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Lashkar Gah, AFGHANISTAN: An American flag is lowered beside an Afghan flag at the "Transition of Authority" ceremony at the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) base at Lashkar Gah in Helmand, 1 May 2006, as US forces officially hand over the Helmand base to British control. Britain's deployment of 3,300 troops -- tripling the 1,100 already stationed there as part of a multi-national operation working on counter-narcotics and reconstruction -- will be part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. AFP PHOTO / JOHN D MCHUGH (Photo credit should read JOHN D MCHUGH/AFP/Getty Images)

US military says Afghan security forces killed in airstrikes

No increased threat from Iran-backed forces, anti-ISIS coalition leader says

This picture taken 26 December 2011 shows the Pentagon building in Washington, DC. The Pentagon, which is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense (DOD), is the world's largest office building by floor area, with about 6,500,000 sq ft (600,000 m2), of which 3,700,000 sq ft (340,000 m2) are used as offices. Approximately 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel work in the Pentagon. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STAFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Pentagon diverts another $1.5 billion for Trump's border wall

Military sexual assaults increase sharply, Pentagon report finds

US Army vet survived 3 bomb blasts but nearly took his own life at home

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 13: A member of the Afghan Air Force 777 Special Mission Wing looks out of an Mi-17 helicopter during a training mission on September 13, 2017 outside of Kabul, Afghanistan. Currently the United States has about 11,000 troops in the deployed in Afghanistan, with a reported 4,000 more expected to arrive in the coming weeks. Last month, President Donald Trump announced his plan for Afghanistan which called for an increase in troop numbers and a new conditions-based approach to the war, getting rid of a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces in the country. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

Pentagon identifies soldiers killed in Afghanistan

PYEONGTEAK, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 25: South Korean Marines attend the media day of the 65th South Korea Armed Forces Day ceremony on September 25, 2017 in Pyeongteak, South Korea. The anniversary ceremony is to mark that South Korean Army crossed the 38 parallel on October 1, 1950 during the Korean War. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

US, South Korea scale back joint military drills 'to reduce tension' with North Korea

The US envoy on Venezuela Elliott Abrams (L) speaks to Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya at the United Nations Security Council meeting on controlling the turmoil in Venezuela on February 28, 2019 at the United Nations in New York. - Russia and China on Thursday used their veto at the UN Security Council to block a US resolution calling for new presidential elections in Venezuela and unimpeded deliveries of humanitarian aid.France, Germany and Britain were among nine countries that backed the proposed measure. South Africa also voted no while Indonesia, Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast abstained. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

US imposes additional visa restrictions and sanctions against Venezuelan officials

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Pentagon sends Congress proposal for new Space Force

Lawmakers frustrated as US says Russia failed to meet chemical weapons deadline

Mike Pompeo, U.S. secretary of state, listens during a United Nations Security Council briefing in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Pompeo met North Korea's foreign minister in New York Wednesday and agreed to travel to Pyongyang next month as the two sides continue to prepare for a second summit between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

US blasts international court on Iran ruling, pulls out of 1955 treaty

National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 11, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

Ex-NSA chief wishes Trump had pressed Putin on Russian election attacks

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Mattis: DHS wants two temporary camps on US bases to house immigrants

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Pompeo praises refugees, but doesn't mention US border crisis

The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (foreground), seen with a hole on its portside after a collision with a tanker, docks next to the USS America (behind) at Changi naval base in Singapore on August 22, 2017.
The US Navy announced a fleet-wide global investigation after the latest in a series of warship accidents left 10 sailors missing and five injured. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson ordered commanders within a week to set aside time, perhaps "one or two days", for crews to sit down together after the destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker off Singapore early on August 21. / AFP PHOTO / Roslan RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Former commander of USS McCain pleads guilty following deadly collision

Pompeo contradicts Trump on 'deep state' accusations

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victims Alaina Petty, Peter Wang and Martin Duque

Army awards medals to students killed in Florida shooting

Tillerson says US still 'concerned' about Gulf dispute

Palestinian school children leave UN-run Ramallah Elementary School at Beirut's Shatila refugee camp.

UN Palestinian aid agency says US cuts spark worst-ever financial crisis

Displaced Syrians who fled the fighting in Idlib province's southeastern town of Sinjar drive on a road in a rebel-held area near the city of Saraqib on January 7, 2018.
Syrian troops captured Sinjar, the "biggest town in southeast Idlib", from Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate and were within 14 kilometres (9 miles) of the Abu al-Duhur military base, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. / AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Tillerson sees long-term US presence in Syria

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid speaks at a rally on October 23, 2016, in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

NY Times: Pentagon study of UFOs revealed

The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (foreground), seen with a hole on its portside after a collision with a tanker, docks next to the USS America (behind) at Changi naval base in Singapore on August 22, 2017.
The US Navy announced a fleet-wide global investigation after the latest in a series of warship accidents left 10 sailors missing and five injured. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson ordered commanders within a week to set aside time, perhaps "one or two days", for crews to sit down together after the destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker off Singapore early on August 21. / AFP PHOTO / Roslan RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

US Navy: 2 deadly summer collisions were 'avoidable'

Tillerson says US can't ignore Myanmar humanitarian crisis

Top ISIS weapons experts killed in airstrikes, coalition says