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The defense budget request is supposed to roll out on Monday.

J. David Patterson has withdrawn his nomination as the No. 2 personnel official at the Pentagon, a U.S. official confirmed.

The Pentagon is preparing to house as many as 1,000 more coronavirus evacuees from China.

All evacuees would be placed in a two-week quarantine.

Those now in China have been ordered to leave immediately.

The DoD issued guidance to the troops on the coronavirus outbreak, warning against non-essential travel to China.

He said he had been informed that attacking cultural sites would be against international laws.

"The Department of Defense did excellent work," Pompeo said.

Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani had been planning attacks on U.S. troops and diplomats, officials said.

It's perhaps unsurprising that the dominant themes have been turnover and conflict -- internal as well as external.