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            <title><![CDATA[Hegseth Calls Anthropic CEO a ‘Lunatic,’ Defends Pentagon AI Use]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why the US Is Playing Catch-Up on Hypersonic Weapons]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:43:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hegseth Battles Democrats Over Iran War at 60-Day Mark]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pentagon ‘Released’ $400 Million Ukraine Funding, Hegseth Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:47:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Has Spent $25 Billion on Iran Conflict So Far, Pentagon Says]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Says US Has Spent $25 Billion on Iran War So Far]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Companies Had 815 Classified Data Violations, GAO Finds]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:08:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hegseth Accuses Europe, Asia of ‘Freeriding’ Over Hormuz]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:29:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pete Hegseth speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon on April 24. Photographer: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[House GOP Leaders Unveil New Spy Powers Plan, Seek Party Unity]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:06:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Navy Secretary Ousted After Infighting With Top Pentagon Leaders]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:32:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Seeks $75 Billion for Drones in Record Budget Ask]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:06:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A soldier carries a drone during a military parade in Washington on June 14, 2025.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Iran Threats Expose Democrats’ Limited Power to Stop Him]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Tiron]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:20:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on undocumented immigrants and a change that could overturn more than a century of legal precedent.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hegseth Asked US Army Chief to Step Down, Pentagon Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Judson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:42:50 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>General Randy George, US Army chief of staff, speaks with soldiers during training exercises at Lightning Academy at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu, Hawaii, US, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. The US Army is pitting ideas born in Washington against battlefield realities, with the outcomes shaping how future wars will be fought.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hegseth Says Pentagon’s Job Now Is to Pressure Iran Into Talks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Capaccio]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:15:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, during a news conference at the Pentagon on March 31. Photographer: Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Murkowski, Key Swing Vote, Is Shopping Authorization on Iran War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Wasson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:18:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, departs following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. Senate Democrats are demanding new constraints on President Donald Trump&apos;s immigration crackdown in exchange for their votes to avert a potentially prolonged US government shutdown starting Saturday.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Seeks $200 Billion for US Campaign Against Iran]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/hegseth-says-iran-war-not-becoming-a-forever-war-or-quagmire</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory Korte]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:34:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Investigating Attack on Iranian Girls School, Hegseth Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Tiron]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:48:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The site of a strike on a girls&apos; school in Minab, Iran, on March 5.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hegseth Says Khamenei ‘Wounded,’ ‘Likely Disfigured’]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/hegseth-says-khamenei-wounded-likely-disfigured</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:27:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Spent $11.3 Billion in First Week of War With Iran]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:19:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Joint Direct Attack Munitions on a trailer near a US Air Force bomber on the tarmac at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 11.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hegseth Says the US Has No Shortage of Munitions for Iran War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:23:15 GMT</pubDate>
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