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Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) about his push for NATO action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).Despite recent terror attacks on key U.S. allies, "NATO hasn't...</description> <author>wjones@thehill.com (The Hill staff)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/video_images/kinzinger.png?itok=BeH_NH9c" length="83530" type="image/png" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">287933 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:09:34 -0400</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>WATCH: US forces to stay in Afghanistan</title> <link>http://thehill.com/video/defense/286702-watch-us-forces-to-stay-in-afghanistan </link> <description>President Obama announced Wednesday that the administration is scaling back its withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.Of the 9,800 troops currently stationed in Afghanistan, 8,400 will remain through 2017, a higher figure than previously set.As...</description> <author>wjones@thehill.com (The Hill staff)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/article_images/usafghanistantroops_081215getty.jpg?itok=7QJDcoxb" length="12970" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">286702 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:25:20 -0400</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Benghazi panel criticizes Clinton&#039;s actions in new 800-page report</title> <link>http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/285126-benghazi-committee-releases-800-page-report-bringing-close-to-long </link> <description>The House Select Committee on Benghazi released an 800-page report on Tuesday that is filled with new criticism of Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of State who is now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.The report, after more than...</description> <author>jhattem@thehill.com (Julian Hattem)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/blogs/benghazi_112414getty.jpg?itok=PPzNOrYA" length="11743" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">285126 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2016 08:54:37 -0400</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Former Defense secretary: Obama &#039;double-crossed&#039; me</title> <link>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/274967-former-defense-secretary-obama-double-crossed-me </link> <description>Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he felt President Obama “double-crossed” him during his tenure over budget cuts to the Pentagon.In a Fox News report Friday that explored the president’s approach to the military, Gates said Obama had...</description> <author>hneidig@thehill.com (Harper Neidig)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/robertgatesgn.jpg?itok=wN5JKd2g" length="8563" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">274967 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2016 09:51:42 -0400</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Lawmakers fear terrorist attacks on US soil </title> <link>http://thehill.com/video/in-the-news/274013-lawmakers-fear-terrorist-attacks-on-us-soil </link> <description>A handful of lawmakers tell The Hill they fear that Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels may be a precursor to attacks within the United States in the near future.Watch the video above to hear Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Reps. Rob Pittenger (R-...</description> <author>egarland@thehill.com (The Hill staff)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/video_images/screen_shot_2016-03-23_at_8.54.15_am.png?itok=eEPd6Dg6" length="68565" type="image/png" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">274013 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:55:33 -0400</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Army: Bergdahl had mental illness when he walked off post</title> <link>http://thehill.com/policy/defense/273453-bergdahl-had-mental-disease-when-he-walked-off-post-in-afghanistan </link> <description>An Army memo says Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl showed signs of mental illness when he walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009.The memo was one of a number of new documents released by Bergdahl's defense attorneys Thursday.It details the findings of a...</description> <author>kwong@thehill.com (Kristina Wong)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/article_images/bergdahlbowe_032515getty.jpg?itok=KM__Uw1p" length="13035" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">273453 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:49:10 -0400</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>GOP senator: Keep Gitmo open</title> <link>http://thehill.com/video/in-the-news/272676-gop-senator-keep-gitmo-open </link> <description>Republican senators are giving poor reviews to President Obama’s latest plan to close the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba.Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), who has co-sponsored a resolution rejecting Obama’s plan, said he recently visited the prison and...</description> <author>egarland@thehill.com (Molly K. Hooper)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/guantanamobay_102809getty.jpg?itok=lAETj761" length="12692" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">272676 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:14:23 -0500</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Obama: &#039;Over-the-top&#039; claims about ISIS plays into their hands</title> <link>http://thehill.com/policy/defense/265683-obama-over-the-top-claims-about-isis-plays-into-their-hands </link> <description>President Obama in his final State of the Union address called protecting the American people from terrorists "priority No. 1" but sought to downplay what he said was “over-the-top” hype over the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria's (ISIS) strength. &...