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    Military and defense

    President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    July 22, 2019 - 2:49 pm

    Trump denies CIA link to Iran spy claim, says it's 'lie'

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday said Iran is lying about having arrested 17 Iranian nationals recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country's nuclear and military sites. "That's totally a false story. That's another lie," Trump told reporters at the White...
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    New University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen meets with alumni and others on Monday, July 22, 2019, in Columbia, S.C. Caslen, a retired Army general chosen to be the University of South Carolina's president, says he has learned he needs to listen more and communicate his ideas better. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
    July 22, 2019 - 1:18 pm

    New USC leader learns to listen and choose words carefully

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The retired Army general chosen to be the University of South Carolina's president says he has learned he needs to listen more and communicate his ideas better. Bob Caslen said after he was hired Friday that he read all 600 pages of comments about him after visiting campus as...
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    July 22, 2019 - 10:35 am

    Pilot of Libyan jet lands in Tunisia, reports plane problem

    TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Libyan military jet trainer was forced to land on the outskirts of a city in southeast Tunisia after it violated Tunisian airspace, a Tunisian Defense Ministry spokesman said Monday. Ministry spokesman Mohamed Ben Zerki said the Libyan pilot told Tunisian officials the...
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    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    July 22, 2019 - 9:30 am

    Budget negotiators close on debt, agency spending deal

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are on the cusp of the critical debt and budget deal, one that would amount to a hard-fought, against-the-odds victory for Washington pragmatists seeking to avoid politically dangerous tumult over must-do fiscal deadlines...
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    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    July 22, 2019 - 8:51 am

    Budget negotiators close on debt, $1.3T spending deal

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations between the Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a critical debt and $1.3 trillion budget bill are on the cusp of a deal. That's according to aides on both sides of the talks, who say the tentative deal would restore the government's ability to...
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    An employee holds a portrait photo of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano from Japan in Vienna, Austria, Monday, July 22, 2019. The IAEA announced the death of the agency's Director General Yukiya Amano at the age of 72 years. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
    July 22, 2019 - 8:38 am

    The Latest: German minister lauds IAEA head's Iran deal role

    VIENNA (AP) — The Latest on reaction to the death of Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (all times local): 2:25 p.m. Germany's foreign minister says Yukiya Amano, the late chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, "made the IAEA stronger." Foreign Minister Heiko...
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    FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2018, file photo, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano of Japan addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA said Monday, July 22, 2019, it is announcing with regret the death of Amano. The Secretariat did not say how Amano, who was 72, died. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
    July 22, 2019 - 6:10 am

    IAEA chief Yukiya Amano who oversaw Iran treaty dies at 72

    VIENNA (AP) — Yukiya Amano, the Japanese diplomat who led the International Atomic Energy Agency for a decade and was extensively involved in negotiations over Iran's controversial nuclear program, has died at 72, the agency announced Monday. Amano, who had wide experience in disarmament, non-...
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    In this April 23, 2019 photo, research scientist Leila Walker, left, is assisted by nutritional physiologist Holly McClung, center, as they demonstrate equipment designed to evaluate fitness levels in female soldiers, not shown, who have joined elite fighting units such the Navy Seals, at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, in Natick, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    July 21, 2019 - 12:31 pm

    Military studies 'hyperfit' women who pass grueling courses

    ARMY SOLDIER SYSTEMS CENTER, Mass. (AP) — In the nearly four years since the Pentagon announced it was opening all combat jobs to women , at least 30 have earned the Army Ranger tab, two have graduated Marine infantry school and three have passed the grueling initial assessment phase for Green...
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    A British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero which was seized by the Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Friday is photographed in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, Saturday, July 20, 2019. The chairman of Britain's House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee says military action to free the oil tanker seized by Iran would not be a good choice. Tom Tugendhat said Saturday it would be "extremely unwise" to seek a military solution to the escalating crisis, especially because the vessel has apparently been taken to a well-protected port. (Tasnim News Agency/via AP)
    July 21, 2019 - 1:35 am

    Iran says its seizure of British ship a 'reciprocal' move

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker was a response to Britain's role in impounding an Iranian supertanker first, senior officials said Saturday, as newly released video of the incident showed Iranian commandos in black ski masks and fatigues rappelling from a helicopter onto...
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    In this May 5, 2019 photo issued by Karatzas Images, showing the British oil tanker Stena Impero at unknown location, which is believed to have been captured by Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced on their website Friday July 19, 2019, it has seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest provocation in a strategic waterway that has become a flashpoint in the tensions between Tehran and the West. (Basil M. Karatzas, Karatzas Images via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
    July 20, 2019 - 4:34 pm

    The Latest: UK rejects Iran's 'tit for tat' view of tanker

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on developments related to tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local): 6:40 p.m. Britain's defense secretary says the British-flagged oil tanker that has been seized by Iranian forces was in Omani waters at the time. Penny Mordaunt told Sky News on Saturday...
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