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Thursday

The USS Carl Vinson transits the Philippine Sea while conducting a bilateral exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force last April in the Philippine Sea. Handout/Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. and South Korean soldiers sit inside an amphibious vehicle during an annual joint military landing exercise in Pohang, on South Korea's southeast coast, in March 2016. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Would The U.S. Withdraw Troops From South Korea?

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Kim Yong Chol, former North Korean military intelligence chief and one of Kim Jong Un's closest aides (second from right) and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sit across from one another before the start of a meeting on Thursday in New York Seth Wenig/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, inspects what the North claims is a thermonuclear warhead. At right is a test of a North Korean ballistic missile. STR/Getty Images hide caption

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Experts Say Denuclearizing North Korea Is No Small Task

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Tuesday

Air Force veteran Cat Corchado leads support groups in Charlotte, N.C., specifically for female veterans. Her group is called Women Veteran Network, or WoVeN. Jay Price/North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC hide caption

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Battling Depression And Suicide Among Female Veterans

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Saturday

Friday

With a Twitter post — including a doctored photo that made it appear as if actor Aziz Ansari was encouraging voters to vote from home — displayed behind him, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. questions witnesses during an October 2017 Senate hearing on Russian disinformation during the 2016 campaign. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump, accompanied by Adm. Harry Harris (left) and his wife, Bruni Bradley, throw flower pedals while visiting the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, last Nov. 3. Trump has nominated Harris to be the U.S. ambassador to South Korea. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Fourteen airmen who have helped secure an Air Force missile base in Wyoming have been disciplined after investigators uncovered a drug ring operating there. Here, a mock-up of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile is seen at F.E. Warren Air Force Base. Robert Burns/AP hide caption

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President Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, arrives for a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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WH: Kelly, Attorney Flood Didn't Stay For Secret Portions of Russia Briefings

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Wednesday

A Veterans Affairs Department hospital in Denver. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption

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Senate Passes $55 Billion Veterans Affairs Reform Bill

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