A top <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Democrat said on Monday that he believes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants</a> should have a path to U.S. citizenship by joining the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/military" target="_blank" rel="noopener">military</a>.
Senate Majority Whip <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dick-durbin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dick Durbin</a> (D-IL), who is also chairman of the Judiciary Committee, floated the idea during <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?532182-1/senate-session" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks on the Senate floor</a> after he commented on GOP resistance to approving <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-blasts-biden-admin-in-dust-up-over-ukraine-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more aid to Ukraine</a> without comprehensive border security reforms.
&#8220;What troubles me about the debate now about the southern border is that it is one-half of the immigration equation,&#8221; Durbin said. &#8220;Yes, we need order at the border. Yes, we need to have changes in the laws that reflect the reality of the overwhelming numbers from all over the world who are coming to our shores and our border.&#8221;
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Senator Dick Durbin wants to make it possible for illegal immigrants to join the US military: &quot;Do you know what the recruiting numbers are at the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force? They can&#39;t reach their quotas each month. They can&#39;t find enough people to join.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/UWuGSfrSkF">pic.twitter.com/UWuGSfrSkF</a>
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&#8220;But there&#8217;s also an incredible demand for legal immigration into this country, even now,&#8221; Durbin continued. He then referenced <a href="https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Immigrant%20Veterans%20-%20Deported%20by%20the%20Same%20Nation%20They%20Sacrificed%20to%20Defend.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> <a href="https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-11-10/veterans-legislation-duckworth-immigrants-benefits-12006449.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> by his fellow lawmaker from Illinois, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), to ensure immigrant service members get assistance to obtain U.S. citizenship and veterans&#8217; benefits.
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&#8220;Her bill — and I hope I describe it accurately — says that if you are an undocumented person in this country and you can pass the physical and the required test, background test, the like, that you can serve in our military, and if you do it honorably, we will make you citizens of the United States,&#8221; Durbin said.
&#8220;Do we need that? Do you know what the recruiting numbers are at the Army and the Navy and the Air Force? They can&#8217;t reach their quotas each month. They can&#8217;t find enough people to join our military forces. And there are those who are undocumented who want the chance to serve and risk their lives for that country. Should we give them a chance? I think we should,&#8221; Durbin added.
Durbin&#8217;s recruitment pitch, which suggests an <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/military-recruitment-crisis-appealing-to-legal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expansion</a> of the U.S. military&#8217;s ability to enlist <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/11/us-military-offers-legal-migrants-path-to-citizenship-amid-recruiting-shortfall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">foreigners beyond legal migrants</a> for a chance at citizenship, was met with pushback from Republicans on social media.
&#8220;So, the Democrats want to flood the country with illegal aliens, enlist them in the military, and make them citizens. They broke the laws invading this country, and they expect them to take an oath to support and defend our nation? Are they out of their minds?&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/TXRandy14/status/1732082386244948286" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX).
&#8220;Manning our military with people whose first act in our nation was to violate its sovereignty can never be trusted with our defense,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/joekent16jan19/status/1732032721386676262" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Joe Kent, a Republican and former Green Beret running for a House seat in Washington state.
&#8220;Secure our borders, deport the illegals, restore pride in our military by restoring the meritocracy &amp; ending foolish interventions,&#8221; Kent added. &#8220;I served w/ many great Americans who earned their citizenship by serving in our military, all of them legally entered our nation. We cannot tolerate or normalize the use of illegals in any workforce, especially our military.&#8221;

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Top Senate Dem Favors Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants Through Military Service

