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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. national security officials agreed on Wednesday on a proposed range of options to present to President Donald Trump aimed at deterring any attack on U.S. military or diplomatic personnel in Iraq, a senior administration official told Reuters.
FILE PHOTO: A man looks at the damage after the Iraqi military said rockets fell inside Baghdad s Green Zone, Iraq November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily/File Photo
The meeting was spurred by an attack on Sunday in which rockets landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone compound targeting the U.S. Embassy and causing some minor damage, the Iraqi military and the embassy said.
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USNI News
USNI News 2020 Fleet and Marine Review
January 8, 2021 6:33 PM
When 2020 closed, the Navy’s aircraft carrier forces spent a collective 896 days deployed across the world – 200 more days than in 2019. As reported by USNI News in November, the carrier force has been under strain over the last 20 years, and the use of the force accelerated in 2020. Likewise, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps amphibious ready groups and Marine expeditionary units saw deployments to the Western Pacific and U.S. Central Command.
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
April 1, 2019 to Jan. 20
A sailor dressed as Santa Claus directs the launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the ‘Pukin’ Dogs’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on Dec. 24, 2019 US Navy Photo
Intelligence all over the board in failed DC National Guard preparation for Capitol siege Print this article
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy defended the rapid response of a limited D.C. National Guard active force while dodging blame for intelligence failures that allowed rioters to enter the Capitol building Wednesday.
“Getting back to the pure intelligence, it was all over the board,” McCarthy told defense reporters during a Pentagon phone briefing Thursday, citing protest size estimates that ranged from 2,000 to 80,000.
“It was very hard to make that determination of what we were dealing with,” McCarthy said, noting that the Army relies on intelligence gathered by local law enforcement to assess an adequate force posture. Crowd profiles were expected to be similar to peaceful demonstrations that took place in the capital on Nov. 14 and Dec. 12.