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Leaders of the G7 pose during a group photo at the G7 meeting at the Carbis Bay Hotel in Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, Friday, June 11, 2021. Leaders from left, European Council President Charles Michel, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP)
Biden abroad: Pitching America to welcoming if wary allies

By Jonathan Lemire And Aamer Madhani Jun. 17, 2021 12:46 AM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gesture as they arrive for a bilateral meeting Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at the National Palace in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Blunt message, search for answers mark VP's 1st foreign trip

By Alexandra Jaffe Jun. 09, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden step off Air Force One at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
In UK for first foreign trip, Biden to announce vaccine plan

By Jonathan Lemire And Aamer Madhani Jun. 09, 2021 12:04 AM EDT

A Tigrayan employee of the state-owned Ethiopian Airlines, who said he fled the country after being released on bail, poses for a portrait at an undisclosed location in April 2021. “We need you very badly today,” he recalled federal police saying as they took him from his home without explanation. He said he saw almost 100 high-ranking military officials during his two months in detention ending in January 2021. (AP Photo)
'Clean out our insides': Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid war

By Cara Anna Apr. 29, 2021 02:12 AM EDT

A supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro places his image on a car during a gathering commemorating the 1964 military coup that established a decades-long dictatorship, in the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned the previous day following Bolsonaro’s replacement of the defense minister, causing widespread apprehension of a military shakeup to serve the president’s political interests. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Bolsonaro picks Army chief to ease tensions with military

By Diane Jeantet Apr. 01, 2021 06:09 PM EDT

FILE - Inn this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, a midshipman uses a sanitizing wipe to clean her desk before the start of a leadership class at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The U.S. Naval Academy is developing plans to begin vaccinating midshipmen in March 2021, so students can deploy out to ships and with Navy teams as part of their training this summer. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Naval Academy seeking student vaccines for summer training

By Lolita C. Baldor Mar. 02, 2021 04:06 PM EST

Plan to fund work at former Maine Air Force bases gets OK

Feb. 20, 2021 01:21 PM EST
LIMESTONE, Maine (AP) — A Maine legislative committee has advanced a proposal to provide funding to an authority tasked with redevelopment of a former Air...

Kelly: As vaccines ship, convincing skeptics needs focus

By Jonathan J. Cooper Feb. 16, 2021 07:55 PM EST
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AP) — As production of the COVID-19 vaccine ramps up, the next focus for officials needs to be ensuring people want to get the shot...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press Nov. 30, 2020 10:00 AM EST
Omaha World Herald. Nov. 29, 2020 Local quality of life puts Offutt in contention for Space Command Nebraskans can take...

FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. In a first for the Pentagon's push to develop defenses against intercontinental-range ballistic missiles capable of striking the United States, a missile interceptor launched from a U.S. Navy ship at sea hit and destroyed a mock ICBM in flight on Tuesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Top Pentagon official tests positive for coronavirus

By Lolita C. Baldor Nov. 19, 2020 10:47 PM EST

FILE - In this April 5, 2020, file photo rows of patient beds are shown at a military field hospital at the CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle. Military suicides have increased by as much as 20% this year compared to the same period last year, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked, as service members struggle with isolation and other impacts of COVID-19 added to the pressures of war-zone deployments and responding to national disasters and civil unrest. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Military suicides up as much as 20% in COVID era

By Lolita C. Baldor And Robert Burns Sep. 27, 2020 09:49 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2020 file photo, French Defense Minister Florence Parly speaks as she attends the first sheet metal cut ceremony of the C35 force refueling vessel, at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, western France. France's Defense Minister Florence Parly admitted to lying about virus protections for air force personnel who evacuated French citizens from Wuhan and have been suspected of links to France's first confirmed COVID-19 cluster. (Loic Venance, pool via AP, File)
French defense chief misled nation on troops' virus safety

By Angela Charlton Sep. 23, 2020 09:20 AM EDT

Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks at Whiteman Air Force Base, Wednesday, July, 22, 2020 in Johnson County, Missouri. Esper is standing in front of a B-2 stealth bomber in a hangar at Whiteman. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)
More military bases increase health protections due to virus

By Lolita C. Baldor Jul. 24, 2020 03:17 PM EDT

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a global positioning satellite for the U.S. Space Force, lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
SpaceX launches Air Force's newest GPS satellite

By Marcia Dunn Jun. 30, 2020 05:12 PM EDT

In this photo taken on Sunday, June 28, 2020, former Israeli Air Force general and leading critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Brig. Gen. Amir Haskel wears a face mask amid the concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak pose for a photo in Tel Aviv, Israel. After 32 years in the Israeli Air Force, retired Brig. Gen. Amir Haskel wasn't looking to politics. But as his prime minister became further enmeshed in corruption, he felt he could no longer stay silent. So, he picked up a sign and took to the streets in an individual act of protest. Now, after his highly-publicized weekend arrest during a peaceful demonstration, he has become the unquestioned leader of the growing grassroots movement demanding that Benjamin Netanyahu step down. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A quiet Israeli ex-general emerges as new foil to Netanyahu

By Aron Heller Jun. 29, 2020 09:42 AM EDT

Israel says defense exports were worth $7.2B last year

Jun. 22, 2020 01:02 PM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense exports reached $7.2 billion last year, the Defense Ministry said Monday, a 5% drop from 2018, with most sales for missiles,...

Nation's oldest private military college welcomes new leader

Jun. 01, 2020 01:42 PM EDT
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Norwich University, the nation’s oldest private military college, welcomed its new president on Monday. Col. Mark Anarumo started in his...

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019 file photo, FBI Director Christopher Wray pauses while testifying before a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The FBI has found a link between the gunman in a deadly attack at a military base last December and an al-Qaida operative. That's according to a U.S. official who spoke to The Associated Press on Monday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
FBI: Shooter at Pensacola base coordinated with al-Qaida

By Eric Tucker May. 18, 2020 02:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 31, 2020, file photo a U.S. Army soldier walks inside a mobile surgical unit being set up by soldiers from Fort Carson, Col., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) as part of a field hospital inside CenturyLink Field Event Center, in Seattle. As of last week, the Army had already exceeded its retention goal of 50,000 soldiers for the fiscal year ending in September, re-enlisting more than 52,000 so far. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Thousands defer plans to leave the military during crisis

By Lolita C. Baldor May. 18, 2020 12:14 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2020, file photo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks as President Donald Trump listens during press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House in Washington. The government’s $3 trillion effort to rescue the economy from the coronavirus crisis is stirring worry at the Pentagon. Bulging federal deficits may force a reversal of years of big defense spending gains and threaten prized projects like the rebuilding of the nation’s arsenal of nuclear weapons. Esper says the sudden burst of emergency spending to prop up a stalled economy is bringing the Pentagon closer to a point where it will have to shed older weapons faster and tighten its belt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Bulging deficits may threaten prized Pentagon arms projects

By Robert Burns May. 12, 2020 12:13 AM EDT