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U.S. Senate

The Islamic Republic of Iran was behind a series of terrorist attacks on commercial cargo ships in the Red Sea on Sunday, the U.S. Military said in a statement.
U.S. Central Command said that there were several attacks in international waters against three separate commercial vessels. The ships were connected to 14 different countries.
&#8220;At approximately 9:15 a.m. Sanaa time, the CARNEY detected an anti-ship ballistic missile attack fired from Houthi controlled areas of Yemen toward the M/V UNITY EXPLORER, impacting in the vicinity of the vessel,&#8221; CENTCOM said.
Approximately three hours later, at 12:00 p.m., the Carney &#8220;engaged and shot down a UAV launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen&#8221; that was headed toward the Carney.
&#8220;In a separate attack at approximately 12:35 p.m., UNITY EXPLORER reported they were struck by a missile fired from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen,&#8221; CENTCOM said. &#8220;CARNEY responded to the distress call. While assisting with the damage assessment, CARNEY detected another inbound UAV, destroying the drone with no damage or injuries on the CARNEY or UNITY EXPLORER. UNITY EXPLORER reports minor damage from the missile strike.&#8221;
&#8220;At approximately 3:30 p.m. the M/V NUMBER 9 was struck by a missile fired from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen while operating international shipping lanes in the Red Sea,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;At approximately 4:30 p.m., the M/V SOPHIE II, sent a distress call stating they were struck by a missile. &#8230; While en route to render support, CARNEY shot down a UAV headed in its direction.&#8221;
The statement concluded by saying that while the U.S. knows that the attacks were launched by Houthi terrorists in Yemen, the attacks were &#8220;fully enabled by Iran.&#8221;
&#8220;The United States will consider all appropriate responses in full coordination with its international allies and partners,&#8221; the statement said.
The attacks come after multiple commercial shipping vessels have been attacked in recent weeks, including one that was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-footage-released-of-houthi-terrorists-capturing-cargo-ship-in-red-sea">hijacked</a> by Houthi terrorists and its crew taken hostage.

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‘Fully Backed By Iran’: Terrorists Strike Multiple Cargo Ships With Missiles In Red Sea

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-cia-director-biden-must-take-responsibility-for-afghanistan-debacle-admit-mistakes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leon Panetta</a>, who served as CIA director and defense secretary during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/obama-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obama administration</a>, voiced support for a &#8220;more aggressive&#8221; response to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-u-s-senators-warn-military-will-strike-iran-under-two-conditions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacks on U.S. forces</a> in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/middle-east" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Middle East</a>.
He made the comments <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB2SkktiRl4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">during a panel discussion</a> on Saturday at the Reagan National Defense Forum along with former National Security Advisors Stephen Hadley and Robert O&#8217;Brien.
The moderator, Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, broached the topic of contending with Tehran after Iranian proxies attacked U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria dozens of times over the past several weeks.
&#8220;I would basically determine where those missiles are coming from — and we have the capability to do that &#8230; and then attack those positions immediately in order to make sure that they don&#8217;t do it again,&#8221; Panetta said. &#8220;I would be much more aggressive about going after those that attack our U.S. forces,&#8221; he added before contending that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran</a> would rather lean on terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas rather than enter a war.
U.S. military <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-launches-3rd-strikes-iran-backed-groups-amid/story?id=104834330" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retaliatory strikes</a> on weapons facilities and other targets in response to the attacks, which have ramped up as Israel wages war against Hamas, have been &#8220;a little bit too selective.&#8221; Panetta said. &#8220;I want to go after those who are firing missiles at our troops and make sure they understand that when they fire a missile — they are going to die,&#8221; he added.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3604755/a-time-for-american-leadership-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-i/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered remarks</a> at the same event in California in which he discussed strengthening the position of U.S. forces in the Middle East to assist Israel and shore up deterrence in the region.
&#8220;As we are working to stabilize the region, Iran is raising tensions,&#8221; Austin said. &#8220;And after attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria, our forces repeatedly struck facilities in Iraq and eastern Syria used by Iran’s [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and by militias affiliated with Iran.&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;We will not tolerate attacks on American personnel. And so these attacks must stop. And until they do, we will do what we need to do to protect our troops — and to impose costs on those who attack them.&#8221;
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There has been some pressure from Republicans in Congress on the Biden administration to respond more forcefully to the attacks by Iranian-backed groups.
“We’ve only hit back a few times. When we do hit back, it’s almost always at empty proxy warehouses or maybe proxy forces in Iraq and Syria,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-cotton-a-massive-retaliation-against-iran-directly-is-only-way-to-stop-attacks-on-u-s-forces" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221;</a> interview last week. “It seems like the president wants to go out of his way to avoid Iranian casualties. I would target Iranians who are operating in Iraq and in Syria. I would also send a clear message to Iran if these attacks don’t stop immediately, then we’ll begin to threaten their assets.”
He also said: “The way to stop these attacks is not be fearful and hesitant and cautious in a response, but massive retaliation to make it clear we will not tolerate these attacks on Americans.&#8221;

