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Female recruits stand at the Marine Corps Training Depot on Parris Island, S.C. in February 2013.

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Marines eye plan to put women in combat training

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressAugust 8, 2017

FILE - In this July 26, 2017, file photo, protestors attend a rally in New York City, to protest President Donald Trump's announcement of a ban on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military. Trump’s tweets declaring transgender individuals unwelcome in his military has plunged the Pentagon into a legal and moral quagmire, seeing off a flurry of meetings to devise a new policy that could lead to hundreds of service members being discharged. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

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Military scrambles for transgender policy after Trump tweets

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressAugust 3, 2017

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Military chiefs will seek a six-month delay before letting transgender people enlist in their services.

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Military heads want transgender enlistment hold

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressJune 23, 2017

In this April 4, 2017 file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows victims of a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. A senior U.S. official says the U.S. has concluded that Russia knew in advance of Syria’s chemical weapons attack last week.

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US Official: Russia knew Syrian chemical attack was coming

by Robert Burns Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressApril 11, 2017

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Air Force One while in flight from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to Palm Beach International Airport, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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US blasts Syria base with cruise missiles

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressApril 6, 2017

FILE - This May 10, 2007 file photo shows the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Reports of sexual assaults increased at two of the three military academies last year and an anonymous survey suggests sexual misconduct rose across the board at the schools, The Associated Press has learned. Assault reports rose at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, while dropping at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. (AP Photo/Kathleen Lange, File)

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Sex assault reports up at U.S. Naval, Military academies

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressMarch 15, 2017

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, speaks with Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik during a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.

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Pentagon boss to NATO: Increase military spending

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressFebruary 15, 2017

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A Cabinet of generals? Trump’s choices get mixed reviews

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressDecember 2, 2016

U.S. Secretary of Defence, Ash Carter, arrives for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council Defence Ministers session at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. NATO defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss tense relations with Russia, how to help Middle East nations combat extremism and cooperation between the military alliance and the European Union. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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Pentagon suspends California National Guard bonus repayments

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Matthew Daly Associated PressOctober 26, 2016

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday.

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Donald Trump gets his Mideast history wrong

by Bradley Klapper Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressAugust 15, 2016