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Trump: Supporting tiny NATO ally Montenegro could start WWIII
Soldiers with the armed forces of Montenegro conduct a counter-improvised explosive device training exercise at Camp Marmal, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, May 29, 2018. Montenegro has supported the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan since 2010 and celebrated its one-year anniversary as a NATO ally on June 5, 2018. <br>Jordan Belser/NATO
Soldiers with the armed forces of Montenegro conduct a counter-improvised explosive device training exercise at Camp Marmal, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, May 29, 2018. Montenegro has supported the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan since 2010 and celebrated its one-year anniversary as a NATO ally on June 5, 2018. <br>Jordan Belser/NATO

President Donald Trump cast new doubt on his willingness to come to the defense of NATO allies Tuesday when he said a small member state could provoke a conflict that could start “World War III.”

U.S. servicemembers and civilians run a half marathon at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 15, 2009. The Pentagon is reviewing the use of wireless technology, including fitness bands such as Fitbits and smartphones at military installations.<br>Jason Hernandez/U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. servicemembers and civilians run a half marathon at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 15, 2009. The Pentagon is reviewing the use of wireless technology, including fitness bands such as Fitbits and smartphones at military installations.<br>Jason Hernandez/U.S. Marine Corps

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U.S Air Force vehicle operators assigned to the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron train on how to properly attach a trailer to a tractor on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Oct. 17, 2017. While a "two striper" in the Air Force 60 years ago, Robert Carpenter invented the color-coded system for attaching tractor trailer air-brake connections that's now mandatory equipment for every truck on every American road. <br>Scott C. Warner/U.S. Air Force photo
U.S Air Force vehicle operators assigned to the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron train on how to properly attach a trailer to a tractor on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Oct. 17, 2017. While a "two striper" in the Air Force 60 years ago, Robert Carpenter invented the color-coded system for attaching tractor trailer air-brake connections that's now mandatory equipment for every truck on every American road. <br>Scott C. Warner/U.S. Air Force photo

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South Korean officials inspect a runway at an airport in Pohang, South Korea, where five people were killed Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in a helicopter crash, the Defense Ministry said.<br>Kim Jun-bum/Yonhap/AP
South Korean officials inspect a runway at an airport in Pohang, South Korea, where five people were killed Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in a helicopter crash, the Defense Ministry said.<br>Kim Jun-bum/Yonhap/AP

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Airmen train on the mass-producing conventional munitions during an exercise hosted by the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, England, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. More than 160 airmen from seven different Air Force units worked together sharing and refining best practices.<br>William Howard/Stars and Stripes

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Maria Butina<br>Screenshot from Washington Post video

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South Korean officials inspect a runway at an airport in Pohang, South Korea, where five people were killed Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in a helicopter crash, the Defense Ministry said.<br>Kim Jun-bum/Yonhap/AP

S. Korean military grounds helicopters after crash kills 5 marines

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Soldiers with the armed forces of Montenegro conduct a counter-improvised explosive device training exercise at Camp Marmal, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, May 29, 2018. Montenegro has supported the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan since 2010 and celebrated its one-year anniversary as a NATO ally on June 5, 2018. <br>Jordan Belser/NATO

Trump: Supporting tiny NATO ally Montenegro could start WWIII

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In this undated file photo released by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, while riding in Raqqa city in Syria.<br>Militant website

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama, left, speaks at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. <br>Themba Hadebe/AP

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Maria Butina<br>Screenshot from Washington Post video

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South Korean officials inspect a runway at an airport in Pohang, South Korea, where five people were killed Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in a helicopter crash, the Defense Ministry said.<br>Kim Jun-bum/Yonhap/AP

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Soldiers with the armed forces of Montenegro conduct a counter-improvised explosive device training exercise at Camp Marmal, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, May 29, 2018. Montenegro has supported the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan since 2010 and celebrated its one-year anniversary as a NATO ally on June 5, 2018. <br>Jordan Belser/NATO

Trump: Supporting tiny NATO ally Montenegro could start WWIII

President Donald Trump cast new doubt on his willingness to come to the defense of NATO allies Tuesday when he said a small member state could provoke a conflict that could start “World War III.”

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In this undated file photo released by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, while riding in Raqqa city in Syria.<br>Militant website

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama, left, speaks at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. <br>Themba Hadebe/AP

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House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe, R-Tenn., right, talks with Thomas J. Snee, national executive director of the Fleet Reserve Association, after a Capitol Hill press conference about the passage of the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, June 13, 2017. <br>Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes

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