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US Navy’s submarine fleet is too small. Here’s how selling some may help.
The U.S. Navy’s fleet includes 49 attack submarines, despite a formal requirement for 66. It’s also facing crewing and maintenance problems.
Lawmakers visit shipbuilder amid talk of Navy cuts
The tour came several weeks after a memo was leaked that outlined a Pentagon proposal to cut shipbuilding.
Defying police, Iranians protest over plane shootdown
Videos posted online showed protesters shouting anti-government slogans and moving through subway stations and sidewalks, many around Azadi, or Freedom, Square after an earlier call for people to demonstrate there.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Australia sends navy ships to aid wildfire victims
Some 4,000 people in the coastal town of Mallacoota fled to the shore as winds pushed a fire toward their homes under a sky darkened by smoke and turned blood-red by flames.
House votes to avert government shutdown through Dec. 20
The House passed a continuing resolution that's expected to pass the Senate and get President Donald Trump's signature.
By Joe Gould
Ukraine aid delay irked lawmakers for weeks, but Trump told some about ‘quid pro quo,’ says HASC chair
As President Trump held Ukraine military aid, lawmakers say they were kept in the dark.
By Joe Gould
US lawmakers press Trump to release aid for Ukraine to fight Russia
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressuring the Trump administration to release $250 million in military aid to Ukraine.
By Joe Gould
Marine veteran announces 2020 congressional run on his ‘alive day’ anniversary of surviving IED blast
Marine veteran Rob Jones announced Monday that he will for be running for Congress as a Republican in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District.
By Andrea Scott
Gibraltar detains supertanker filled with Iranian oil
A senior Spanish official said the operation was requested by the United States.
By Aritz Parra, The Associated Press and Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
The worst war criminals in ‘Game of Thrones’ ranked
A total of 103 violations of international law in times of war were counted.
By Jon Simkins