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A member of the New York Police Department (NYPD)stands in front of Trump Tower on 5th Avenue to provide security to US President-elect Donald Trump on November 10, 2016 in New York. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of the New York Police Department (NYPD)stands in front of Trump Tower on 5th Avenue to provide security to US President-elect Donald Trump on November 10, 2016 in New York. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Huge Changes in Trump NatSec Team; Pentagon Pick Likely This Week

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Smoke billows in the background on November 3, 2016, at an entrance to Aleppo, in the southwestern frontline near the neighbourhood of Dahiyet al-Assad, during a rebel offensive to break a three-month siege of the opposition-held east of Syria's second city. Syrian rebels launched a new wave of car bombs and rockets on Aleppo's western districts, redoubling their efforts to break the government's three-month siege of the city. / AFP / Omar haj kadour (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
Smoke billows in the background on November 3, 2016, at an entrance to Aleppo, in the southwestern frontline near the neighbourhood of Dahiyet al-Assad, during a rebel offensive to break a three-month siege of the opposition-held east of Syria's second city. Syrian rebels launched a new wave of car bombs and rockets on Aleppo's western districts, redoubling their efforts to break the government's three-month siege of the city. / AFP / Omar haj kadour (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Russian Carrier Hits Aleppo; China Says its Carrier is Combat Ready; Trump and Putin Talk

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 11: In this U.S. Navy handout, sunrise at the Pentagon prior to a ceremony to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The American flag is draped over the site of impact at the Pentagon. In 2008, the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial opened adjacent to the site, located on Boundary Channel Drive in Arlington, Va., and commemorates the 184 lives lost at the Pentagon and onboard American Airlines Flight 77 during the terrorist attacks. (Photo by Damon J. Moritz/Released via Getty Images
ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 11: In this U.S. Navy handout, sunrise at the Pentagon prior to a ceremony to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The American flag is draped over the site of impact at the Pentagon. In 2008, the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial opened adjacent to the site, located on Boundary Channel Drive in Arlington, Va., and commemorates the 184 lives lost at the Pentagon and onboard American Airlines Flight 77 during the terrorist attacks. (Photo by Damon J. Moritz/Released via Getty Images

SitRep: A Trump Pentagon in Waiting; Special Ops, the CIA, and Jordan

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 23: A K Street NW sign stands at the corner of 14th and K Streets NW in downtown Washington, DC on August 23, 2016. K Street is the center of the political lobbyist industry in Washington. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 23: A K Street NW sign stands at the corner of 14th and K Streets NW in downtown Washington, DC on August 23, 2016. K Street is the center of the political lobbyist industry in Washington. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

SitRep: The Defense Industry Execs Leading Trump’s Pentagon Team; Obama Requests $11B More for Wars

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
STARKVILLE, MS - NOVEMBER 05: Members of the United States Army lined up and waiting to be recognized during the football game between Mississippi St. and Texas A&M on November 5, 2016 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, MS. Mississippi St. would defeat Texas A&M 35-28. (Photo by Andy Altenburger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
STARKVILLE, MS - NOVEMBER 05: Members of the United States Army lined up and waiting to be recognized during the football game between Mississippi St. and Texas A&M on November 5, 2016 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, MS. Mississippi St. would defeat Texas A&M 35-28. (Photo by Andy Altenburger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

SitRep: No One Knows What Trump Means for National Security; Russian Aircraft Carrier Posts on Syrian Shore

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks during a press conference with India's Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar at the Pentagon on August 29, 2016 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks during a press conference with India's Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar at the Pentagon on August 29, 2016 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump’s Team Has Yet to Reach Out to the Pentagon, But Rumors Fly Over the Next SecDef

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Paul McLeary
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 09: The candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton of U.S. presidential elections are seen on a TV screen below the graph showing the day's course of the DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on November 9, 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany. Stock markets around the world reacted with volatility to the surprise win for Republican candidate Donald Trump in yesterday's U.S. presidential elections. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 09: The candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton of U.S. presidential elections are seen on a TV screen below the graph showing the day's course of the DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on November 9, 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany. Stock markets around the world reacted with volatility to the surprise win for Republican candidate Donald Trump in yesterday's U.S. presidential elections. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

SitRep: World Leaders React to Security Implications of U.S. Election

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Iraqi children who fled the fighting are given bread as they arrive at an Iraqi army 9th armoured division operating base adjacent to the Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul on November 7, 2016. Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul. / AFP / Odd ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi children who fled the fighting are given bread as they arrive at an Iraqi army 9th armoured division operating base adjacent to the Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul on November 7, 2016. Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul. / AFP / Odd ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Election Day Choices; The Grim Accounting in Mosul

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Western special forces, supporting the US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces, deploy on the frontline, one kilometre from the Syrian town of Ain Issa, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Raqa, on November 6, 2016 as they launched an offensive on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital. The start of the assault by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) came as Iraqi forces fought inside Mosul for the third day running, with the jihadists putting up fierce resistance. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Western special forces, supporting the US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces, deploy on the frontline, one kilometre from the Syrian town of Ain Issa, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Raqa, on November 6, 2016 as they launched an offensive on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital. The start of the assault by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) came as Iraqi forces fought inside Mosul for the third day running, with the jihadists putting up fierce resistance. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Kurds Move on Raqqa, Russia Allies With Kurdish Militias

