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Modly Resigns As Acting Navy Chief After Firing Warship Skipper And Calling Him Stupid
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First it was his sacking of Capt. Brett Crozier last week; then it was a diatribe he delivered aboard the USS Roosevelt on Monday morning. Now acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly is out.

Defense Secretary Gives Go-Ahead For U.S. Troops To Start Afghan Drawdown
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A peace deal signed with the Taliban calls for 4,000 of the approximately 13,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan to leave within 135 days and for all U.S. troops to be out within 14 months.

6 Questions About An Arms Control Treaty On The Rocks
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Signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons. President Trump says he intends to withdraw.