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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 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.

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.

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.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday, pledged to slow-walk the Defense and State Department nominees from President Joe Biden until Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan resign after the botch Afghanistan withdrawal.

President Joe Biden’s federal agencies are dodging on whether or not Afghans arriving in the United States are mandated to receive one of the three available coronavirus vaccines that millions of Americans are now being required to take. 

Blinken on Monday during a House hearing claimed that the Trump administration did not leave them a plan for withdrawing from Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden’s agencies are refusing to disclose how many Afghans on the federal government’s “No Fly List” have sought entry to the United States since beginning their massive resettlement operation currently underway. 

Over 100 retired generals and admirals are calling for the resignations of Biden administration officials, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, for their “negligence in performing their duties primarily involving events surrounding the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.”

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, a study shows the cost of war in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places in both dollars and lost lives.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is asking top officials in President Joe Biden’s administration to disclose how many Afghans seeking entry to the United States have been found on the government’s “No Fly List” and the number of Afghans being held in federal custody after having been flagged as security risks. 

The Pentagon announced the completion of the evacuation mission in Afghanistan, the end of the U.S. military presence after nearly 20 years.

As more chaos unfolds in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden delayed speaking in front of a camera to the American people on the situation there, where thousands of Americans are being stranded. Other agencies canceled their briefings as well.

Americans in Afghanistan cannot reach the airport in Kabul before the August 31 deadline set by Joe Biden, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) said.

The Pentagon contradicted President Joe Biden multiple times Friday, immediately after he delivered remarks on the bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan this week.

Center for Renewing America announced the group filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with the State and Defense Departments for dissent cables.

President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan has put a spotlight back on the controversial waiver Congress used to confirm the nomination of now-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

The Pentagon said Wednesday morning that between Tuesday 3 a.m. and Wednesday 3 a.m., the military evacuated about 2,000 from the Kabul airport, including 325 Americans.

Former Secretary of State and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice says the United States should have stayed in Afghanistan longer than 20 years after former President George W. Bush ordered its invasion by U.S. Armed Forces.

A distraught Afghan journalist demanded answers at a Pentagon briefing on Monday, amid a seemingly-bungled United States military drawdown.

The Biden administration chases “white supremacy” and “white rage” as Americans are in peril in Afghanistan, Kash Patel said.

As many as 22,000 Afghan nationals will be fast-tracked to United States military bases before being resettled across the nation, a Defense Department spokesperson has confirmed.

Austin will make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for all members of the military by mid-September, or “immediately” upon FDA approval.

The Biden Pentagon announced late Thursday it is now requiring that service members divulge whether they have been vaccinated or not.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin landed in the Philippines during his weeklong trip to East Asia on Thursday, wearing a face shield as he exited the plane and greeted Filipino officials.

The Pentagon directed that “all individuals” — regardless of vaccination status — wear a mask indoors at DOD installations and facilities.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out anti-Asian American discrimination in the United States during a trip to East Asia this week to reassure allies and partners.

The Pentagon last month quietly updated its policy on masks to allow unmasked troops to be asked for proof of their vaccination status.

Milley dodged reporters’ questions on whether he actually feared then-President Donald Trump wanted to stage a coup.

Members of the Marine Corps silent drill platoon are still required to wear cloth masks when they rehearse and perform outdoors.