Ash Carter, who as defense secretary in the final two years of the Obama administration opened military combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in the military, has died at age 68
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Top U.S. defense and military officials are holding out hope the Afghan government will be able to withstand the latest Taliban military offensive, launched days ago as U.S. and coalition troops began leaving the country.
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The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz will remain in the Persian Gulf due to "recent threats" by Iran, the Pentagon said on January 3.
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