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Visitors are reflected at Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, ahead of Memorial Day on Sunday, May 27, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

USS Frank E. Evans Association: Add sailors to Vietnam Veterans Memorial

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

An autonomous delivery vehicle targeted toward the "spoiled Chinese" consumer is an example of artificial intelligence coming out of Silicon Valley, which has an uncomfortable relationship with the Pentagon and the CIA. (Associated Press/File)

U.S., China in artificial intelligence technology race

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This Feb. 2018 photo provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) shows Ammar al Baluchi at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Al Baluchi, accused of helping to plan the Sept. 11 attacks, wants to be able to distribute art he makes in his cell at the detention center. His attorneys sent a motion to a military commission on Wednesday, April 4, saying the Department of Defense has violated his rights by making it more difficult for him to draw and paint and by blocking him from giving his artwork to his attorneys. (International Committee of the Red Cross via AP)

Ammar al Baluchi, Guantanamo Bay detainee, has right to make, show art, lawyer says

By Deepti Hajela - Associated Press

Lawyer: Guantanamo Bay detainee has right to make, show art

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

Members of the Kurdish internal security forces, right, pass next of damaged shops, at the scene where an explosion on Thursday hit a U.S.-led coalition vehicles, killing an American and a Briton soldiers, in Manbij town, north Syria, Saturday, March 31, 2018. The explosion on Thursday was the first to hit members of the U.S.-led coalition who have deployed to Manbij months after the town was liberated from Islamic State militants in 2016. An improvised explosive device went off during an operation against a known member of the Islamic State group in this mixed Arab and Kurdish town, the U.S-led Coalition said in a statement Saturday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Soldier killed in Syria identified as 36-year-old from Texas

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Illustration on Federal contracting by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Obama holdovers and federal contracts

By Brian McNicoll

America’s Air Force: Defenders of air, space and cyberspace

By Maj. Gen. Robert J. Skinner

In this March 27, 2008, file photo, the Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Porn-ster in the Pentagon: Ari Chivukula, ‘Queer Church’ co-founder, a DOD digi-tech

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Defense Department's support strategy was on prominent display in the fight against Islamic State, with Iraqi forces and Syrian Kurdish fighters taking the lead on the ground in ousting the terrorist group from its strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa. (Associated Press/File)

National Defense Strategy eyes war on terror proxies

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Illustration on auditing the Pentagon by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Defense Department audit is overdue

By Charles V. Pena

Electric Power Research Institute is wrong about power grid threat

By William Graham and Peter Vincent Pry

In this Nov. 5, 2017, file photo, investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. (Jay Janner/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, File)

The Latest: Defense Dept. won’t comment on gun-check lawsuit

Associated Press

Clarification: Defense Department-Lawsuit story

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks on national security Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in Washington. Trump says his new national security strategy puts &quot;America First.&quot; (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Under Trump, climate change not a national security threat

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks and lays out a national security strategy that envisions nations in perpetual competition, reverses Obama-era warnings on climate change, and de-emphasizes multinational agreements, in Washington, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump’s revamped national security strategy drops climate change as legitimate threat

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this March 27, 2008, file photo, the Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon: Transgender people can enlist in military Jan. 1

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, file photo shows a sign above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow. On Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, Kaspersky Lab said it will open up its anti-virus software to outside review as it deals with security concerns. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Pentagon warned of Kaspersky products 13 years before government-wide ban: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Pentagon: Retweet of call for Trump to resign was accidental

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Oceana: Most of offshore can’t handle drilling, DOD training

By TAMARA DIETRICH - Associated Press

Vets sue Defense Department over 1966 Spain H-bomb mishap

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press