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Pentagon rejects report clearing Strait of Hormuz would take 6 months
His comments come the same day that President Donald Trump announced that he had ordered a "tripling" of mine sweeping operations in the waterway.
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Trump demands Schumer apologize for remarks on ICE, Border Patrol
Schumer made the remarks on the Senate floor while opposing a Republican-led funding plan.
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Trump orders U.S. mine sweepers to 'triple' operations in Strait of Hormuz
Trump has repeatedly boasted of destroying the Iranian Navy, though Tehran has still managed to intercept boats in the Strait of Hormuz through the use of smaller vessels.
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Situation at Kabul airport remains dangerous and fluid, Milley says
Plenty of postmortems will be held later, but not now, Milley said.
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Civil war ahead? Afghanistan ex-VP declares himself in charge, forms anti-Taliban resistance
"This is a very strong indication that the Taliban is not going to take over power as smoothly as they thought," one commentator said.
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Repeated watchdog, intel warnings undercut Biden’s public assurances on Afghan army
U.S. knew Afghan soldiers couldn’t even handle refueling operations, and were prone to defections and poor readiness, internal memos show. But still the Biden administration expressed confidence.
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U.S. Air Force investigating civilian deaths of Afghans who clung to planes at Kabul Airport
Commanders are deciding whether to discipline one pilot or nominate him for a Distinguished Flying Cross, one defense source said.
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China's mouthpiece newspaper suggests U.S. will abandon Taiwan after Afghan collapse
China's provocations show the messy U.S. exit from Afghanistan has larger global implications
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U.S officials seek to seize control of chaotic Kabul airport to facilitate evacuations
State and Defense Departments say they will seek to run air traffic control until U.S. personnel are removed from county.
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Afghanistan fell while Biden vacationed, exposing intelligence failures and policy missteps
Analysts and officials continue their months-long struggle to understand what went so wrong so fast to enable the Taliban's rush to complete power in Afghanistan.
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Milley says timeline is shortened for terrorists regrouping in Afghanistan: Report
The increased threat level came as the Afghan president was fleeing the country and the U.S. military was evacuating the American embassy in Kabul.
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Border Patrol agents fired upon in California from Mexico while detaining illegal immigrants
The shooting occurred three days after Border Patrol agents in Texas were fired upon.
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'They are going to kill us': Afghans terrorized as Kabul embassy tells Americans shelter in place
Afghans inside Kabul report chaos as Taliban breaches the city.