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Dec 16, 2020

Here’s what happens to the ‘nuclear football’ if Trump decides to skip Biden’s inauguration

An important yet discreet part of the inauguration of a new president is the transfer of command and control authority over the US nuclear arsenal, but there is the possibility…

BYBusiness Insider

Dec 16, 2020

BYRuddy Cano

Dec 3, 2020

This is how U.S. Marines are the President’s Fist

Throughout world history, leaders have needed expeditionary units to enforce their rules abroad. When diplomacy fails and time is of the essence, sometimes sending in the full Army is not…

BYRuddy Cano

Dec 3, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Nov 23, 2020

U.S. officially withdraws from Open Skies Treaty; Moscow says ‘All options are open to us’

The United States formally withdrew on November 22 from the Open Skies Treaty, an 18-year-old arms control and verification agreement that Washington repeatedly accused Moscow of violating. The withdrawal is…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Nov 23, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

Trump warns Iran of ‘heavy price’ if U.S. attacked in Iraq

President Donald Trump has warned Iran of a “heavy price” if it or its allies in Iraq attack U.S. troops or assets in Iraq. “Upon information and belief, Iran or its proxies are planning a sneak attack on U.S. troops and/or assets in Iraq,…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

President sees promising signs for accord with Taliban by month’s end

U.S. President Donald Trump says there are promising signs that the United States would reach a peace deal with the Taliban by the end of this month. Chances are “good” for the agreement to be sealed, Trump said on a February 13 podcast …

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Air Force One may soon get its first new paint job since the Kennedy years — here’s what it was like on JFK’s version of the presidential airliner

The Pentagon’s latest budget request, released on Monday,

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYRFE/RL

Apr 29, 2020

Trump, Iraqi president agree on need for continued U.S. troop presence

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih have agreed on the need for U.S. military to maintain its presence in the Middle Eastern country, the White House says following a meeting of the two in Switzerland. “The …

BYRFE/RL

Apr 29, 2020

BYDepartment of Defense

Apr 29, 2020

The US Space Force just got its first leader

Vice President Mike Pence swore in Air Force Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond as the highest-ranking military leader of the newly created U.S. Space Force in a ceremony that recognized the arrival of the nation’s newest military branch. Raymond w…

BYDepartment of Defense

Apr 29, 2020

BYInsider

Apr 29, 2020

Check out eerie new ‘Westworld’ trailer

In a new teaser video released by HBO, several major events and the fictional world’s timeline is revealed. The timeline indicates that a “divergence” happened in Hong Kong in June 2019, marked by political unrest and then followed by the i…

BYInsider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBlake Stilwell

Apr 29, 2020

Here’s what the President is supposed to do during the Army-Navy Game

While the annual Army-Navy Game might be one of the U.S. military’s oldest ongoing traditions, it’s an event that has not always included the Commander-In-Chief. Only ten U.S. Presidents have attended the game at one time or another, but if the na…

BYBlake Stilwell

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Russia’s new ‘sovereign internet’ law allows Putin to cut off country from web

A new Russian law allowing President Vladimir Putin’s government to cut the entire country from the rest of the web has officially come into effect. The “sovereign internet” law, which came into force Nov. 1, 2019, allows the government to …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

ISIS says it has a new leader less than a week after US raid

ISIS on Oct. 31, 2019, announced it has a new leader as it confirmed the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who blew himself up amid a US-led raid on a compound in Syria’s Idlib province over the weekend. Baghdadi’s successor is Ibrahim al-Hashe…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYVAntage Point

Apr 29, 2020

Portraits of veterans painted by former president on display

Visitors to The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., can see a collection of veteran portraits on display through Nov. 15, 2019. The collection is Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors, painted by another …

BYVAntage Point

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Putin critic uses drone to fly hard drives to safety

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin used a drone to fly his hard drives out of his high-rise apartment shortly before police raided his home. A video posted to YouTube shows Sergey Boyko operating the drone as police try to enter his …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Photos show moment President George W. Bush learned of the 9/11 attacks

After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, heart-wrenching images surfaced and stirred the world. Photos released by the US National Archives in 2016 show exactly when President George W. Bush learned the US was under attack.

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

Iran unveils new long-range missile defense system

Iran has debuted a new, locally built long-range missile system as it continues its defiant stance against the United States amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Iranian President Hassan Rohani said in a speech on Aug. 22, 2019,…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

The US fired off its first post-INF Treaty missile

The US military conducted its first flight test of a conventional ground-launched cruise missile in a test that would have been banned prior to the recent collapse of a Cold War-era nuclear arms agreement. The missile was launched on Aug. 18, …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

Trevor Noah, John Oliver dive into missing leader’s ‘silly-dictator antics’

Before his sudden reemergence at the Caspian Economic Forum, speculation had recently been swirling in Turkmenistan after the country’s strongman president disappeared from public view for more than a month. Considering that Gurbanguly Berdym…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

Has anyone seen the Turkmen president lately?

The big news from Turkmenistan in the last few weeks has been that the country’s mercurial president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has been absent from the news for large periods of time. That’s unusual because he normally dominates the stat…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Check out this wild video of a man riding a hoverboard on Bastille Day

French President Emmanuel Macron shared a video of a man zooming around the sky above celebrations on Bastille Day in Paris on July 14, 2019. The man appeared to be carrying a rifle, or at least a replica rifle, while he soared above the crowd…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Military prepares tanks for July 4th blowout parade in DC

President Donald Trump wants to put armored vehicles on the National Mall for his Fourth of July extravaganza, the Washington Post

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYInsider

Apr 29, 2020

Venezuela in crisis as US-backed opposition attempts coup

The Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared a military coup against the government of President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, sparking a confrontation that escalated into an armed conflict. In a message to supporters o…

BYInsider

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

President has reportedly selected the next UN ambassador

U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as the country’s next ambassador to the United Nations in a round of senior staff changes halfway through his four-year mandate. Trump made the announcement of…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

Putin threatens to ‘react’ if US pulls from nuclear treaty

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the U.S. plan to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was “ill-considered” and warned that Moscow will follow suit if the United States arms itself with weapons banned by the p…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYDepartment of Defense

Apr 29, 2020

How Bush climbed from Navy’s youngest pilot to president

His background was a little different than most who join the military at the age of eighteen, but his warmth, love of country and drive to serve made him a leader respected up and down his chains of command. Service members who worked with for…

BYDepartment of Defense

Apr 29, 2020