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America is being attacked on all fronts and Joe Biden is AWOL. Where is he? We’re getting rolled by China. We’re getting mocked by Russia. Iran is firing missiles at

In this excerpt from 'Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six,' Matthew Cole recounts how the elite unit came to be.

There is a long history of US presidents benefitting politically from the capturing or killing of enemy leaders

China's draconian pandemic control measures have prompted the State Department to consider evacuating American diplomats and their families from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

China's draconian pandemic control measures have prompted the State Department to consider evacuating American diplomats and their families from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

Operation Eagle Claw, failed mission by the U.S. military in April 1980 to rescue Americans who were held during the Iran hostage crisis. The mission highlighted deficiencies within the U.S. military command structure and led to the creation of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM).

Special-operations forces have become U.S. policymakers' go-to choice for contingencies around the world.

Special-operations forces have become U.S. policymakers' go-to choice for contingencies around the world.

A US Navy helicopter flies over the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war, October 1987. Francoise De Mulder/Roger Viollet via Getty Images US Special

From 1987 to 1989, US special-operation units deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Prime Chance.