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US: Top diplomat on European policy resigns
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): The US chief for European and Eurasian Affairs has stepped down from his post, with effect from February 15, adding to the growing list of exits from the Trump administration in the recent past.
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Pentagon chief of staff resigns
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): The US Department of Defence's chief of staff, Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney on Saturday stepped down from his post.
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Jim Webb not being considered as next defense secy, clarifies Trump
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump dismissed reports suggesting that former secretary of the Navy, Jim Webb, was being considered as the next US Secretary of Defense.
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James Webb likely to replace Mattis
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 4: US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering appointing former Secretary of the Navy, James Webb, as the next Secretary of Defence.
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Mitt Romney publicly castigates Trump
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 2 (ANI): Senior Republican Mitt Romney strongly criticised US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time), mentioning that Trump failed to rise to the "mantle of the office".
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Trump makes unannounced first trip to Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 27 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump made an unannounced first trip on Wednesday to troops in a combat zone in Iraq as President. Trump was accompanied by the First Lady Melania Trump.
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Patrick Shanahan named as acting US Defense Secy
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 23(ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Patrick Shanahan will serve as acting US Secretary of Defense from January 1.
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I gave Mattis a second chance: Trump
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 23 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that he gave Defence Secretary James Mattis a "second chance" after the retired Marine general was "ingloriously fired" from military leadership by former president Barack Obama.
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US Secretary of Defense Mattis steps down
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 21 (ANI): United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis has stepped down from his position.
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Nirmala Sitharaman arrives in Hawaii for meeting with INDO-PACOM Commander
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Honolulu [Hawaii], Dec 6 (ANI): India's Minister of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in Honolulu for the second leg of her official visit to the United States of America (USA), where she is scheduled to hold meetings with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDO-PACOM
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India to 'sort out' sanction waiver over S-400 purchase deal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and Indian officials in the coming days will sort out all issues related to the United States possibly waiving sanctions against India for its purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said at the
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Defence Minister Sitharaman to meet US counterpart
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 03 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who arrived in Washington D.C. on Sunday for a five-day visit, will hold a bilateral meeting with United States Secretary of Defence James N Mattis at Pentagon on Monday.
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