Paul Mcleary is a Pentagon Reporter at POLITICO. He covers a range of topics including elections, government, politics, and security policy, with a focus on regional interest and world news, particularly in the context of the United States, Canada, and LATAM. Paul has been featured in several prominent outlets, including POLITICO Europe, RealClearDefense, and Columbia Journalism Review.
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By: Ibrahim Naber, Paul McLeary
The U.S. military is placing a colonel in the German army's Operations Division in an unusually close collaboration.
By: Stefanie Bolzen, Jack Detsch, Paul Mcleary
The Defense Department "was not expecting it," a congressional aide said.
By: Aaron Pellish, Paul McLeary
The drawdown, which comes after the country's leader sparred with President Donald Trump over the Iran war, leaves about 33,000 troops there.
By: Cheyanne M. Daniels, Paul Mcleary, Jack Detsch
The exchange occurred a day after President Donald Trump announced the Navy would help commercial vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz.
By: Jack Detsch, Paul Mcleary
The Defense secretary distanced Project Freedom, the latest effort to reopen the strait, from the rest of the Iran war.
Current and former U.S. defense officials worry headwinds from the conflict with Tehran leave Beijing with the upper hand.
The once vocal GOP wing that warned against making deals with Beijing has largely left the conversation ahead of Trump’s China summit.
President Donald Trump reversed the decision not to deploy troops to Poland, but the fallout has been severe.