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
A US soldier (R) stands next to Jordanian soldier as they take part in Exercise Eager Lion at a Jordanian military bases in Zarqa, east of Amman, on May 24, 2016. Some 6000 of soldiers from USA and Jordan are participating in Jordan's Sixth "Eager Lion" annual war games jointly overseen by the US army. / AFP / KHALIL MAZRAAWI (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images)
A US soldier (R) stands next to Jordanian soldier as they take part in Exercise Eager Lion at a Jordanian military bases in Zarqa, east of Amman, on May 24, 2016. Some 6000 of soldiers from USA and Jordan are participating in Jordan's Sixth "Eager Lion" annual war games jointly overseen by the US army. / AFP / KHALIL MAZRAAWI (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images)

Three U.S. Military Trainers Shot Dead in Jordan

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Paul McLeary
ERBIL, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 04: Iraqis living in villages of Mosul, fled from Daesh terrorists arrive to Erbil in Iraq on November 4, 2016. A much anticipated Mosul offensive to liberate the city from Daesh began midnight of 16th of October. (Photo by Ahmet Izgi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ERBIL, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 04: Iraqis living in villages of Mosul, fled from Daesh terrorists arrive to Erbil in Iraq on November 4, 2016. A much anticipated Mosul offensive to liberate the city from Daesh began midnight of 16th of October. (Photo by Ahmet Izgi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

SitRep: Iraqi Commandos Face Sharp Fighting as Civilians Flee; Raqqa Alliance Uncertain

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), one holding ammunition, stand on a street in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on August 7, 2016, as they comb the city in search of the last remaining jihadists, a day after they retook it from the Islamic State group. A coalition of Arab and Kurd fighters on August 6, 2016 seized the Islamic State (IS) group stronghold of Manbij, two months after launching an operation to capture the strategic city in northern Syria, a monitor said. The town had served as a key transit point along IS's supply route from the Turkish border to Raqa, the de facto capital of its self-styled Islamic "caliphate". / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), one holding ammunition, stand on a street in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on August 7, 2016, as they comb the city in search of the last remaining jihadists, a day after they retook it from the Islamic State group. A coalition of Arab and Kurd fighters on August 6, 2016 seized the Islamic State (IS) group stronghold of Manbij, two months after launching an operation to capture the strategic city in northern Syria, a monitor said. The town had served as a key transit point along IS's supply route from the Turkish border to Raqa, the de facto capital of its self-styled Islamic "caliphate". / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Whose Timeline Will Win in the Fight for Raqqa?

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Paul McLeary
US President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event in Denver, Colorado, on May 23, 2012. Obama may have made his name peddling hope and change, but his aspirational politics concealed a ruthless streak now being turned on the man who wants his job: Mitt Romney. President Obama and his hard-eyed political consultants have unleashed a long-planned attack on the Republican's corporate past, seeking to turn November's election on Romney's character rather than his own economic record. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages)
US President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event in Denver, Colorado, on May 23, 2012. Obama may have made his name peddling hope and change, but his aspirational politics concealed a ruthless streak now being turned on the man who wants his job: Mitt Romney. President Obama and his hard-eyed political consultants have unleashed a long-planned attack on the Republican's corporate past, seeking to turn November's election on Romney's character rather than his own economic record. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages)

Obama Is Scrambling to Nail Down His Foreign-Policy Legacy

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John Hudson, Molly O’Toole, Paul McLeary, David Francis, Dan De Luce, Elias Groll
Afghan National Army commandos take rest amid ongoing fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kunduz on October 4, 2016. Afghan forces were conducting clearing operations in Kunduz early on October 4, warning that Taliban militants were hiding in civilian homes after an hours-long assault on the city repelled with the help of NATO air support. / AFP / BASHIR KHAN SAFI (Photo credit should read BASHIR KHAN SAFI/AFP/Getty Images)
Afghan National Army commandos take rest amid ongoing fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kunduz on October 4, 2016. Afghan forces were conducting clearing operations in Kunduz early on October 4, warning that Taliban militants were hiding in civilian homes after an hours-long assault on the city repelled with the help of NATO air support. / AFP / BASHIR KHAN SAFI (Photo credit should read BASHIR KHAN SAFI/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Americans Killed in Kunduz; Baghdadi Emerges, Urges More Attacks

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Russian military pilots stand at attention during celebrations for Russian Air Force Day in Pushkin, outside of Saint Petersburg, on August 12, 2016. / AFP / OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo credit should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian military pilots stand at attention during celebrations for Russian Air Force Day in Pushkin, outside of Saint Petersburg, on August 12, 2016. / AFP / OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo credit should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Moscow Pushes Back on Aleppo, Mosul; Pentagon to Ask for $6B More in War Funding

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
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