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Capitol Police request National Guard ahead of expected …

Members of the D.C. National Guard walk past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7, 2020, one day after supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the building. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden administration rolls out plan to combat gun suicides …

The White House is shown in Washington on March 18, 2021. The Biden administration is rolling out a new initiative aimed at reducing suicides by gun and combating the significant increases in suicides by members of the military and veterans. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)

U.S. vows to give condolence payments to relatives of …

In this Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 file photo, Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File)

Pentagon calls Kabul drone strike an error, saying innocent …

An Afghan inspects the damage of Ahmadi family house in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 13, 2021. Zemerai Ahmadi, the Afghan man who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last month, was an enthusiastic and beloved longtime employee at an American humanitarian organization, his colleagues say. (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)

Up to 200 Americans, thousands of Afghans left behind …

In this handout provided by U.S. Central Command Public Affairs, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 24, 2021. (Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen / U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images)

Last U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, ending America’s longest …

A U.S. military aircraft takes off from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 30, 2021. (Wali Sabawoon / Associated Press)

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Pentagon to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for all troops …

Pentagon to mandate COVID-19 vaccine, as Pfizer is approved

$83 billion U.S. spent on Afghan security forces …

Taliban fighters stand guard in front of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 16, 2021. (Rahmat Gul / Associated Press)

Pentagon to make COVID vaccine mandatory for all …

In this July 21, 2021 file photo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. Austin has said he is working expeditiously to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for military personnel and is expected to ask Biden to waive a federal law that requires individuals be given a choice if the vaccine is not fully licensed. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

U.S. government can’t explain most UFO sighting, …

The image from video provided by the Department of Defense labelled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. “There's a whole fleet of them,” one naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. “It's rotating." The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects, under orders from Congress, and a report summarizing what officials know is expected to come out in June 2021. (Department of Defense via AP)

The Pentagon reportedly hired a small company to …

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Biden announces plan to withdraw U.S. troops from …

President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives in Kabul …

In this Saturday, March 20, 2021 file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reviews an honor guard with Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi, India. Austin arrived Sunday, in Kabul on his first trip to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, amid swirling questions about how long American troops will remain in the country. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)