of war. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) **FILE**

Pentagon identifies U.S. Army casualty in Afghanistan; first of 2019

President Donald Trump speaks about American missile defense doctrine, Thursday, Jan 17, 2019, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump calls for major expansion of U.S. missile defense

FILE - This Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, provided by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA),shows the launch of the U.S. military's land-based Aegis missile defense testing system, that later intercepted an intermediate range ballistic missile, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The Trump administration will roll out a new strategy Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, for a more aggressive space-based missile defense system to protect against existing threats from North Korea and Iran and counter advanced weapon systems being developed by Russia and China. (Mark Wright/Missile Defense Agency via AP)

Trump says US will develop space-based missile defense

Capt. Philip Gunn participates in a flyover during the interment ceremony of retired Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner on Jan. 23, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Image: Air Force) ** FILE **

Military eyes ‘space-based layer of sensors’ in new missile defense

Adm. John Richardson (left), chief of naval operations, met this week with senior officials of China's People's Liberation Army to continue dialogue and to specifically address risk reduction and operational safety measures during encounters at sea. (U.S. Navy)

Navy chief in China

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The Pentagon over the weekend said it was deploying an additional 3,750 active-duty troops to the border with one of their key duties to be laying 150 more miles of concertina wire.

Nogales, Arizona demands feds remove border fence barbed wire →

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