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Monday

A U.S. Air Force captain goes over the day's mission route map with an Afghan National Army officer with assistance from an Afghan interpreter (left), before the U.S.-Afghan convoy sets off in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2009. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Europe hide caption

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Afghans seeking asylum in U.S. left in limbo after Trump suspends refugee program

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Saturday

From left: Michelle Salaün, Jeannine Plassard and Marie-Annick Gouez, the daughters of Catherine Tournellec Salaün, stand at their mother's grave in Plabennec, in France's Brittany region, in June. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption

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In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder

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Thursday

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Saturday

John Kerry (center) stands with other military personnel in an unspecified location circa the 1960s. The details of Kerry's service during the Vietnam War, and his subsequent anti-war activism, became the focus of a veterans' group's smear campaign against him during his 2004 presidential campaign. Kerry Campaign/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Thursday

Fighters carry the coffin of Abu Baqir al-Saadi during his funeral on Feb. 8. He was a senior commander in Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad. Ameer Al-Mohammedawi/dpa via Getty Images hide caption

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What fighting in the Middle East means for the U.S. troop presence in Iraq

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Sunday

The U.S.S. Gravely destroyer is seen in the south Red Sea on Tuesday, Feb. 13. CENTCOM said U.S. forces repelled five Houthi attacks on Saturday. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

People, rescuers and security forces gather around a vehicle hit by a drone strike, reportedly killing three people, including two leaders of a pro-Iran group, in Baghdad on Wednesday. Murtaja Lateef/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. drone strike kills a leader of an Iran-backed militia in Iraq

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Saturday

U.S. Central Command released this undated photo as part of its announcement of renewed airstrikes against Houthi targets on Saturday. U.S. Central Command hide caption

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U.S. Central Command

Friday

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend the dignified transfer of the remains of three U.S. service members killed in a drone attack on a U.S. military outpost in Jordan, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Friday. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. hits Iranian proxies in Iraq, Syria in retaliation for deadly strikes

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Sunday

A soldier takes a break during the "Eager Lion" multinational military exercises that the U.S. is part of in Jordan in September 2022. Khalil Mazraawi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

U.S Marine Corps Col. Thomas M. Bedell, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, poses for a photo at the station's Energy and Water Operations Center on MCAS Miramar. Lance Cpl. Jose S. GuerreroDeLeon/U.S. Marines/DVIDS hide caption

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The military is turning to microgrids to fight global threats — and global warming

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Wednesday

U.S. Army soldiers march in a parade as part of the 75th South Korea Armed Forces Day ceremony in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

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What a government shutdown would mean for the U.S. military — and national security

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Wednesday

Charles Jenkins (left), age 64, his wife Hitomi Soga (second from left) and their daughters arrive at Japan's Sado Island in December 2004, almost 40 years after he defected to North Korea. Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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