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Vets may see only a small cost-of-living boost in benefits next year
An outside watchdog estimates the benefits adjustment will be less than 3% in 2025.
US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan to have little impact, official says
Trump's plan to pull out 7,000 troops comes amid renewed peace talks with Taliban.
Ex-Blackwater contractor found guilty in 2007 Iraq shooting
A former Blackwater security contractor was convicted Wednesday of murder at his third trial in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq.
Ukraine plans another naval foray into Sea of Azov
Oleksandr Turchynov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said another mission is necessary to prevent Russia from claiming control over the body of water.
Flynn sentencing abruptly postponed; judge states disgust
A federal judge abruptly postponed the sentencing of President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, on Tuesday, saying he could not hide his disgust for Flynn’s crime of lying to the FBI and warning that he could send the retired Army lieutenant general to prison.
By Chad Day, The Associated Press
Government to seek $830,000 from Navy vet for benefits fraud
A 46-year-old Columbia Falls man has admitted overstating his disabilities to receive government payments for nine years
US sanctions 3 over activities in South Sudan’s civil war
A Treasury statement named the three as retired Israeli military official Israel Ziv and South Sudanese businessman Obac William Olawo, for leading entities whose actions have extended the conflict, and South Sudanese official Gregory Vasili, “for actions that have undermined peace, stability, and security.”
Mueller: FBI is not to blame for Flynn’s false statements
The filing from special counsel Robert Mueller comes four days before Flynn gets sentenced on a charge of lying to the FBI about his conversations with the then-Russian ambassador to the United States.
By Chad Day, The Associated Press
Audit finds cyber vulnerabilities in US missile defense system
A Defense Department Inspector General report raises more questions about the military's shoddy cybersecurity.
Who are Yemen’s Houthis?
The guided-missile destroyers Nitze and Mason carried out Tomahawk strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen more than two years ago. So who are they?
By Myriam Renaud, University of Chicago