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Yahoo News'The long knives are out': The Pentagon purge may be less about a Trump plan than end-of-presidency chaos and revenge
A series of personnel changes placing Trump loyalists in key Defense Department positions has sparked rumors of plans for dramatic action in the waning days of his presidency, but a number of former national security officials see it more as the chaotic final days of an outgoing administration.
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Here's why former intelligence officials are worried about Trump's massive debt
For many observers, the biggest takeaway of the New York Times’s report on President Trump’s finances is how often in recent years he has paid little to no income tax, but for former intelligence officials, it’s the potential of his massive debt to make him susceptible to foreign influence.
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Kamala Harris's foreign policy favors a U.S.-built world order, with a wary eye to China and Russia
Kamala Harris is best known for her rise to the Senate, but she has also forged a foreign policy agenda with a hard edge, calling out adversaries while saying Washington must reclaim its “moral authority.”
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'Most believe that it was an accident': Pentagon chief contradicts Trump on Beirut explosion
Less than 24 hours after President Trump said some “great generals” told him they thought that yesterday’s massive explosion in Beirut was an “attack” involving “a bomb of some kind,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper seemed less than convinced by that explanation.
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Before a notorious phone call, the Trump administration was lauded for helping Ukraine
A central irony of the controversy over President Trump’s alleged efforts to condition military aid to Ukraine on political favors is that Trump has presided over the shipment of more lethal weaponry to Ukraine than had his predecessor, President Barack Obama.
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Amid calls for impeachment, a spy chief is caught between the president and Congress
Joseph Maguire’s statement tracks with what his staff is saying, according to a former senior national security official. Maguire is “someone on whose integrity I would stake my life,” said the former senior official.