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The U.S. military aid provided to the Philippines amounts to “loose change” compared to other Asian nations, a spokesman for Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday.

Joe Biden’s stated plan to release over 25,000 migrants seeking refugee status into the U.S. presents “an imminent danger” to Texas, said Lt. Col. Allen West (Ret.), chairman of the Texas Republican Party, on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-FL) tweeted earlier this week that members of the National Guard are still having to take their breaks in a parking garage, and asked why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is allowing it.

Biden announced the creation of a task force to assess the U.S. military’s policies, programs, and processes on China-related matters.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday ordered U.S. military commanders at every single unit across the force to focus for the next 60 days on discussing extremism with service members.

DHS released a bulletin from the acting secretary warning of a “heightened threat environment” in the weeks after the inauguration.

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) announced Wednesday he has requested a briefing from the Army on why thousands of National Guard troops will remain in Washington, DC, through mid-March.

National Guard troops were forced to evacuate the Capitol building grounds on Thursday and hang out in parking garages, allegedly after a Democrat congressman complained about one National Guard member not wearing a mask at a cafe in the building.

The National Guard said Thursday it is working to return some of the troops who came to Washington, D.C., to protect the inauguration, but that thousands will remain on duty.

Austin said he supported overturning the Trump administration’s policy on transgender troops serving in the military.

Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for defense secretary, said Tuesday during his confirmation hearing that he would work to rid the military of “racists and extremists.”

Miller said in a statement that there was “no intelligence indicating an insider threat” from the National Guard.

Cohen suggested that white male service members could be a threat, based on his claim that most white men did not vote for Joe Biden.

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced on Sunday that the United States has effectively completed “repositioning” troops from Somalia in accordance with a directive issued by President Donald Trump in December.

President Trump ended transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military and now they are hoping Joe Biden will reverse course.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said on a recent trip to Afghanistan that American special operations forces will likely be the “last out” of Afghanistan.

Miller said after a visit to Afghanistan this week that he feels confident that Trump’s drawdown to 2,500 troops there is the right call.

The U.S. is on track to meet Trump’s drawdown in Afghanistan to 2,500 Americans forces by January 15, a senior defense official said.

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s promise to provide special protections to LGBTQ activists would include lifting what the Associated Press (AP) calls President Donald Trump’s “ban on transgender military service.”

The German government has come out in opposition to President Donald Trump’s plan to bring American troops home from Afghanistan, arguing that putting an end to America’s longest war would be too “hasty”.

U.S. President Donald Trump may withdraw nearly all U.S. forces from Somalia in the near future, U.S. officials allegedly said on Tuesday.

Wreaths Across America announced Monday that the Arlington National Cemetery will not allow for wreath placing this December.

President Donald Trump is expected to issue a formal order soon to draw down U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 2,500 by January 15.

North Carolina veterans slammed “hypocrite” Senate Democrat candidate Cal Cunningham on Tuesday for touting his military service in a recently released ad while he is currently under investigation by the U.S. Army Reserve.

The Taliban said on Thursday that it “welcomes” U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion on Wednesday to withdraw all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan “by Christmas.” “We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in

Banks warned if the Pentagon does not innovate beginning now, the U.S. military will not be able to win a future war with China.

New U.S. Air Force uniform patches suggest the U.S. is gearing up for a war with China, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mouthpiece Global Times argued on Tuesday. The U.S. Air Force completed a nearly month-long training drill on Tuesday

Former Vice President Joe Biden jokingly referred to members of the U.S. military and its overseas coalition partners as “stupid bastards” while making banter with troops during a 2016 trip to the United Arab Emirates.

An active-duty Army official this week mocked an open letter signed and released by military families voicing support for Trump.

Nearly 800 military family members have signed an open letter in support of Trump, amid attacks on his patriotism and care for the military.

Joe Kent, a Gold Star husband and veteran, said President Donald Trump honors military families through both compassion and policy.

Presidential nominee Joe Biden promised to “crack down” on companies that sell equipment to troops made in China, but did nothing for years as vice president.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump “doesn’t understand duty, honor, service, country,” Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead.”

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci Tuesday on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” accused President Donald Trump of having a “hatred of the American military.”

Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine Jeffrey Goldberg said there is a lot of follow up reporting coming on his article claiming President Donald Trump said Americans who died in war were “losers” and “suckers” Monday on MSNBC’s “All In.”

Minnesota GOP congressional candidate Tyler Kistner told Fox Business on Friday the Obama-era Veterans Affairs was the “worst it had ever been.”