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US Military Considering Shooting Down North Korea Missile Tests

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The US military is considering shooting down North Korean missile tests as a show of strength to Pyongyang, two sources briefed on the planning have told the Guardian. The defense secretary, James Mattis, has briefed Congress on the option, but the military has not yet decided to…

Syria’s War: Who is fighting and why [VIDEO]
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Syria’s War: Who is fighting and why [VIDEO]

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Late 2015 Vox put together this informative video explaining the complicated powers dispute that is Syria’s War. From Vox: Syria’s civil war has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions. To understand how Syria got to this place, it helps to start at the beginning. Keep up to date with…

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POLL: Gary Johnson Tied With Trump for First Among Active Duty Military

Johnson Leads Among Officers, Navy, and Air Force By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson may not be making headway toward the 15 percent he needs to be in the presidential debates, but among active duty military, he is in a statistical dead-heat with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. A poll conducted by Military Times and…

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8 Reasons That America’s Deal With Iran Won’t Defend Liberty

by Kyle Perkins US Talks With Iran Will Not Defend the Bill of Rights The State Department paid Iran $400 million for the release of four American prisoners a few days ago. And only one year ago the same department has conducted nuclear talks with Iran that ignore almost everything about it. This article is both an assessment…

US Military Personnel Help Korean Family Jump To Safety As Building Goes Up In Flames [VIDEO]

US Military Personnel Help Korean Family Jump To Safety As Building Goes Up In Flames [VIDEO]

By Russ Read A group of off-duty U.S. airmen and soldiers near Osan air base in South Korea saved a mother and three children Wednesday from a building engulfed in flames. While shopping off-base, the soldiers and airmen saw smoke billowing from a nearby apartment building. The mother was seen holding her toddler out of…

US Combat Veteran Killed By Palestinian Terrorist In Israel

Russ Read Taylor Force, a veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, was stabbed to death Tuesday in Israel by a Palestinian terrorist during a slew of terrorist attacks that occurred just as Vice President Joe Biden began his visit to the country. Force was a graduate of the U.S. military academy at West Point…

Report: US Military Strength In Deep Decline As Threats Rise
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Report: US Military Strength In Deep Decline As Threats Rise

Jonah Bennett  As the U.S. embarks on deep cuts to the military, experts warn threats around the world from North Korea, Russia and China are on the rise in a new report on U.S. military strength. The 2016 U.S. Military Strength Index, an annual report produced by the Heritage Foundation, found the U.S. is fast-approaching a…