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Obama Def Sec Favors ‘More Aggressive’ Response To Attacks On U.S. Forces By Iranian Proxies

Obama Def Sec Favors 'More Aggressive' Response To Attacks On U.S. Forces By Iranian Proxies

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At least one person is dead after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed near the coast of Japan Wednesday, the Japan Coast Guard said. 
Eight people were aboard the aircraft when it went down around 2:47 p.m. local time. Shortly after the crash, the 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters said it dispatched a patrol boat and aircraft to the crash scene, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/29/asia/us-osprey-aircraft-crashes-japan-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The aircraft crashed into the ocean near the island of Yakushima, which is about 45 miles south of the southern main Japanese island of Kyushu, a coast guard spokesperson <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-military-plane-crashes-sea-japan-osprey-yakushima-rcna127129" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC News. 
The Japanese Coast Guard said one man was recovered “unconscious and was not breathing” near the site of the crash. He was given CPR and taken to Anbo Port, which was nearly two miles away, but the Osprey crew member was later pronounced dead. No details were given on the status of the other seven crew members. 
Japan’s Vice Defense Minister Hiroyuki Miyazawa said the incident involved a U.S. Air Force  CV-22 Osprey and called the incident an “emergency water landing.” 
“The U.S. side explained to us that the pilot did his best until the very end, so we’re using the term ‘emergency water landing,’” Miyazawa said. 
The CV-22 Osprey can take off vertically like a helicopter while boasting the long-range flight capability of a turboprop aircraft. Its two rotors remain vertical during takeoff and landing and can rotate 90 degrees once the aircraft is in flight, allowing it to fly like a rotor-powered plane. 
Wednesday’s crash marks the third tragedy in the last two years involving U.S. military personnel flying an Osprey aircraft. In August, three Marines were killed and several more were seriously injured when their MV-22B Osprey, which is similar to the CV-22, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/3-u-s-marines-killed-several-injured-during-training-exercise-in-australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crashed</a> on a northern Australian island while carrying 23 troops. 
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In June of 2022, all five Marines aboard an MV-22B Osprey died after it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-5-u-s-marines-confirmed-dead-in-military-aircraft-crash-in-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crashed</a> in California, a few miles north of the U.S./Mexico border. A few months before that crash, four Marines were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-u-s-marines-killed-in-norway-nato-training-identified" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> in Norway during a NATO training exercise after their MV-22B Osprey went down in the Arctic Circle. 
This article has been updated after officials said there were eight, not six, crew members on board the aircraft.

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At Least One Dead After U.S. Aircraft With Eight On Board Crashes Into Sea Near Japan

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iranian</a> drone harassed a U.S. air craft carrier in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, according to a U.S. defense official.
The incident comes after Iranian terrorist proxies in the region have hijacked and attempted to hijack cargo ships and tankers in recent weeks that are tied to Israel.
&#8220;An Iranian drone flew near the USS Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf today,&#8221; Fox News correspondent Liz Friden said. &#8220;The Ike was in international waters &amp; the Iranian drone ignored multiple warnings. This is being deemed unsafe &amp; unprofessional.&#8221;
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NEW: An Iranian drone flew near the USS Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf today, a U.S. official told Fox News. The Ike was in international waters &amp; the Iranian drone ignored multiple warnings. This is being deemed unsafe &amp; unprofessional.
&mdash; Liz Friden (@Liz_Friden) <a href="https://twitter.com/Liz_Friden/status/1729627073394745645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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One video that circulated on social media this week purported to show footage from an Iranian drone that was harassing the same carrier strike group.
The footage appears to correlate with statements from an official in Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who said that the drone&#8217;s presence interfered with U.S. helicopter operations, according to Iran&#8217;s state-run <a href="https://www.farsnews.ir/hormozgan/news/14020906000937/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AE-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Farsnews Agency</a>.
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Iranian media publishes aerial views of the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Gulf of Aden and the Sea of ​​Oman <a href="https://t.co/8kDcj4ImGX">pic.twitter.com/8kDcj4ImGX</a>
&mdash; Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) <a href="https://twitter.com/MOSSADil/status/1729518130114785531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Satellite imagery from this week <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-11-28/ty-article/satimage-shows-eisenhower-carrier-in-persian-gulf-100-km-from-iran/0000018c-15f3-dab5-a7ed-97f7672a0000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> the carrier strike group only 62 miles away from Iran, a clear sign from the U.S. that Iran should not escalate tensions in the region.
However, the message does not seem to be being heard by Iran, as its terrorist proxies have launched at least 74 attacks against U.S. forces in the region since October 17 — a little over a week after Hamas&#8217; unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel.
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Dozens of U.S. soldiers have received concussions from the missile, rocket, and drone bombardments at U.S installations in Iraq in Syria. Many have suffered from even more serious traumatic brain injuries.
The U.S. has responded by striking some facilities that Iran and its proxies use in Syria, but have refrained from punching back hard against the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/us/politics/us-airstrikes-syria.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Biden has “rejected more aggressive bombing options proposed by the Pentagon” to keep U.S. forces safe because he is afraid of “provoking” Iran.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-cotton-a-massive-retaliation-against-iran-directly-is-only-way-to-stop-attacks-on-u-s-forces" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Sunday that the only way to stop the attacks would be to launch a “massive retaliation to make it clear we will not tolerate these attacks on Americans.”

