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As the Pentagon shifts focus to China and Russia, CENTCOM’s chief is banking on experimentation with unmanned surveillance and artificial intelligence to offset a smaller US footprint in the Middle East.

As the Pentagon shifts focus to China and Russia, CENTCOM’s chief is banking on experimentation with unmanned surveillance and artificial intelligence to offset a smaller US footprint in the Middle East.

 

Pentagon officials are closely watching what deals result from the Chinese president's meetings with Arab leaders.

The decision was made as the department overhauls its procedures for preventing and investigating civilian deaths in military operations.

Clashes between U.S. troops and Iran-backed militias in Syria this month have prompted new scrutiny of the Pentagons mission in Syria, as tit-for-tat strikes threaten to escalate tensions in the region.

The official announcements of the long-rumored nominations came as the president traveled to Europe with the goal of demonstrating to global leaders that “America is back at the table.”

The change came by the slimmest of margins, with 60 votes in favor and 59 opposed in Israel's 120-member Knesset. One member abstained ...

Israel's parliament will vote Sunday on ending Benjamin Netanyahu's tenure as prime minister and approving a new coalition that includes an Arab party