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Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), running for the United States Senate, is calling out “weak-kneed, debt junkie … America Last” Republicans who helped fund President Joe Biden’s limitless Afghan resettlement operation that has brought unvetted Afghans to the U.S. who pose “significant security risks,” according to the Defense Department.

The National Defense University is planning to host a lecture on how the West should adopt socialism in response to the challenge from China.

Austin has ordered an additional 3,000 American troops to Poland amid a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has slammed the Department of Defense for ignoring his letters regarding a military health database that allegedly showed an increase in troop illnesses after the Biden administration’s military vaccine mandate began in August, detailing his concerns in a letter exclusively obtained by Breitbart News on Wednesday.

Six rockets hit Baghdad International Airport on Friday in an assault that damaged runways and one civilian plane. The U.S. blamed hostile Iran-linked terrorist militias for the attack.

Austin has put 8,500 American troops on “heightened alert” in case they need to deploy as part of a NATO readiness force.

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) said the “swamp is lighting up” to defeat a proposed ban on government contracting with Beijing Olympics sponsors.

Republicans are asking the Biden Pentagon where its report is on the status of American-funded military equipment left in Afghanistan.

Roy warned on Monday that the military may face difficulties recruiting people of faith if it maintains its coronavirus vaccine mandate.

The Pentagon is discussing “options” with the Department of Justice after a court ordered an injunction against its vaccine mandate.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Sunday evening he tested positive for the coronavirus earlier that day, despite receiving two vaccine doses and a booster shot.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) blasted the Biden administration, claiming the world now “sees weakness in the White House,” while calling Biden the “worst president for human rights in modern American history” and warning “trend lines” suggest the U.S. may cede its superpower status to China.

Shields of Strength is suing the Pentagon after it blocked it from continuing to produce replica dog tags with Bible verses on them.

President Joe Biden awarded three soldiers the Medal of Honor during a ceremony at the White House on Thursday.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, slamming him for discharging service members who have not obeyed his “ambiguous” vaccine mandate.

The Department of Defense sent a survey to service members that asks about attitudes towards women that some find “inappropriate.”

China on Monday submitted a paper to the United Nations calling for global regulations on the military use of artificial intelligence (A.I.).

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin this week pointed to “various websites” as a reason the military has become more partisan.

Austin said earlier this week in an interview that if Russia invaded Ukraine, it should be concerned about its reputation.

Conservatives flexed their muscles to kill progressive provisions in the defense bill authorizing the Pentagon’s budget and activities.

Two provisions staunchly opposed by a group of House Republicans have been scrapped from the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

Americans with a “great deal of confidence” in the U.S. military dropped a staggering 11 percent from February under Joe Biden.

GOP senators sought information on the Countering Extremism Working Group and assurances it is not aimed at opponents of woke orthodoxy.

A government funding bill, negotiated by Republican and Democrat lawmakers, includes spending more than $7 billion to bring an endless flow of Afghan nationals to the United States.

The America First Policy Institute filed an amicus brief in support of a group of Navy SEALs suing Biden for the military’s vaccine mandate.

The Oklahoma National Guard is facing off against the Biden Pentagon over its vaccine mandate for service members.

Recently appointed Oklahoma National Guard Adjutant General Thomas Mancino is refusing to enforce the Defense Department’s vaccine mandate on Oklahoma’s National Guard troops, according to a report.

Chinese state media on Thursday denounced a new Pentagon report on China’s growing nuclear arsenal as “speculative,” without actually denying anything in the report.

In response to the Department of Defense’s (DOD) decision to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for U.S. servicemembers, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) urged the Pentagon to reconsider while describing the decision as “ethically troubling” with the potential to “critically hinder our national security and readiness,” in a letter sent to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin on Thursday.

Marshall will introduce legislation to prohibit the Pentagon from giving dishonorable discharges for troops against the coronavirus vaccine.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is calling on President Joe Biden to remove or delay his vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors, arguing it will hurt thousands of small defense contractors and the veterans that they employ.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) highlighted the consequences of a dishonorable discharge, a possible outcome for military personnel refusing to comply with vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden administration across the U.S. armed forces, on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with special guest host Jerome Hudson.

A former Navy nuclear engineer who had access to military secrets has been charged with espionage along with his wife.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Wednesday pledged in a letter to Republican colleagues that he would not support any of them for higher office if they vote for the final defense bill or any other bill that results in a military draft for women or red flag laws risking a service member’s 2nd Amendment rights.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley privately blamed the State Department for the U.S.’s botched evacuation from Afghanistan, accusing Biden administration officials of waiting too long to sign off on operations out of Kabul’s chief airport, according to Axios. 

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby refused to address allegations contained in a new Bob Woodward and Robert Costa book that chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told his Chinese counterpart if then-President Donald Trump ordered an attack on China he would give advance warning.