A diplomat who was pressed into leading the Afghanistan withdrawal was so flummoxed by his last-minute assignment that he had to run to REI for gear: book

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Then-US Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass attends a press conference in Geneva in 2018.

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Nation's top general says it's an 'overstatement' to say 'the entire military is woke' over a few drag shows on bases

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Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.

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Overblown perceptions of 'wokeness' in the military are making it harder to recruit new people, top Pentagon leader says

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General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Brussels, Belgium on June 15, 2023.
General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Brussels, Belgium on June 15, 2023.

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The UK has been accidentally sending classified information to Russian-allied Mali because of a one-letter typo in a domain name: report

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The UK Ministry of Defence said it has launched an investigation into the matter.

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The balloons are back: The origin of an object spotted floating 36,000 feet over Hawaii is unknown

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A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Montana, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.

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Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira boasted online he'd thought of everything and was untraceable, FBI investigator says. Now he faces decades in prison.

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The Pentagon leak is being traced to a man on Discord who sent around two dozen young gamers hundreds of secrets over months.

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Top secret information is 'like toilet paper' at the Pentagon, says the Vietnam War whistleblower

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Daniel Ellsberg speaks during a 2006 protest in front of the White House.
Daniel Ellsberg speaks during a 2006 protest in front of the White House.

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The Pentagon leaks: What documents leaked in the US military's worst intelligence breach in a decade reveal

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Jack Teixeira, 21, has been charged in connection with the leak of secret Pentagon documents.

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Why the Pentagon leak is embarrassing for the US government

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The US is reassessing its security clearances after 21-year-old Jack Teixeira allegedly leaked dozens of secret government documents on a Discord server.

GOP House intel chairman slaps down praise of accused Pentagon leaker from MAGA Republicans

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Jack Teixeira as a young man, in uniform.
A photo of Jack Teixeira in uniform posted to the Facebook page of his mother's business.

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