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UFA, RUSSIA - JULY 9: In this handout image supplied by Host Photo Agency / RIA Novosti, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at a BRICS leaders limited attendance meeting during the BRICS/SCO Summits - Russia 2015 on July 09, 2015 in Ufa, Russia. (Photo by Iliya Pitalev / Host Photo Agency/Ria Novosti via Getty Images)
UFA, RUSSIA - JULY 9: In this handout image supplied by Host Photo Agency / RIA Novosti, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at a BRICS leaders limited attendance meeting during the BRICS/SCO Summits - Russia 2015 on July 09, 2015 in Ufa, Russia. (Photo by Iliya Pitalev / Host Photo Agency/Ria Novosti via Getty Images)

More Pentagon Generals Line Up to Proclaim Russia’s ‘Existential’ Threat to U.S.

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Paul McLeary

Situation Report: The Deal is done; Israel unhappy; the coming Gulf spending spree; U.S. soldiers learning from Ukrainian troops; Pentagon studying transgender troops; lots of robot news; and more

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Paul McLeary

Situation Report: Waiting in Vienna; drones over Libya; Iranian-backed militias fly flags on U.S. tanks; Iraq says launching big op in Anbar, again; and lots more

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Paul McLeary
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY HARO CHAKMAKJIAN (FILES) -- File picture dated December 8, 2005 shows US Soldiers having lunch at "Burger King" at their military base in southern Baghdad. For a growing number of young US troops in Iraq, boredom is becoming the new enemy as major anti-insurgency raids turn rarer and their disengagement from the country starts to take shape. AFP PHOTO/SAMUEL ARANDA (Photo credit should read SAMUEL ARANDA/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY HARO CHAKMAKJIAN (FILES) -- File picture dated December 8, 2005 shows US Soldiers having lunch at "Burger King" at their military base in southern Baghdad. For a growing number of young US troops in Iraq, boredom is becoming the new enemy as major anti-insurgency raids turn rarer and their disengagement from the country starts to take shape. AFP PHOTO/SAMUEL ARANDA (Photo credit should read SAMUEL ARANDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Joint Chiefs Chairman Doesn’t like Insurgents, Big Deployments, Fast Food

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Paul McLeary

Situation Report: Army releases controversial plan; defense officials call out Russia; Hezbollah taking hits in Syria; Mexican drones; and lots more

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Paul McLeary
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford Jr. arrives for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill July 9, 2015 in Washington, DC. During testimony, Dunford identified Russia as the biggest threat facing the United States and that if budget sequestration was to continue, the U.S. military will face 'catastrophic consequences.' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford Jr. arrives for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill July 9, 2015 in Washington, DC. During testimony, Dunford identified Russia as the biggest threat facing the United States and that if budget sequestration was to continue, the U.S. military will face 'catastrophic consequences.' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Joint Chiefs Nominee: Russia Could Pose ‘Existential Threat’ to the U.S.

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Paul McLeary

Situation Report: Ash Carter talks with billionaires; U.S. Army general deployed to Poland; border control is all the rage in the Middle East, and lots more

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Paul McLeary

Situation Report: The politics of an Iran deal; numbers game in Syria; Taliban talks; a shrinking U.S. Army; Chechens in Ukraine; and lots more

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Paul McLeary
ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 6: (AFP OUT) U.S. From L, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter looks on as President Barack Obama delivers remarks after meeting with members of his national security team concerning ISIS at the Pentagon July 6, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Obama announced the U.S. military is making progress against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. (Photo by Drew Angerer - Pool/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 6: (AFP OUT) U.S. From L, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter looks on as President Barack Obama delivers remarks after meeting with members of his national security team concerning ISIS at the Pentagon July 6, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Obama announced the U.S. military is making progress against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. (Photo by Drew Angerer - Pool/Getty Images)

Defense Chief: Obama Likely to Be Out of Office Before Assad

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Paul McLeary
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 07: U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter answers questions from committee chairman Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) during a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee July 7, 2015 in Washington, DC. Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (R) testified on the topic of "Counter-ISIL Strategy." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 07: U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter answers questions from committee chairman Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) during a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee July 7, 2015 in Washington, DC. Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (R) testified on the topic of "Counter-ISIL Strategy." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Carter: ‘Awfully Small Number’ of Syrian Rebels Being Trained by U.S.

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Paul McLeary

Situation Report: Iraq first, or Syria; moves at the Pentagon; top Yemen jihadist identified; bomb-blasting lasers for U.S. planes; and lots more

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Paul McLeary
ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 6: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (C) look on at the start of a meeting with members of the president's national security team concerning ISIS at the Pentagon July 6, 2015 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Last month, Obama announced he would send an additional 450 military personnel to aid Iraqi military attempting to retake the Ramadi, which fell to ISIS in May. (Photo by Drew Angerer - Pool/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 6: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (C) look on at the start of a meeting with members of the president's national security team concerning ISIS at the Pentagon July 6, 2015 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Last month, Obama announced he would send an additional 450 military personnel to aid Iraqi military attempting to retake the Ramadi, which fell to ISIS in May. (Photo by Drew Angerer - Pool/Getty Images)

5 Questions Obama Should Have Been Asked About the Islamic State Fight — but Wasn’t

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Paul McLeary, Dan De Luce
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 06: U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill May 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the fiscal year 2016 budget for the Department of Defense. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 06: U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill May 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the fiscal year 2016 budget for the Department of Defense. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The Lives of Defense Secretaries

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Paul McLeary

Situation Report: No Iran deal yet; Obama to the Pentagon; U.S. drones over Somalia; Iraq accidentally bombs Baghdad; Russian military deals; and lots more

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Paul McLeary

Situation Report: Iran talks drag on; new Marine Corps boss coming; changes for U.S. ops in Africa; updates from Saudi, Syria; and lots more

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Paul McLeary
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