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Iranian Drone Harasses U.S. Aircraft Carrier In Persian Gulf

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A U.S. Destroyer took five individuals into custody on Sunday after they attempted a terrorist hijacking of an Israeli owned tanker in the Gulf of Aden.
The Liberian-flagged Central Park chemical tanker — which is managed by Zodiac Maritime, a U.K. based firm that is part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group — was believed to have been seized earlier in the day.
&#8220;US Navy personnel from the USS Mason responded to a distress call from the crew onboard an Israeli linked tanker,&#8221; said Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin. &#8220;5 armed gunmen tried to hijack the ship in Gulf of Aden. US Navy pursued toward Yemen. Warning shots fired. Gunmen now being interrogated.&#8221;
The incident marked the second time over the last few days that terrorists have tried to hijack the ship after Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists previously tried.
&#8220;The 5 gunmen boarded from a skiff by pulling up alongside the tanker which I am told &#8216;has a low free board&#8217;,&#8221; Griffin said. &#8220;The crew had locked themselves in the Citadel (safe room). A Japanese destroyer assisted the USS Mason with the interdiction. 2 Chinese Navy warships in the area did not render assistance.&#8221;
The terrorists tried to gain access to the safe room by breaking down the door but were unsuccessful.
&#8220;The hijackers exited the vessel and were making their way back to the shores of Yemen when the US Navy personnel pursued and arrested them,&#8221; Griffin said. &#8220;Warning shots were fired by the U.S. Navy personnel and a U.S. helicopter gunship flew cover. The 5 hijackers who tried to overtake the Israeli linked tanker are now being questioned by the U.S. military under counter piracy authorities.&#8221;

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U.S. Navy Captures Terrorists Who Tried To Hijack Tanker Tied To Israel

