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According to the report, Pentagon rules outline that the defense secretary is only supposed to remove officers from the promotion list for professional failings that would impact their new role.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and a native of Chicago’s South Side, repeatedly advocated after his selection last year for the release of the Israeli hostages.

The annual award — which alternates each year between works of fiction and nonfiction and which honors emerging Jewish writers — is considered one of the most prominent awards in Jewish literature.

CENTCOM described the strikes on the Qeshm Island control center as “self-defense strikes,” ordered after American forces shot down three Iranian one-way attack drones aimed at nearby vessels.

Home Front Command considers easing restrictions • Trump denies reports that US-Iran talks have stalled • US strikes empty oil tanker attempting to break Hormuz blockade

Sometimes the wisest diplomatic investments are not made where support is weakest but where friendship has already been proven. This is one of those times.

Netanyahu issued a statement shortly after the approval, naming the proposal as his and Smotrich's product, although the prime minister was absent for much of the approval meeting on Tuesday evening.

Shomer was questioned Tuesday morning over a consensual relationship with an officer under his command. After taking responsibility, he resigned from the IDF.

“Before I am a brigade commander, I am a soldier," Shamka said. "And I remember the feelings of a soldier at moments like these."