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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying a veto threat, the GOP-led House is pressing ahead with debate on a $602 billion defense policy bill that seeks to halt an erosion of the U.S. military's combat readiness by purchasing more weapons and forbidding further cuts in troop levels. The legislation also
iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy has fired the commander of the 10 American sailors who wandered into Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf and were captured and held by Iran for about 15 hours. In a statement Thursday, the Navy said it had lost confidence in Cmdr. Eric Rasch, who
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iran
(CNSNews.com) – Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.), angered by Iran's treatment of 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained overnight in the Persian Gulf last month – and by the administration's handling of the incident – is now threatening to subpoena the sailors if necessary to
iran
(CNSNews.com) – A spokesman for the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said Thursday it was "disgusted by the exploitation of our sailors in Iranian propaganda," after the regime's state television released images of a U.S. Navy sailor apparently in tears after he
house of representatives
(CNSNews.com) – At her weekly press briefing on Thursday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that she does not support Congress taking any action to restrict the use of women in combat by the U.S. military. In December, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that the Defense Department was opening
Barack Obama
A little more than two weeks ago, this administration's multi-year effort to propitiate Iran came to fruition. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016 was "Implementation Day" for the Obama-Kerry Iran deal. On this day, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that Iran had curbed its nuclear weapons
iran
(CNSNews.com) – The head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy said Monday that if the U.S. seeks to humiliate Iran, the IRGC would release footage of 10 U.S. sailors detained last month that is much more embarrassing than images released earlier. Addressing Iranian lawmakers a
navy
BEIJING (AP) — China strongly condemned the United States after a U.S. warship deliberately sailed near one of the Beijing-controlled islands in the hotly contested South China Sea to exercise freedom of navigation and challenge China's vast sea claims. The missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur sailed within 12
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