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EXCLUSIVE: Probe clears pro-Trump Pentagon analyst, report withheld from defense team

Judge sides with Pentagon and Amazon in cloud bidding case

In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first war cloud. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Lawmakers urge Trump to take reins of massive Pentagon-Amazon cloud computing deal

FILE - In this April 2, 2019, file photo, Secretary of the Army Mark Esper speaks during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump on June 18, named Esper as acting Defense Secretary. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s Pentagon pick is Army veteran, defense lobbyist

FILE - In this April 2, 2019, file photo, Secretary of the Army Mark Esper speaks during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump on June 18, named Esper as acting Defense Secretary. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s Pentagon pick is Army veteran, defense lobbyist

In this Nov. 1, 2018, file photo U.S. Air Force F-35 A-fighter jets from 31st Test Evaluation Squadron at Edwards AFB fly over Levi's Stadium before an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders in Santa Clara, Calif. Raytheon Co. and United Technologies Corp. are merging in a deal that creates one of the world's largest defense companies. The merger was announced Sunday, June 9, 2019. United Technologies makes engines for Lockheed Marti Corp.'s F-35 stealth fighter. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Consolidation of military-industrial complex threatens Pentagon’s ability to deal, critics say

FILE - In this April 5, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle sits near the wall as President Donald Trump visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in El Centro, Calif. A federal judge has denied a request by the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent President Donald Trump from tapping Defense Department money for a border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Judge rejects Congress’ challenge of border wall funding

President Donald Trump smiles while speaking to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md, and then on to Tokyo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Federal judge rejects House challenge of border wall funding

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during an American Federation of Teachers town hall event, at the Plumbers Local 690 Union Hall in Philadelphia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Elizabeth Warren calls for military to help combat climate change

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan listens, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, during a House Appropriations subcommittee on budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

‘Stand-in for Trump’: Patrick Shanahan faces bumpy road to confirmation as defense secretary

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington , Thursday, April 11, 2019, on the proposed Space Force. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House: Trump to nominate Patrick Shanahan as permanent defense secretary

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

‘Very concerning’: Sexual assault reports in military jumped nearly 38% last year

Military academies begin to follow military transgender ban

Ranking Member Mac Thornberry, D-Texas, speaks as Secretary of the Army Mark Esper, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, and U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, appear before a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing for the Departments of the Army and Air Force on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Also pictured is Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Mac Thornberry, key House Republican, pushes plan to boost Pentagon contracts with small businesses

States, military clash on cleanup of toxic chemicals

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The 'Three Servicemen Statue" stands near the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Department of Defense photo)

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The Defense Department says Private First Class Michael A. Thomason of Lincoln Park died Monday in Kobani.

US soldier from Michigan dies in noncombat incident in Syria →

The Defense Department this month announced the three states being considered for the post.

Alabama, California, Colorado vie for Space Force center →

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