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US special forces being pushed to the max "It is increasing the number of operation requests that we cannot meet due to force size and or resources" Army Special Operations Command's LtGen Jonathan Braga told the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday

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UPDATE: US now holding total of 34 migrants at Guantanamo Bay 26 "high threat illegal aliens" flown to the prison/detention center Sunday & Tuesday and 8 who arrived today (Wednesday) from Fort Bliss who are being held at the Migrant Operation Center, per US defense official

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US sanctions 6 entities in Hong Kong and China for helping Iran build drones -Dingtai Industrial Technology -Yonghongan Trade -Hong Kong Tianle International Co -DDC Develop -Shenzhen Zhiyu International -JP Oriental International Holdings

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NEW: Another US flight with 9 "high threat" illegal aliens arrives at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba - same day US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is visiting US defense officials confirm to VOA a C-130J from Fort Bliss, Texas landed at Gitmo shortly before noon

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US Defense Secretary calls for "deepening and strengthening our partnership" with Saudi Arabia during visit by Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman to the Pentagon

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New: US again starting to fill up facilities at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay with illegal aliens A C-130 military cargo jet carrying migrants slated for deportation flew from Fort Bliss, Texas to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on Sunday (Feb. 23), a defense official confirms to VOA

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JUST IN: US State Department, Treasury launch new sanctions vs Iran's illicit oil trade - first step of new maximum pressure campaign vs Iran Per spox Tammy Bruce, State is designating 16 entities and vessels, while State & Treasury are sanctioning another 22 people, 13 vessels

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NEW: Trump cans chairman of the joint chiefs of staff In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump thanked Gen. CQ Brown for 40 years of service to the US Says he is nominating Air Force Lieutenant General Dan “Razin” Caine to be the next chairman

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NEW: Pentagon expecting to fire about 5,400 probationary workers starting next week - part of an effort to cut the civilian workforce up to 8% "Simply not in the public interest to retain individuals whose contributions are not mission-critical" per Defense Department's Darin Selnick

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NEW: Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee says US government, OMB should ban the use of DeepSeek and other artificial intelligence tools developed by China

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US will not take "no" for an answer from Ukraine on critical minerals "President Zelenskyy is going to sign that deal" White House national security adviser Mike Waltz tells CPAC "You will see that in the very short term"

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