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Then bring our Sailors home... Trump declares hostilities with Iran "terminated"

The Pentagon said on Friday the US will be withdrawing roughly 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year. The move, which comes after President Donald Trump lashed out the German chancellor over his criticism of the US war with Iran, would still leave more than 30,000 US troops in the country.

On paper, the war in Iran should not be much of a contest. The United States spends around $1 trillion a year on its military, more than 100 times as much as Iran. That money buys a vastly larger Air Force and Navy, as well as advanced weapons technologies that Iranian generals can only dream about.

“This is the hill that I'm willing to die on. … There is nothing OK about threats of violence, racial violence in the military or anywhere in the world for that matter. We can't allow this type of environment to exist in the Army. It's not OK, our soldiers deserve better.”

A US Navy warship lost power and propulsion for several hours in the Indo-Pacific on Tuesday, a US defense official said, after suffering what a Navy statement called an “engineering casualty” in its electrical system. Such a situation would leave the ship, the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins, and its crew of about 300 “helpless” in the water, a naval analyst told CNN. There were no injuries among those aboard, the Navy said.

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trump Tells Congress the Iran War has Terminated (So he won't get in trouble)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.

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A CBS News reporter has shared a behind-the-scenes look at the photographer that captured the moment president Donald Trump appeared to make a grab for first lady Melania Trump's butt as the first couple greeted King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the White House on Tuesday.

Under US law, Trump faces an impending deadline to end the Iran war. What happens if he ignores it?

trump Tells Aides to Prepare for Extended Blockade of Iran

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Two senior administration officials told us that the vice president has queried the accuracy of the information the Pentagon has provided about the war. He has also expressed his concerns about the availability of certain missile systems in discussions with President Trump, several people familiar with the situation told us. The consequences of a dramatic drawdown in munitions reserves are potentially dire: U.S. forces would need to draw from these same stockpiles to defend Taiwan against China, South Korea against North Korea, and Europe against Russia.

US reviews latest Iranian proposal to end war stalemate

Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say

President trump’s war with Iran is almost certainly illegal: Congress hasn’t declared war or authorized it by statute, and it wasn’t precipitated by an imminent attack or a national emergency. If the war continues through Friday without congressional approval, it will clearly be illegal, having passed the 60-day threshold and the 48-hour notice period that the president is given, under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, to conduct this kind of military operation.

Duuhhhh... I don nhoow.... President Donald Trump admitted he isn’t sure why some of his top advisors are living on military bases, saying, “I’m not sure that… ah, they need to.”

Senate Democrats say Pentagon wasn't ready for Iranian retaliation on US troops