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pentagon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pentagon</a> has failed to pass its annual financial audit for the sixth consecutive year, prompting conservative lawmakers to call for consequences for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Defense</a>. 
The Pentagon, which has $3.8 trillion in assets alongside $4 trillion in liabilities, <a href="https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2023/11/16/pentagon-fails-sixth-audit-with-number-of-passing-grades-stagnant/?utm_campaign=dfn-ebb&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=sailthr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only had</a> seven of 30 sub-audits rated clean by auditors, Defense News reported. Eighteen sub-audits failed, three are still taking place, and one was “qualified,” according to Comptroller Mike McCord.
The news comes after the U.S. sent billions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-failed-to-track-all-military-aid-to-ukraine-as-criminal-gangs-stole-guns-ammo-from-frontlines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official reports</a> that the DoD had not been able to track all of the weapons and military equipment it had sent to the country. 
“It’s not enough,” McCord said of the Pentagon fixing some issues flagged by the previous year&#8217;s audit. “The secretary [of defense] feels that we need to be doing better at this and moving faster.”
McCord said the Pentagon needed to work closer with the Treasury Department to make sure they were on the same page and that they needed to use automation to optimize the process. 
The comptroller added that there was just under $5 billion worth of U.S. supplies that could be sent to Ukraine. A Pentagon<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-accounting-error-gives-extra-6-2-billion-in-aid-to-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> accounting error</a> earlier this year gave the DoD another $6.2 billion in aid to give to Ukraine.
Since the war between Russia and Ukraine began, Congress has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/21/politics/war-funding-ukraine-what-matters/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> $113 billion for Ukraine, with much of that coming in the form of military aid. 
Lawmakers are also planning on sending billions in military aid to Israel amid its war with Hamas but the House and Senate have yet to both approve any aid packages including funding for Israel. 
“The running room we have to actually help Israel is much more constrained [than it is for Ukraine] because we don’t have any action by Congress yet,” McCord said.
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With news of the failed audit, Republicans slammed the Pentagon, calling for more accountability. 
“The Pentagon has failed its sixth straight audit. $3.8 trillion vanished into thin air. Any other organization would face consequences,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1725251664163283087" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
“DOD’s inability to adequately track assets risks our military readiness and represents a flagrant disregard for taxpayer funds, even as it receives nearly a trillion dollars annually,” the House Oversight Committee <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1725173220028846303" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“The recent failure of the Pentagon&#8217;s 6TH audit couldn&#8217;t make it clearer that we need accountability &amp; transparency. It&#8217;s time to independently [audit the Pentagon]. No institution is above scrutiny, especially the DoD w/ the largest budget of ANY fed agency,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1725185838139445494" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.  
The Center for Renewing America, a conservative policy organization, pointed to the leftist tilt of the military bureaucracy <a href="https://twitter.com/amrenewctr/status/1725205005467111586" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “Our bureaucratic government agencies are as incompetent as they are WOKE &amp; WEAPONIZED!”

Pentagon Building As Senators Warn Of Broken Classification System After Major Leak