</description> <author>kwong@thehill.com (Kristina Wong)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/article_images/sotu3.png?itok=FjSWEnu9" length="113787" type="image/png" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">265683 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:50:24 -0500</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Obama: We are hitting ISIS harder than ever before</title> <link>http://thehill.com/policy/defense/263140-obama-we-are-hitting-isis-harder-than-ever-before </link> <description>President Obama during a visit to the Pentagon on Monday touted a hike in the number of airstrikes the U.S. and its allies are using against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).“We are hitting ISIL harder than ever,” Obama, using another term...</description> <author>iswanson@thehill.com (Jordan Fabian and Kristina Wong)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/article_images/obama_121415getty.jpg?itok=OQtMEt11" length="9091" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">263140 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:31:14 -0500</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Obama&#039;s evolution on ISIS </title> <link>http://thehill.com/video/in-the-news/262337-obamas-evolution-on-isis </link> <description>President Obama has used increasingly serious language to describe the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria since 2014, when he compared ISIS to a "jayvee" basketball team.Take a look at the evolution of the president's rhetoric over...</description> <author>wjones@thehill.com (The Hill staff)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/article_images/obamaparis3.jpg?itok=dTd24PQb" length="9888" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">262337 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:25:49 -0500</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Obama: &#039;Terrorist threat has evolved into a new phase&#039;</title> <link>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/president-barack-obama-oval-office-ISIS-national-security-address </link> <description>President Obama used a rare Oval Office address on Sunday night to try to calm the nation's fears about the threat posed by Islamic extremist groups in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris and California.Speaking at a lectern in front of his desk...</description> <author>tlejeune@thehill.com (Jordan Fabian)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/blogs/obamabarack12062015getty.jpg?itok=L_KUBVtw" length="11425" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">262267 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2015 20:41:41 -0500</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Sanders says gun control not a &#039;magic formula&#039;</title> <link>http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/262250-sanders-says-gun-control-not-a-magic-formula </link> <description>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says gun control legislation will not magically stop all mass shootings, but he called Sunday for reforms he said could help prevent terror attacks.“I don’t think anybody believes it’s a magic formula,” Sanders said on...</description> <author>tlejeune@thehill.com (Bradford Richardson)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/blogs/ssandersberine_111915gn_1.jpg?itok=s4MPpMC4" length="10023" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">262250 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:36:34 -0500</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Analysis: US support for ISIS &#039;unprecedented&#039;</title> <link>http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/261597-unprecedented-support-for-isis-in-us-analysis-claims </link> <description>Academic experts fear that American support for radical Islamism has reached “unprecedented” levels, even while it stays well below the support for the extremists seen in other countries.Academics at George Washington University’s program on...</description> <author>jhattem@thehill.com (Julian Hattem)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/article_images/iraqifighters12012015getty.jpg?itok=sdzEpN8P" length="5869" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">261597 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:01:03 -0500</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>Graham: Americans ‘better be’ ready to go to war with ISIS</title> <link>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261440-graham-americans-better-be-ready-to-go-to-war-with-isis </link> <description>Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), a GOP presidential candidate, says it does not matter if the American people are “ready” to go to war with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).“They better be [ready], because if you don’t destroy ISIL in Syria,...</description> <author>kballuck@thehill.com (Bradford Richardson)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/blogs/grahamlindsey1_060115getty.jpg?itok=KaTvXcgZ" length="8708" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">261440 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:39:57 -0500</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> <item> <title>State issues global travel alert amid ISIS fears</title> <link>http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/261148-feds-issue-global-travel-alert-amid-isis-fears </link> <description>The State Department on Monday issued a rare worldwide, three-month travel alert out of concern about radical Islamic terrorism, in a sign of continuing fears about the militants’ reach.The Monday afternoon alert did not warn of a specific impending...</description> <author>jhattem@thehill.com (Julian Hattem)</author> <enclosure url="http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/article_images/brussels11232015getty.jpg?itok=6guEjlOH" length="15078" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="false">261148 at http://thehill.com</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:42:41 -0500</pubDate> <source url="http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/25209/feed">Defense</source> </item> </channel> </rss>