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White House Blunder Exposes US War Strategy: What Got Leaked
A major security lapse has put the US military's Yemen strike plans under scrutiny after The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg claimed he was mistakenly added to a White House Signal chat.
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"I'm An Incompetent Commander": South Korea Military Leader On Martial Law Chaos
Kim Hyun-Tae, the head of South Korea's elite 707th Special Missions Group, has publicly apologised for deploying troops to the National Assembly. The act sparked widespread public outrage and scrutiny following an emergency martial law declaration b
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Brazilian Army's Viagra Order Draws Quips, Scrutiny
The Brazilian military came in for stiff scrutiny Monday after a lawmaker revealed it had purchased Viagra pills for the troops, drawing a flurry of jokes on social media.
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'Wuhan Lab's Work Linked To Chinese Military': Ex-US Secretary Of State
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was engaged in military activity alongside its civilian research -- amid renewed scrutiny of the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic emerged from the secretive lab.
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US Lays Out Proposal To Extend Scrutiny Of Foreign Investment
The US government outlined more detail on Tuesday on its plans to beef up foreign investment oversight, including a proposal to permit the blocking of some foreign purchases of real estate within 100 miles (160 kilometers) of military bases.
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"Were Cocked And Loaded": Donald Trump's Take On Iran Attack Plan Faces Scrutiny
US President Donald Trump on Friday described a nail-biting decision to call off an imminent attack on Iran in order to avoid disproportionate casualties, but the account is already facing scrutiny from aides around him and military analysts questioning the sequence of events he laid out in tweets and statements.
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In An Interim Move, 3 Iranian Nuclear Sites Exempted From US Sanctions
The US has exempted three Iranian nuclear sites from sanctions, but warned that they will be under strict scrutiny, the State Department said. The benefitted sites were those of Arak (central Iran), Bushehr (south) and Fordow, near the city of Qom that was built underground to protect against military attack. The measure announced on Monday was "in...
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Deadly Mosque Attack Puts Egypt Sinai Strategy In Spotlight
Egypt's years-long military campaign against a jihadist insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack last week.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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White House Hopeful Ben Carson Bristles Under Intense Scrutiny
Ben Carson soared to the top of the 2016 Republican presidential heap with a compelling personal narrative, but questions about his past and a disputed military scholarship now threaten to disrupt his high-flying campaign.
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Arctic Attracting New Military Scrutiny
In 2013, US President Barack Obama said the Arctic was "peaceful, stable, and free of conflict" as he laid out a national strategy for the region.
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US Military Hospitals Plagued by Avoidable Errors: Report
The US military hospital system, which cares for the 1.6 million active-duty service members and their families, is rife with chronic yet avoidable errors and is only subject to sporadic scrutiny, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
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White House Blunder Exposes US War Strategy: What Got Leaked
A major security lapse has put the US military's Yemen strike plans under scrutiny after The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg claimed he was mistakenly added to a White House Signal chat.
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"I'm An Incompetent Commander": South Korea Military Leader On Martial Law Chaos
Kim Hyun-Tae, the head of South Korea's elite 707th Special Missions Group, has publicly apologised for deploying troops to the National Assembly. The act sparked widespread public outrage and scrutiny following an emergency martial law declaration b
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Brazilian Army's Viagra Order Draws Quips, Scrutiny
The Brazilian military came in for stiff scrutiny Monday after a lawmaker revealed it had purchased Viagra pills for the troops, drawing a flurry of jokes on social media.
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'Wuhan Lab's Work Linked To Chinese Military': Ex-US Secretary Of State
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was engaged in military activity alongside its civilian research -- amid renewed scrutiny of the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic emerged from the secretive lab.
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US Lays Out Proposal To Extend Scrutiny Of Foreign Investment
The US government outlined more detail on Tuesday on its plans to beef up foreign investment oversight, including a proposal to permit the blocking of some foreign purchases of real estate within 100 miles (160 kilometers) of military bases.
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"Were Cocked And Loaded": Donald Trump's Take On Iran Attack Plan Faces Scrutiny
US President Donald Trump on Friday described a nail-biting decision to call off an imminent attack on Iran in order to avoid disproportionate casualties, but the account is already facing scrutiny from aides around him and military analysts questioning the sequence of events he laid out in tweets and statements.
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In An Interim Move, 3 Iranian Nuclear Sites Exempted From US Sanctions
The US has exempted three Iranian nuclear sites from sanctions, but warned that they will be under strict scrutiny, the State Department said. The benefitted sites were those of Arak (central Iran), Bushehr (south) and Fordow, near the city of Qom that was built underground to protect against military attack. The measure announced on Monday was "in...
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Deadly Mosque Attack Puts Egypt Sinai Strategy In Spotlight
Egypt's years-long military campaign against a jihadist insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack last week.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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White House Hopeful Ben Carson Bristles Under Intense Scrutiny
Ben Carson soared to the top of the 2016 Republican presidential heap with a compelling personal narrative, but questions about his past and a disputed military scholarship now threaten to disrupt his high-flying campaign.
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Arctic Attracting New Military Scrutiny
In 2013, US President Barack Obama said the Arctic was "peaceful, stable, and free of conflict" as he laid out a national strategy for the region.
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US Military Hospitals Plagued by Avoidable Errors: Report
The US military hospital system, which cares for the 1.6 million active-duty service members and their families, is rife with chronic yet avoidable errors and is only subject to sporadic scrutiny, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
