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In this photo March 28, 2017, photo, a Somali soldier provides security as newly displaced Somalis gather at a camp in the Garasbaley area on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. Drought-stricken families facing a hunger crisis are on the move, trying to reach international aid agencies that cannot distribute food in areas under the control of al-Shabab, Somalia's homegrown Islamic extremist rebels who are affiliated to al-Qaida. Week by week, country by country, the Pentagon is quietly seizing more control over warfighting decisions, sending hundreds of more troops to war with little public debate and seeking greater authority to battle extremists across the Middle East and Africa. This week it was Somalia, where President Donald Trump gave the U.S. military more authority to conduct offensive airstrikes on al-Qaida-linked militants.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Pentagon Expands Warfighting Authority

by Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressApril 2, 2017

FILE - This May 10, 2007 file photo shows the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Reports of sexual assaults increased at two of the three military academies last year and an anonymous survey suggests sexual misconduct rose across the board at the schools, The Associated Press has learned. Assault reports rose at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, while dropping at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. (AP Photo/Kathleen Lange, File)

Military Academies See Rise in Sex Assaults

by Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressMarch 16, 2017

FILE - In this June 30, 2016 file photo, Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. Top military leaders are trying to fix the lengthy, inconsistent process for investigating senior officers accused of misconduct, The Associated Press has learned. They are seeking to change a hodgepodge system in which investigations can drag on for years while taxpayers pay six-figure salaries for senior officers relegated to mid-level administrative posts. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Military Targets Handling of Senior Officers’ Misconduct Cases

by Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressDecember 7, 2016

U.S. Weighs Response to Ship Attack

by Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressOctober 11, 2016

FILE - In this May 16, 2106 file-pool photo, Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the U.N.-brokered presidency council, attends a news conference in Vienna, Austria. The U.S. launched multiple airstrikes against Islamic State militants Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, opening a new, more persistent front against the group at the request of the UN-backed Libyan government, Libyan and U.S. officials said. Serraj, said in a televised statement that American warplanes attacked the IS bastion of Sirte. No U.S. ground forces will be deployed, he said. (Leonhard Foeger/Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.S. Begins Bombing ISIL Force in Libya

by Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressAugust 1, 2016

Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, is welcomed by Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi at the Ministry of Defense, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 11, 2016. As Carter arrived in Iraq, Monday, July 11, 2016, he said U.S. and coalition forces will use the newly retaken air base in Qayara as a staging hub as Iraqi security forces move closer to the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State militants. Carter landed in Baghdad on an unannounced visit and says U.S. advisers are prepared to accompany Iraqi battalions, if needed, as those units move closer to the fight for Mosul. (AP Photo)

U.S. Sending More Troops to Iraq As Mosul Push Intensifies

by Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressJuly 11, 2016

Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, June 30, 2016, where he announced new rules allowing transgender individuals to serve openly in the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Military Ends Its Ban on Trans People

by Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressJune 30, 2016

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 file photo, shows Taliban leader Mullah Mansour. The U.S. conducted an airstrike Saturday, May 21, 2016, against the Taliban leader the Pentagon said, and a U.S. official said Mansour was believed to have been killed. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the attack occurred in a remote region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He said the U.S. was studying the results of the attack. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Drone Targets Taliban Leader

by Alan Fram Associated Press, and Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressMay 21, 2016

Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, and his Iraqi counterpart Khaled al-Obeidi review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Ministry of Defense, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 18, 2016. (AP Photo)

U.S. to Send 200 Additional Troops, Apache Helicopters to Iraq

by Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressApril 18, 2016

U.S. military armored personnel carriers take their positions during the 11-day joint US-Philippines military exercise dubbed "Balikatan 2016" (Shoulder-To-Shoulder 2016) Thursday, April 14, 2016 at Crow Valley, Tarlac province north of Manila, Philippines. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in the country Wednesday for talks with President Benigno Aquino III and other top defense and military officials and to visit two military camps which are being utilized for the exercise.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

U.S. Sending Troops to Philippines

by Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressApril 14, 2016