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Following America’s Taxpayer Dollars in Afghanistan: What We Found. What We Can’t Be Verified. Why It Still Matters.
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Executive Summary
Five years after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, one question continues to surface among taxpayers: Did America continue sending billions of dollars into Afghanistan after the Taliban returned to power?
One frequently repeated claim is that the United States sends $40 million every week directly to the Taliban.

Seven years after it was established, Space Force has a new, original ceremonial dress uniform.
Guardians in the Space Force Honor Guard will debut the new uniform publicly on Sunday, Aug. 23 at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix IndyCar event in Washington, D.C. For much of its early years, Space Force — including its honor guard — has used modified Air Force uniforms for its service members, as the force worked to establish itself and develop its own identity. Now it has a wholly distinct outfit for members of the honor guard.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is reportedly to leave his post as Secretary of the Army before the end of the year, reports The Wall Street Journal. He was likely ousted by the Trump administration after he refused to go along with two key initiatives that Secretary of War Hegseth wanted to push through the Army.

Nothing brings me to feel-good, ugly tears like a “welcome home” ceremony. In fact, fellow Americans share in this sentiment. We eat it up. There are countless reels that capture surprised and ecstatic military families when they spot their service member for the first time after a long deployment, whether it be a surprise or orchestrated.
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The strength, stamina, courage, and sacrifice of military families is unmatched and is precisely why military divorce is such a travesty.

The Civil War challenged the loyalties of countless Americans across the nation, tearing apart families and destroying friendships. Far from the clear division between North and South that many subpar summaries of the Civil War project, the conflict forced some of the nation’s leading and rising military officers to choose sides based on competing loyalties, views on slavery and secession, political convictions, and their understanding of the obligations of federal service.

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Footage released by Russian sources has shown a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35 air superiority fighter firing a Kh-31PM anti-radiation missile, which was reportedly launched to target components from a Ukrainian MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence system. According to the target range cue, the missile was fired from 125 kilometre ranges. The missile reportedly has a 55 kilometre minimum range, with its maximum range approaching 300 kilometres.

The Yemeni Ansarullah Coalition has released footage showing one of its unmanned Rajum quadcopters dropping a munition onto a Saudi M1A2S Abrams main battle tank at a forward position in Yemen’s Marib Governorate. The video, released through Ansarullah-affiliated media on August 21, shows the munition that on or immediately adjacent to the tank, after which smoke and flames can be seen engulfing the vehicle. The strike causes the ammunition inside the tank to detonate in a large explosion.