‘Flagrant Disregard For Taxpayer Funds’: Pentagon Fails Sixth Consecutive Audit

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Hamas

Pentagon

Rand Paul

Ukraine

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Five U.S. service members were killed after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/military" target="_blank" rel="noopener">military</a> aircraft crash over the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, American officials announced on Sunday.
&#8220;On the evening of November 10, a U.S. military aircraft conducting training operations in the eastern Mediterranean suffered a mishap and went down,&#8221; U.S. European Command <a href="https://www.eucom.mil/article/42556/statement-us-military-aircraft-mishap-in-eastern-mediterranean" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
U.S. European Command did not share what type of aircraft was involved in the incident, nor the names of the dead or what branch of the military in which they served.
&#8220;Out of respect for the families affected, we will not release further information on the personnel involved at this time,&#8221; the statement said.
&#8220;The cause of the training incident is currently under investigation,&#8221; it added. &#8220;However, we can definitively say that the aircraft sortie was purely related to training and there are no indications of hostile activity.&#8221;
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The &#8220;mishap&#8221; comes as the U.S. military has deployed <a href="https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/News-Display/Article/3578705/us-sixth-fleet-conducts-bilateral-dual-carrier-operations-in-eastern-mediterran/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carrier strike groups</a> to the Eastern Mediterranean amid heightened tensions in the region as Israel fights Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the group&#8217;s terrorist attacks on Israeli soil last month.
In addition, the Pentagon has reported <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3586025/deputy-pentagon-press-secretary-sabrina-singh-holds-a-press-briefing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at least 56 U.S. troops</a> have been injured by drone attacks in Syria and Iraq since mid-October.
President Joe Biden released a statement on Sunday calling the Mediterranean Sea incident a &#8220;crash&#8221; and saying that he and first lady Jill Biden mourned the loss of the five U.S. service members.
&#8220;Our service members put their lives on the line for our country every day. They willingly take risks to keep the American people safe and secure. And their daily bravery and selflessness is an enduring testament to what is best in our nation,&#8221; Biden said.
&#8220;Jill and I are praying for the families and friends who have lost a precious loved one — a piece of their soul,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Our entire nation shares their grief. And, during this weekend when we pause to honor our nation’s veterans, we once more affirm the sacred obligation we bear to those who volunteer to serve our nation as well as their families, caregivers, and survivors. We pray for the families of all our fallen warriors today and every day.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iranian</a>-backed terrorists in Yemen shot down a U.S. military drone over international waters on Wednesday, which comes after U.S. forces throughout the region have been repeatedly attacked by Iran&#8217;s terrorist proxies.
A U.S. defense official <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/politics/us-drone-shot-down-near-yemen-houthi/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> the incident to CNN and said that U.S. Central Command was investigating.
The Houthis, an Iranian-backed terrorist group in Yemen that the Biden administration delisted as a terror group back in 2021, claimed credit for downing the $56.5 million MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Red Sea.
Iran <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/world/middleeast/iran-us-drone.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot down</a> a U.S. drone back in June of 2019 with a surface-to-air missile and then-President Donald Trump initially approved a retaliatory strike against Iran before backing off his decision.
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The U.S. launched airstrikes later in the day but they were against Iranian-backed terrorists in Syria, not the Houthis in Yemen.
The strikes came after Iran and its terrorist proxy groups have <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/no-let-up-in-attacks-on-us-forces-in-iraq-syria-/7345704.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> 22 attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and another 18 attacks against U.S. forces in Syria, leading to 46 U.S. soldiers being injured, including 25 who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement that the &#8220;self-defense&#8221; strikes were on &#8220;a facility in eastern Syria used by Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups.&#8221;
&#8220;This strike was conducted by two U.S. F-15s against a weapons storage facility,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This precision self-defense strike is a response to a series of attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by IRGC-Quds Force affiliates.&#8221;
This was the second such strike U.S. forces have launched against Iranian forces in Syria over the last couple of weeks. The administration has not released any footage of the strikes.
Austin added that the U.S. will continue to conduct counter-ISIS missions in Iraq and Syria.
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Top U.S. Senators said over the weekend that they are introducing a bipartisan resolution calling for military strikes against Iran if its terror proxies in the Middle East kill any U.S. soldiers or if Hezbollah opens up a second front against Israel.
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) made the remarks during a CNN interview Sunday morning with Dana Bash on &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;
The segment comes after Hamas murdered 1,400 Israelis in an unprecedented terrorist attack last month and Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist group in Lebanon, has conducted small scale attacks against Israel as it weighs whether to launch a full-scale attack.
&#8220;It basically says, if the war expands, if Hezbollah opens up a second front in the north against Israel in a substantial way to overwhelm Iron Dome, then we should hit the Islamic Republic of Iran,&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;There is no Hamas without the Ayatollahs&#8217; support. There is no Hezbollah without the Ayatollahs&#8217; support. The great Satan in the region is not Israel or the United States. It&#8217;s Iran.&#8221;
Graham said that he and Blumenthal just came back from the region and that Israel had begged them to deter Iran from entering the war as they deal with wiping out the Hamas terrorist organization inside Gaza.
&#8220;If any of our troops are killed in Syria and Iraq by Iranian-backed militias, I think that&#8217;s an expansion of the war,&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;So, the resolution puts Iran on notice that all this military force in the region will be coming after you if you expand this war by activating Hezbollah or killing an American through your proxies in Syria and Iraq. And they need to hear that. They need to believe that.&#8221;
Graham&#8217;s remarks come after there have been at least 31 attacks from Iranian-backed terrorists on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria over the last two weeks, according to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/escalating-militia-attacks-on-u-s-troops-risk-washington-tehran-confrontation-f2308361">report</a> from The Wall Street Journal.

