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Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.The legislative proposal is a response to remarks last month by Secretary of State John Kerry that the U.S. could reduce its heightened defense posture in the region if North Korea abandoned its nuclear weapons.That drew criticism from Republicans who are also concerned about China's military power.The wording is included in a defense spending bill being introduced by a Republican-led House panel that oversees U.S. nuclear and missile defense assets. Its chances of becoming law are uncertain.The president could waive the requirement on national security grounds, and it wouldn't apply to Aegis missile defense systems on Navy destroyers and cruisers....
North Korea "will move closer" to its announced goal of being able to strike the U.S. with a nuclear-armed missile if it keeps investing in tests of nuclear and miss...
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U.S. officials visiting Warsaw are trying to reassure Poland that the cancellation of the final stage of a European missile defense system will not sideline the coun...
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The Obama administration is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh diplomatic and po...
Dickstein Shapiro partner Brian Finch weighs in on cyber warfare.
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Leland Vittert reports from Israel
Conor Powel reports from Northern Israel
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Romania's defense minister said Tuesday U.S. plans to deploy anti-missile interceptors in his country are going ahead and that Romania has an "exceptional" partnersh...
The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency says that the Obama administration has discussed declassifying key data on U.S. missile defense in order to provide it to...
Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks.Lawmakers are propos...
Secretary of State John Kerry says the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a "destabilizing" factor for Israel's security.Kerr...
The Pentagon held internal talks on declassifying sensitive missile defense technology that it plans to share with Russia as part of the Obama administration's effor...
Molly Henneberg reports from Washington, D.C.
A top Russian diplomat says the United States' cancellation of a critical part of its European missile defense system plan doesn't mollify Moscow's opposition.U.S. D...