After Mattis, Shanahan takes Pentagon helm at critical time
by Thomas WATKINS Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Patrick Shanahan, who on Tuesday becomes the acting US…
7 years ago
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US envoy to anti-IS coalition resigns after Trump’s Syria decision
by Maggy DONALDSON Brett McGurk, the US special envoy to the anti-Islamic State group coalition, has resigned, a State Department…
8 years ago
‘It is right for me to step down’: Mattis quits
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump shocked the…
8 years ago
In photos: Balangiga bells being readied for transport to PHL
(Eagle News)----In these pictures released by the US Embassy in Manila, the two Balangiga bells housed in Wyoming are being…
8 years ago
Mattis to visit toxic Agent Orange site in Vietnam
by Thomas WATKINS Agence France Presse HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AFP) -- The toxic legacy of the Vietnam War…
8 years ago
US embassy: US Defense chief had already notified US Congress on Balangiga bells’ return to PHL
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- The United States will return to the Philippines church bells seized by American forces in…
8 years ago
Pentagon chief seeks to reassure S. Korea, Japan on North
by Paul Handley © Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- US Defense Secretary James Mattis told South Korea Thursday…
8 years ago
Pentagon chief Mattis reduced to carrying out orders he dislikes
by Sylvie Lanteaume © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)--From housing undocumented migrants to scrapping joint exercises with South Korea…
8 years ago
Mattis visits China amid Korea talks, strategic tensions
by Paul HANDLEY Agence France-Presse EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, United States (AFP)--US Secretary of Defense James Mattis will make his…
8 years ago
US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea: Mattis
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Undefined (AFP) -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting…
8 years ago
Syria strikes hit Syrian chemical program: Mattis
UNITED STATES (AFP) -- A quick series of US, French and British air strikes in Syria were designed to…
8 years ago
US nuclear review calls for development of low-yield weapons
by Thomas Watkins Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US military wants to overhaul its atomic arsenal and develop a new…
8 years ago
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