Trump’s Frustration With Generals Resulted in an Unconventional Pick
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Trump’s Frustration With Generals Resulted in an Unconventional Pick

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines By late last week, President Trump had decided to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and replace him with one of two very different candidates, according to two administration officials. One was Gen. Michael E….

Trump’s Firing of Gen. Charles Q. Brown May Have Roots in George Floyd Protests
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Trump’s Firing of Gen. Charles Q. Brown May Have Roots in George Floyd Protests

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For the second time, the killing of George Floyd by a police officer has brought about a breakage between President Trump and the American military’s most senior leader. In abruptly firing Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…

Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’
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Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to fire the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force represents an opening salvo in his push to remake the military into a force that is more aggressive on the battlefield and potentially less hindered by…

Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon
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Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer on Friday after weeks of turmoil at the Pentagon, injecting politics into selecting the nation’s top military leader. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot known as C.Q. who became only the second…

Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Top Ranks
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Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Top Ranks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In President Trump’s telling, Dan Caine, the retired Air Force lieutenant general whom he wants to be his next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made an impression on him when the two men first met in 2018. The general told the…

Europe’s New Reality: Trump May Not Quit NATO, but He’s Already Undercutting It
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Europe’s New Reality: Trump May Not Quit NATO, but He’s Already Undercutting It

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In his first term, President Trump episodically threatened to pull out of NATO, removing the United States as the linchpin of the most successful military alliance in modern times. In his second term, he is trying a different approach: hollowing it out from…

A Frustrated Trump Wants His New Air Force One Planes Pronto
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A Frustrated Trump Wants His New Air Force One Planes Pronto

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump, furious about delays in delivering two new Air Force One jets, has empowered Elon Musk to explore drastic options to prod Boeing to move faster, including relaxing security clearance standards for some who work on the presidential planes. His administration has…

Vance Mentions Sanctions, Military Action to Push Russia to End Ukraine War
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Vance Mentions Sanctions, Military Action to Push Russia to End Ukraine War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Vice President JD Vance told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that all military and economic options were on the table if Russia did not agree to negotiate in good faith to end the war in Ukraine. “There are economic tools of leverage,…

Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Prewar Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’
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Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Prewar Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is “an unrealistic objective” and an “illusionary goal” in the peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia that President Trump wants to accomplish, Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, said on Wednesday at a meeting of countries supporting…

Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
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Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Margery Hop Wong bade her older brother goodbye in 1943, she was just a 12-year-old girl who loved it when he took her for joy rides in his used convertible around the apple orchards their family worked. Yuen Hop left their home…