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Over the years, the United States has produced many remarkable generals and admirals, but only a few have stood out as world-class strategists and leaders of troops. As Veterans Day approaches on November 11, let’s remember and celebrate them. Here is my list of America’s finest 11 commanders.
<h2>Curtis E. LeMay, 1906 &#8211; 1990 (World War II)</h2>
Cold, calculating, and brutally efficient, few American commanders have so understood not just the power of a weapon at his disposal, but the proper way to deploy it to the most effect as did Air Force Major General Curtis LeMay. The weapon was the strategic bomber. 
As commander of the USAAF 305th Bombardment Group in Europe, then-Col. LeMay was once faced with a problem of crews prematurely aborting their missions. He figured it had to do with will more than anything else. So he issued an order: “I will be in the lead plane on every mission. Any plane that takes off will go over the target, or the crew will be court-martialed.” According to Robert McNamara: “The abort rate dropped overnight. Now that’s the kind of commander he was.”
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In the summer of 1944, the veteran and driven LeMay was sent to the Pacific Theater where he eventually was placed in overall command of strategic air operations against Japan. Upon arrival, the airman faced a dilemma. He was presented with America’s most advanced weapon to date: the massive B-29 Superfortress bomber. It was a quantum leap in airborne technology, and far more advanced than its B-17, B-24, and Lancaster stablemates. In fact, the U.S. had spent more money developing the B-29 than even the atomic bomb. And by late 1944 it was looking to be a colossal waste of money.
Although the pressurized high-altitude Superfortresses could fly above most Japanese fighters, the newly discovered jet stream at those heights made accurate precision bombing impossible. When flying into the jet stream, the bomber streams’ real airspeed was dangerously slow making them easy targets; when flying with it, the formations were hurled across the sky at too high an airspeed to properly set up targets. And the high winds sent bombs scattering. The B-29 program was in serious trouble.
<div id="attachment_645543" style="width: 756px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-645543" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-645543" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-615316416-746x576.jpg" alt="Major General Curtis Lemay, head of the bomber command against Japan, stands in front of a group of B-29 bombers at a base in the Mariana Islands. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)" width="746" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-615316416-746x576.jpg 746w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-615316416-300x232.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-615316416-768x593.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-615316416.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px" />Major General Curtis Lemay, head of the bomber command against Japan, stands in front of a group of B-29 bombers at a base in the Mariana Islands. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)</div>
The adaptive LeMay decided to take a chance. He ordered his bombers stripped of all armament save a tail gunner so they could carry more payload, filled them with thousands of pounds of incendiaries rather than high explosive bombs, and ordered that the bombers go in at a mere 5,000 feet, and in the dead of night to avoid fighters and accurate anti-aircraft fire. Pilots thought him insane, and believed he had signed their death warrants, but the confident LeMay understood that with Japan’s cities constructed mostly of wood and paper, the effects of firebombs would be catastrophic.
<div id="attachment_645493" style="width: 737px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-645493" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-645493 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-515422580-727x576.jpg" alt="(Original Caption) With cigar in mouth, Major General Curtis E. LeMay, the commander of 21st Bomber Command, listens as B-29 Navigator Lt. Nelson McDowell (R), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, describes run of target after a Superfort raid on Nagoya, Japan. At left is Captain Waldo Timm, of Portland, Oregon, and second from right is Brigadier General Thomas Power, who commands B-29s on Guam." width="727" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-515422580-727x576.jpg 727w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-515422580-300x238.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-515422580-768x608.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-515422580.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px" />(Original Caption) With cigar in mouth, Major General Curtis E. LeMay, the commander of 21st Bomber Command, listens as B-29 Navigator Lt. Nelson McDowell (R), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, describes run of target after a Superfort raid on Nagoya, Japan. At left is Captain Waldo Timm, of Portland, Oregon, and second from right is Brigadier General Thomas Power, who commands B-29s on Guam. Getty Images.</div>
On the night of March 9, 1945, he put his theory to the test, sending over 300 B-29s from the Marianas to firebomb Tokyo with over 250,000 incendiary bombs filled with napalm, a fiery gel that sticks, spreads, and burns out all it touches. The result was an utter holocaust. Fourteen square miles of the Japanese capital city were burned out and over 100,000 civilians were killed — making it the most lethal single act of war in history — while hundreds of thousands more were made homeless. These devastating results came at the cost of just 14 B-29s downed and 96 crew lost.
LeMay had his template. From March to August 1945, his B-29s would firebomb Japanese city after city to the point that had the war lasted much longer there would have soon been no more worthy targets remaining. Estimates range from 200,000 to over 500,000 Japanese died in LeMay’s relentless onslaughts, along with some 5 million made homeless. At least 40% of over 60 Japanese cities were burned out; her war-making ability ceased to exist.
Now, with the addition of fleets of heavy bombers from the USAAF and RAF in the just concluded war on Germany, and with the much closer aerodrome on Okinawa, LeMay believed he could compel Japan to surrender by aerial bombardment alone. This, however, was rendered moot by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that effectively ended the war.
