US military
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Three Americans wounded in dawn assault as Central Command reports deaths of ‘estimated’ 14 members of al-Qaida in Arabian Peninsula
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President also gives Priebus access to sensitive meetings while partially excluding defense chiefs and requesting strategies to defeat Isis
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Visit by James Mattis comes despite suggestions by Donald Trump that he could cut US military presence in region
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President appears to believe ‘torture works’ – raising prospect of reviving techniques the CIA had moved away from
F-35 Joint Strike Fighters arrive in Australia for the first time