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BEIRUT: When the Choctaw County, a fast transport ship, pulled into Beirut on Sept. 21 for the first-ever US Navy port visit to Lebanon, the messaging from the Navy was all about improving the military-to-military relations between the two countries. But for analysts watching the situation in Lebanon closely, the timing signals more than just military friendliness. Coming in the middle of unprecedented economic and political pressures facing Beirut, analysts say the arrival of the ship is also a...

General Frank McKenzie, the head of Central Command, told the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that the collapse of the Afghan government was rooted

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"The signing of the Doha agreement had a really pernicious effect on the government of Afghanistan and on its military," Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of Central Command, told the House Armed Services Committee.

El máximo general estadounidense admitió el miércoles que Estados Unidos “perdió” la guerra de 20 años en Afganistán. “Está claro, es obvio para todos nosotros, que la guerra en Afganistán no terminó en los términos que queríamos, con los talibanes en el poder en Kabul”, dijo el general Mark Milley,...

Biden cant budge fellow Dems with big overhaul at stake

(Bloomberg) -- Democrats and Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee divided sharply from the start of a hearing Wednesday on whether President Joe Biden should have kept some U.S. troops in Afghanistan indefinitely.

Wednesday's House Armed Services hearing was politically charged, the Democrats and Republicans blaming Trump and Biden, respectively.

During his Tuesday broadcast opening monologue, Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson slammed Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier in the day. | Clips

General Mark Milley said he believes America should have kept several thousand troops in the country to prevent the Taliban takeover