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Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is shown standing behind a podium with a microphone, looking to his right.

Shanahan withdraws from consideration to be US defense secretary

Military

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration to head the US military, President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters with National Security Adviser John Bolton looking on in the Oval Office at the White House

Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump’s Iran plan is ‘blind escalation with no endgame’

Foreign policy
Russian servicemen dressed in fatigues stand next to a large trucks with surface-to-air missile system on top.

US expects to resolve spat with Turkey over purchase of Russian air defenses