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U.S. Border Patrol agents conduct a training exercise in the Anapra area, in front of the wall that divides Sunland Park, N.M., from the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

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Amid Coronavirus Concerns Pentagon To Send Troops To U.S. Borders With Mexico, Canada

5:16pm March 26, 2020

Troops will be sent to the northern and southern U.S. borders as the spread of the coronavirus grows. Last week, the Trump administration ordered partial closures of those borders.

Coronavirus Diverts U.S. Aircraft Carrier From Mission In Western Pacific

3:31pm March 26, 2020

by David Welna

The USS Theodore Roosevelt is the first U.S. warship with known cases of COVID-19. It's now heading to Guam to get all 5,000 crew members tested.

President Trump speaks Saturday at the White House. Officials said a travel restriction would expand to the U.K. and Ireland beginning midnight Monday.

U.S. Adds U.K. And Ireland To Travel Ban; New Restrictions In Multiple Countries

8:57pm March 14, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Trump administration officials announced an expansion of a European travel ban to include the U.K. and Ireland. It came as governments around the world instituted new measures to halt the disease.

Korean soldiers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus on a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea, last week. U.S. military stationed in South Korea and Italy have been ordered not to travel because of the outbreak.

U.S. Forces In South Korea And Italy Are Told To Stay Put As Coronavirus Spreads

8:27pm March 09, 2020

by David Welna

There are some 45,000 Americans working at U.S. military installations in South Korea and Italy. Both nations have major coronavirus outbreaks and travel to and from them is being restricted.

Debris and rubble are seen at the site where an Iranian missile struck Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq's Anbar province in January. The U.S. has repeatedly raised its injury report from the strike; it now says 109 personnel suffered brain injuries.

109 U.S. Troops Suffered Brain Injuries In Iran Strike, Pentagon Says

11:34am February 11, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Of the 109 who were injured, 76 have returned to duty. But 21 service members who were taken from Iraq to Germany for medical care have now been brought to the U.S.

The Ain al-Asad air base, northwest of Baghdad, was one of the Iraqi bases targeted by Iranian missile strikes seen earlier this month.

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Pentagon Increases U.S. Injury Toll From Iranian Attack Yet Again — To 64

12:42pm January 31, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The missile strikes in Iraq earlier this month did not kill any U.S. service members. But in the weeks following, the number of troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury has gone up repeatedly.

The first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border last month in Donna, Texas. The new section, with 18-foot-tall steel bollards atop a concrete wall, will stretch approximately 8 miles.

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Federal Judge Blocks Diversion Of Military Construction Money For Border Wall

9:00am December 11, 2019

A case brought by El Paso County, Texas, is similar to another won by the Sierra Club in California. The U.S. Supreme Court said wall construction can continue while the Trump administration appeals.

Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer has been pushed out over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes. Spencer is seen here testifying during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in April.

Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer Forced Out Amid Controversy Over SEAL Case

7:17pm November 24, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The Pentagon says the Defense Secretary asked for Spencer's resignation after "losing trust and confidence in him." Spencer said President Trump deserved a Navy chief "who is aligned with his views."

A budget staffer is to become the first White House official to testify about Ukraine aid in the impeachment inquiry at the Capitol on Saturday.

OMB Staffer Could Shed Light On Impeachment Inquiry Enigmas

5:34am November 16, 2019

by David Welna

Closed-door testimony from the only White House staffer cooperating with the probe could provide first-hand knowledge about details that remain hazy.

President Trump met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as part of the American Technology Council in June 2017.

Amazon Appeals Pentagon's Choice Of Microsoft For $10 Billion Cloud Contract

8:59pm November 14, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon cited "unmistakable bias" as it prepares to challenge its loss in federal court. This starts a new chapter in the contentious battle over the biggest U.S. cloud-computing contract, called JEDI.