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FILE - In this April 9, 2018, file photo, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington. A U.S. administration official says that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will leave his post Jan. 1, 2019, as Trump is expected to name Shanahan as acting secretary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Trump pushes Mattis out early

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressDecember 23, 2018

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, rushes to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at day's end on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Amid the news that President Donald Trump is pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, Graham said he was "blindsided" by the report and called the decision "a disaster in the making." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Trump pulling all US troops from Syria, declaring IS defeat

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, Robert Burns Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressDecember 19, 2018

President Donald Trump salutes on his arrival on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Friday.

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Trump blames DC, as military parade plans unravel over costs

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Catherine Lucey Associated PressAugust 17, 2018

Vice President Mike Pence, center, is greeted by Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan, right, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis before speaking at an event on the creation of a United States Space Force on Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Pentagon.

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Pence outlines US Space Force plan for ‘next battlefield’

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressAugust 9, 2018

In this June 13, 2006, file photo, Utah National Guard soldiers work on extending a border fence in San Luis, Ariz., President Donald Trump said April 3, 2018, he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. The Department of Homeland Security and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. At the Pentagon, officials were struggling to answer questions about the plan, including rudimentary details on whether it would involve National Guard members, as similar programs in the past have done. But officials appeared to be considering a model similar to a 2006 operation in which former President George W. Bush deployed National Guard troops to the southern border in an effort to increase security and surveillance. (AP Photo/Khampha Bouaphanh)

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Trump wants US military to secure border

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressApril 3, 2018

FILE - In this March 27, 2008 file photo, the Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington. A Pentagon official tells The Associated Press that transgender people can enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, despite President Donald Trump's opposition. The new policy reflects growing legal pressure on the issue. Potential transgender recruits will have to overcome a lengthy and strict set of physical, medical and mental conditions that make it possible, although difficult, for them to join the armed services. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Pentagon to allow transgender people to enlist in military

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressDecember 11, 2017

Members of the media make images of a posted note on the front door of Jim and Lyn Coleman's home in Stewartstown, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. The Coleman's daughter Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian husband and their three young children have been released after years held captive by a group that has ties to the Taliban and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, U.S. and Pakistani officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Captive for 5 years, US-Canadian family freed in Pakistan

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Munir Ahmed Associated PressOctober 12, 2017

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks at the Pentagon. New guidance released by the Pentagon on Sept. 15, makes it clear that any transgender troops currently in the military can re-enlist in the next several months, even as the department debates how broadly to enforce a ban on their service ordered by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Transgender troops can re-enlist in military — for now

by Richard Lardner Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressSeptember 15, 2017

The Guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) is moored pier side at Changi naval base in Singapore following a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The USS John S. McCain was docked at Singapore's naval base with "significant damage" to its hull after an early morning collision with the Alnic MC as vessels from several nations searched Monday for missing U.S. sailors. (Grady T. Fontana/U.S. Navy photo via AP)

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Search underway for missing sailors; Navy chief orders probe

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, Annabelle Liang Associated Press, and Stephen Wright Associated PressAugust 21, 2017

U.S. Gen. John Nicholson, top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, left, talks with Col. Khanullah Shuja, commander of the national mission brigade of the Afghan special operations force, and U.S. Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, at Camp Morehead in Afghanistan on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. The three officers attended the launch of the Afghan Army’s new special operations corps. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

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Trump will address path forward on Afghanistan

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressAugust 20, 2017