defense

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Korea has emerged as what senior U.S. officials have described as a “model ally”—contributing to America’s industrial revitalization through investment, strengthening shared technological competitiveness, and assuming greater responsibility for our shared defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Since the Cold War, other countries that maintained their holdings of dollars and U.S. securities in no small part for security reasons, reflecting an implicit quid pro quo for America’s defense shield.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

In this adaptation, Anna Bowden had been Cady’s defense attorney, and he’s no longer an illiterate rube but a successful restaurateur who was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Tillis, who told me that the president’s beloved Florsheims might be a little too “flashy” for the Senate, supplied the decisive vote to confirm Hegseth, a former Fox host, as secretary of defense.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

With a howling battle cry, teeth bared and fists raised, the Incorrigibles rushed to the defense of the babies by forming an Incorrigible pyramid in front of the cradle.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood