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<title><![CDATA[Lolita Baldor - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/26327.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Lolita Baldor]]></description><category domain="26327">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Pensacola Naval Base Shooting Tests U.S.-Saudi Relations]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Top U.S. defense and military officials on Saturday reaffirmed America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s continued commitment to and relationship with Saudi Arabia after a Saudi Air Force student'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s deadly attack at a Navy base in Florida.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and others...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Knocks &quot;Ridiculous Endless Wars&quot; Amid Syria Troop Pullout]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/10/08/trump_knocks_ridiculous_endless_wars_amid_syria_troop_pullout_141442.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump cast his decision to abandon Kurdish fighters in Syria as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'endless war'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in the Middle East, even as'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Republican critics'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and others said he was sacrificing a U.S. ally and undermining...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pentagon Approves Military Construction Cash for Border Wall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/04/pentagon_approves_military_construction_cash_for_border_wall_141166.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s wall along the Mexican border.
Pentagon officials would not say which 127 projects will be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Touts July 4 Military &lsquo;Salute&rsquo;; Critics See Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/03/trump_touts_july_4_military_salute_critics_see_politics_140701.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump is marshalling tanks, bombers and other machinery of war for a Fourth of July celebration that traditionally is light on military might, while critics accused him of using America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s military as a political prop.
Under White House...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Calling Off Strikes on Iran, Trump Suggests Patience]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/22/after_calling_off_strikes_on_iran_trump_suggests_patience_140625.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump said Friday he abruptly called off the swiftly planned military strikes on Iran because the likely deaths of 150 Iranians would have been so out of proportion to the shootdown of an unmanned American surveillance drone. He also indicated he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Prepped for Strikes on Iran Before Approval Was Withdrawn]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/21/us_prepped_for_strikes_on_iran_before_approval_was_withdrawn_140618.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The United States made preparations for a military strike against Iran on Thursday night in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone, but the operation was abruptly called off with just hours to go, a U.S. official said.
The official, who was not...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shanahan Drops Bid to Lead Pentagon, Citing 'Painful' Past]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/19/shanahan_drops_bid_to_lead_pentagon_citing_painful_past_140596.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan stepped down Tuesday before his formal nomination ever went to the Senate, citing a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'painful'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' family situation that would hurt his children and reopen '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'wounds we have worked years to heal.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Blames Iran for Tanker Attacks but Calls for Talks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/15/trump_blames_iran_for_tanker_attacks_but_calls_for_talks_140575.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but he also held out hope that implicit U.S. threats to use force will yield talks with the Islamic Republic as the Pentagon considers beefing up defenses in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Defense Chief Calls Out China on Tech Theft, South China Sea]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/01/defense_chief_calls_out_china_on_tech_theft_south_china_sea_140470.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Saturday denounced China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea as a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'toolkit of coercion,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' saying Beijing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bad behavior must...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pentagon Nominee Focuses on China Despite Mideast Tensions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/31/pentagon_nominee_focuses_on_china_despite_mideast_tensions_140463.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Tensions may be high in the Middle East, but the man chosen by President Donald Trump to run the Pentagon is turning his focus to China.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived Wednesday in Asia on a high-profile weeklong trip that is intended to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump to Nominate Shanahan for Top Pentagon Post]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/10/trump_to_nominate_shanahan_for_top_pentagon_post_140305.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense, putting an end to months of speculation about the former Boeing executive'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s standing in the administration.
Shanahan has been leading the Pentagon...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says U.S. Will Develop Space-Based Missile Defense]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/18/trump_says_us_will_develop_space-based_missile_defense_139218.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Moving to protect the U.S. from advanced missile threats from China and Russia, President Donald Trump on Thursday laid out plans for a new array of space-based sensors and other high-tech systems designed to more quickly detect and defeat attacks.
Trump, in a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Eyes Disaster Money to Fund Border Wall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/11/trump_administration_eyes_disaster_money_to_fund_border_wall_139152.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration is considering using billions in unspent disaster relief funds earmarked for areas including hurricane-pounded Puerto Rico and Texas and more than a dozen other states to pay for President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s border wall as he weighs...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Criticism, Trump Pushes Out Mattis Sooner Than Planned]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/24/after_criticism_trump_pushes_out_mattis_sooner_than_planned_139010.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned, an acrimonious end to a tense relationship that had been eroding...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Officials: American Troops to Be Pulled From Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/21/officials_american_troops_to_be_pulled_from_afghanistan_138992.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Thursday, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policy aimed at forcing the Taliban to the peace table after more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mattis Resigning as Pentagon Chief After Trump Disagreements]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/21/mattis_resigning_as_pentagon_chief_after_trump_disagreements_138991.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday after clashing with President Donald Trump over the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and after two years of deep disagreements over America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s role in the world.
Mattis, perhaps the most respected...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump to Withdraw All U.S. Troops From Syria, Declaring ISIS Defeat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/19/trump_to_withdraw_all_american_troops_in_syria_official_says_138973.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump is pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, officials announced Wednesday as the president suddenly declared victory over the Islamic State, contradicting his own experts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' assessments and sparking surprise and outrage from his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Signs Order to Create U.S. Space Command]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/19/trump_signs_order_to_create_us_space_command_138967.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump launched the Pentagon'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new Space Command Tuesday, an effort to better organize and advance the military'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s vast operations in space that could cost as much as $800 million over the next five years.
Trump signed a one-page memorandum...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Chooses Chief of the Army to Be Top Military Adviser]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/08/trump_chooses_chief_of_the_army_to_be_top_military_adviser_138874.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump will tap Gen. Mark Milley as his next top military adviser, choosing a battle-hardened commander who has served as chief of the Army for the last three years, U.S. officials said Friday.
If confirmed by the Senate, Milley would succeed Marine...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mattis: Killing of Jamal Khashoggi Is Threat to Mideast Stability]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/27/mattis_killing_of_jamal_khashoggi_is_threat_to_mideast_stability_138481.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'undermines regional stability'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and the U.S. State Department plans to take further action in response to the killing, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday at an international conference in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pence Outlines U.S. Space Force Plan for 'Next Battlefield']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/10/pence_outlines_us_space_force_plan_for_next_battlefield_137780.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday announced ambitious plans to create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military warfighting service by 2020.
The proposal taps into the American public'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s long...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Thanks Kim as North Korea Transfers Remains of U.S. Soldiers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/27/remains_said_to_be_us_war_dead_repatriated_from_north_korea_137650.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' North Korea on Friday returned the remains of what are believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said, with a U.S military plane making a rare trip into North Korea to retrieve 55 cases of remains.
The handover...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Announces Plans for Pentagon to Create 'Space Force']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/19/trump_announces_plans_for_pentagon_to_create_space_force_137307.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump announced Monday he is directing the Pentagon to create a new '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Space Force'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as an independent military service branch aimed at ensuring American supremacy in space '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' though he may have limited power to develop a new military...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Transgender People Can Enlist in Military Jan 1]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/11/transgender_people_can_enlist_in_military_jan_1_135749.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Pentagon is allowing transgender people to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, despite President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s opposition.
The new policy reflects growing legal pressure on the issue, and the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tillerson Says U.S. Could Punish Pakistan If No Cooperation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/23/tillerson_says_us_could_punish_pakistan_if_no_cooperation_134814.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's plan to end America's longest war and eliminate Afghanistan's rising extremist threat involves sending up to 3,900 additional U.S. troops, senior officials said Tuesday. The first deployments could take place within days.
In a national address...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Blasts Syria Base with Cruise Missiles]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/04/06/us_blasts_syria_base_with_cruise_missiles_133551.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, U.S. officials said. It was the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Donald Trump's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Abandons Failed Rebel-Building Effort in Syria]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/10/10/us_abandons_failed_rebel-building_effort_in_syria_128371.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is overhauling its approach to fighting the Islamic State in Syria, abandoning a failed Pentagon effort to build a new ground force of moderate rebels and instead partnering with established rebel groups, officials said Friday.
The shift,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. to Send More Troops to Iraq for Expanded Training Mission]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/10/us_to_send_more_troops_to_iraq_for_expanded_training_mission_126926.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM (AP) -- An expected White House decision to send several hundred more troops to Iraq to expand training of Iraqi forces in Anbar province is not a shift in U.S. strategy but is aimed at helping Iraq retake the provincial capital, Ramadi, and eventually blunt the Islamic State's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Pentagon Strategy Warns of Cyberwar Capabilities]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/04/23/new_pentagon_strategy_warns_of_cyberwar_capabilities_126366.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) -- A new Pentagon cybersecurity strategy lays out for the first time publicly that the U.S. military plans to use cyberwarfare as an option in conflicts with enemies.
The 33-page strategy says the Defense Department "should be able to use cyber operations to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Warship Heads to Yemeni Waters; Could Block Iran Weapons]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/04/21/us_warship_heads_to_yemeni_waters_could_block_iran_weapons_126338.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lolita Baldor</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a stepped-up response to Iranian backing of Shiite rebels in Yemen, the Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the waters off Yemen to beef up security and join other American ships that are prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying...]]></description>
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