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Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria gave a speech about race relations to cadets on Sept. 29 at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., after someone wrote racial slurs on message boards outside the dorm rooms of five black students. It was later revealed it was a black student who had perpetrated a hoax. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: At Air Force Academy, a perfect hoax for age of Trump

Byron York -

November 10, 2017 4:37 am

National Security

Mike Pence: Air Force to complete review of error allowing Texas shooter to purchase gun ‘in days, not weeks’

Daniel Chaitin -

November 9, 2017 2:46 am

On Wednesday, members from the House and the Senate struck an agreement on a bill that proposes a major hike in defense spending and a raft of Pentagon reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Foreign Policy

Here’s a look at what did (and didn’t) make it into the $700 billion defense policy bill

Travis J. Tritten -

November 8, 2017 10:38 pm

Under military law, there is no specific offense of

National Security

The loophole that may have given the Texas church gunman access to his arsenal

Jamie McIntyre -

November 8, 2017 7:01 pm

The incident in late September, in which five black cadet candidates found slurs written on the message boards of their dorm room doors, drew national attention, especially after Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria addressed cadets and cadet candidates at the Colorado Springs Campus, saying,

National Security

Racial hoax: Supposed victim at Air Force prep school actually wrote the notes

Todd Shepherd -

November 8, 2017 4:14 pm

National Security

Donald Trump Jr. spars with Sen. Jeff Flake on Twitter over gun legislation

Mandy Mayfield -

November 7, 2017 10:33 pm

The Air Force lapse in the Devin P. Kelley case, which is now under review by the Pentagon's inspector general, made it possible for him to buy guns before his attack Sunday at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)

Crime

Pentagon has known of crime reporting lapses for 20 years

Associated Press -

November 7, 2017 9:43 pm

The lessening demand for air support for Iraqi and Syrian ground troops will free up some attack planes for use over Afghanistan, where President Trump's new strategy includes new rules of engagement to provide more air support for Afghan government troops battling the Taliban. (Air Force photo)

National Security

Bombing down 60 percent over Iraq and Syria as US shifts air war to Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre -

November 7, 2017 6:37 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said lawmakers

National Security

Paul Ryan rejects calls for new gun control legislation after Texas church shooting

Susan Ferrechio -

November 7, 2017 4:33 pm

Devin P. Kelley, a former airman with a criminal record, opened fire during a service at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Nov. 5, killing 26 parishioners between the ages of 18 months and 77 years old. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

National Security

Lawmakers call for full military audit after Texas church shooter criminal record not reported to FBI

Naomi Lim -

November 7, 2017 4:08 am

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Mike Pence: Air Force to complete review of error allowing Texas shooter to purchase gun ‘in days, not weeks’

Here’s a look at what did (and didn’t) make it into the $700 billion defense policy bill

The loophole that may have given the Texas church gunman access to his arsenal

Racial hoax: Supposed victim at Air Force prep school actually wrote the notes

Donald Trump Jr. spars with Sen. Jeff Flake on Twitter over gun legislation

Pentagon has known of crime reporting lapses for 20 years

Bombing down 60 percent over Iraq and Syria as US shifts air war to Afghanistan

Paul Ryan rejects calls for new gun control legislation after Texas church shooting

Lawmakers call for full military audit after Texas church shooter criminal record not reported to FBI

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