<div id="attachment_645517" style="width: 753px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-645517" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-645517" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-3239764-743x576.jpg" alt="circa 1962: American president John F Kennedy (1917 - 1963), wearing dark sunglasses, sits next to US Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis LeMay (1906 - 1990, L). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)" width="743" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-3239764-743x576.jpg 743w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-3239764-300x233.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-3239764-768x596.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-3239764.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px" />Circa 1962: American president John F Kennedy (1917 &#8211; 1963), wearing dark sunglasses, sits next to US Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis LeMay (1906 &#8211; 1990, L). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)</div>
After the war, LeMay would go on to serve in several high-ranking positions, including head of Strategic Air Command and USAF Chief Of Staff. His hostility to the Johnson administration’s policies in Vietnam, and his personal animosity towards McNamara, led to his retirement from the military in 1965. As with so many great military leaders, however, the instincts that served LeMay so well in war abandoned him in politics.
In 1968, LeMay would end up as Alabama governor and presidential candidate George Wallace’s running mate on the American Independent Party ticket. Among the party platforms was continued racial segregation. Whether or not LeMay shared Wallace’s racist sentiments is up for debate, but in the end it didn’t matter. Soon considered to be politically “tone-deaf” by Wallace’s staff, LeMay turned out to be a liability. In particular, his suggestion that the U.S. could <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2019/Sep/26/2002187168/-1/-1/1/LEMAY%20ON%20VIETNAM.PDF">use nuclear weapons</a> on North Vietnam to “bomb them back into the stone age” came across as far too bellicose for a population growing increasingly anxious and disillusioned about the war.
<div id="attachment_645521" style="width: 830px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-645521" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-645521 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-517830056-820x576.jpg" alt="(Original Caption) General Curtis E. LeMay, retired U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff is seen here speaking to the press after American Independent Party presidential candidate George C. Wallace named him as his running mate." width="820" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-517830056-820x576.jpg 820w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-517830056-300x211.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-517830056-768x539.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-517830056.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" />(Original Caption) General Curtis E. LeMay, retired U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff is seen here speaking to the press after American Independent Party presidential candidate George C. Wallace named him as his running mate. Getty Images.</div>
The grim image of death from above that “Bombs Away LeMay” projected became the stuff of legend. He was the model for USAF Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Peter Sellers’ 1964 Cold War satire “Doctor Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb.”
Art can imitate life. And whatever one thinks of LeMay — either as a victorious visionary of aerial warfare, or cold-blooded killer — not many American commanders have had so direct a hand in defeating an enemy as did this cigar-chomping bomber jockey. The omnipresent cigar was not a prop but rather a way to manage the Bell’s Palsy that partially paralyzed his mouth, giving him his trademark scowl.
LeMay is the personification of firebombing, the morality of which continues to be debated to this day. LeMay himself candidly admitted: “I suppose had we lost the war, I’d have been prosecuted as a war criminal.” But it was Japan that lost and in no small measure due to the rain of hellfire from the air at the hands of this modern god of an angry sky.
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<h4>America’s Top 11 Generals</h4>
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced a new modernized nuclear bomb that will increase the military&#8217;s readiness to deter aggression and launch strategic attacks if needed.
The new bomb, designated the B61-13, will be a modernized version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb and will be deliverable by modern aircraft to the target.
&#8220;Today&#8217;s announcement is reflective of a changing security environment and growing threats from potential adversaries,&#8221; said Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb. &#8220;The United States has a responsibility to continue to assess and field the capabilities we need to credibly deter and, if necessary, respond to strategic attacks, and assure our allies.&#8221;
&#8220;The B61-13 represents a reasonable step to manage the challenges of a highly dynamic security environment,&#8221; said Plumb. &#8220;While it provides us with additional flexibility, production of the B61-13 will not increase the overall number of weapons in our nuclear stockpile.&#8221;
The DOD said that the new bomb would include more features that enhance its safety, security, and accuracy.
The Federation of American Scientists notes though that the reason for the new bomb appears to be in-part a political push by the Biden administration to &#8220;get rid of the last megaton-yield weapon in the US arsenal: the B83-1.&#8221;
The B83-1 is currently the most powerful weapon in the U.S. military stockpile with a yield of over 1 megaton, which is equivalent to 1 million tons of TNT.
&#8220;The B61-13 will have the same maximum yield as the B61-7 (360 kilotons), according to defense officials, a significant increase compared with the 50-kiloton B61-12 it is intended to supplement,&#8221; the report said.
A 360 kiloton blast is 24 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima, Japan — which had a 15 kiloton yield — in the final days of WWII.

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