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The Sena­te Armed Ser­vices Com­mit­tee usual­ly limits who can view the­se types of back­ground checks. Law­ma­kers want to see this one.

Bei­jing has added at least 100 nuclear war­heads to its arse­nal this year, accor­ding to the Pentagon’s annu­al report on China’s mili­ta­ry might.

Light­ly armed Kur­dish forces are guar­ding more than 9,000 Isla­mic Sta­te ter­ro­rists in Syria.

The Sena­te mino­ri­ty leader’s comm­ents, a rare rebu­ke of the pre­si­dent-elect, set up a poten­ti­al clash with the inco­ming admi­nis­tra­ti­on.

The for­eign poli­cy panel has ser­ved as a place whe­re Demo­crats and Repu­bli­cans find com­mon ground, but that could chan­ge under Bri­an Mast.

Agen­ci­es inves­ti­ga­ting the air­craft sightin­gs said that while they still don’t know whe­re the craft came from, they have no reason to belie­ve at this point that they pose any natio­nal secu­ri­ty or public safe­ty thre­at.

The Pen­ta­gon pick back­tra­cked after con­ver­sa­ti­ons with Repu­bli­can sena­tors seen as poten­ti­al swing votes.

The Defen­se Depart­ment has publicly rebu­ked Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s claims that dro­nes spot­ted in the sta­te come from an Ira­ni­an “mother­ship.”

The fight over medi­cal care for trans­gen­der child­ren overs­ha­dowed many of the bipar­ti­san pro­vi­si­ons in the Natio­nal Defen­se Aut­ho­riza­ti­on Act.

A handful of Sili­con Val­ley exe­cu­ti­ves could help trans­form the country’s lar­gest bureau­cra­cy — and bene­fit them­sel­ves while try­ing.

The wealt­hy Gulf Arab sta­te is in touch with rebel groups on the ground in Syria.

“The­re should be no doubt — we will not allow ISIS to recon­sti­tu­te,” a top gene­ral said.

A top Demo­crat now says he’s uncer­tain whe­ther he will vote for the poli­cy bill that he hel­ped craft.

The Iowa Repu­bli­can added that she’s “exci­ted” to sit down with the for­mer Fox News and vete­ran host next week.

The packa­ge won’t arri­ve in Ukrai­ne imme­dia­te­ly but will con­sist of con­tracts with U.S. defen­se com­pa­nies to build new dro­nes and air defen­se muni­ti­ons.

Dozens of sur­vi­vors once joi­n­ed the event but their atten­dance has decli­ned as sur­vi­vors have aged.

“Ame­ri­ca will not be made gre­at again by tho­se who are con­tent to mana­ge our decli­ne,” he said.

Tho­se on the list in many cases seem to be tar­ge­ted for public comm­ents they made eit­her in inter­views or at events on diver­si­ty, and in some cases for ret­weeting posts that pro­mo­te diver­si­ty.

The for­mer Demo­cra­tic congressperson’s path to beco­ming the nation’s top spy is far from gua­ran­teed, accor­ding to cur­rent and for­mer Sena­te GOP aides.

Ernst, a com­bat vete­ran and advo­ca­te for sur­vi­vors of mili­ta­ry sexu­al assault, said she’s not rea­dy to vote yes for Trump’s would-be Pen­ta­gon chief.

Bil­lionaires in the president-elect’s orbit are pushing for mili­ta­ry dro­nes that “can basi­cal­ly do almost any­thing.”

John Phel­an did not ser­ve in the mili­ta­ry and does not have a long track record with the Navy.

At the Hali­fax Inter­na­tio­nal Secu­ri­ty Forum, the blus­tery wea­ther out­side con­tras­ted with the at times forced opti­mism in insi­de.

“We are hand in glove. We are one team with the United Sta­tes in this tran­si­ti­on,” Rep. Mike Waltz said.

Uncer­tain­ty over the president-elect’s picks and plans clou­ded a major glo­bal secu­ri­ty forum this weekend.

Cana­da has plans to boost its defen­se bud­get, but some Repu­bli­cans say it isn’t fast enough.

Rivals worry the SpaceX boss will rig the play­ing field for space explo­ra­ti­on in his favor.