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onfederate symbols on facilities they control and, if approved, would represent the first Defense Department-wide prohibition of such iconography," Missy Ryan and Alex Horton report. "Military bases EFTA00162684 generally are not swathed in Confederate flags. Many barracks and homes on post carry the U.

e Care Act when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those who choose not to buy insurance. (Gerald HerbertfAP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Joanie Greve and Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: Oral arguments in New Orleans on Tuesday over the future of the Affordable Care Act foreshadowed the massive impact that President

r it was an overture, or what concessions Tehran wants from Washington." -- The Pentagon's transition plan underscores an upheaval in leadership. Missy Ryan reports: "Mark Esper, who became acting defense secretary on June 24 after his predecessor, then-acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan, abrupt

ron's hangar in Pensacola, Fla., on Nov. 5. He was forced out on Sunday as secretary of the Navy. I Schunnaker/Navy/EPA-EFE/Rex) BYE HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: What makes America exceptional isn't any arsenal. It's moral authority. That's the upshot of Richard V. Spencer's Sunday letter to P

ed, it's case closed now," Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters traveling with him in the Middle East, including Missy Ryan. "It's time to move on and address the national security of the United States. ... Esper made decisions for good reasons that are within his power.

y Leader Mitch McConnell, visits the Capitol in March for a lunch with the Republican caucus. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) BYE HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: Mitch McConnell told President Trump privately last month that no politician has ever lost an election for spending more money. That

ned, it's case closed now," Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters traveling with him in the Middle East, including Missy Ryan. "It's time to move on and address the national security of the United States. ... Esper made decisions for good reasons that are within his power.

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to raise money, said a U.S. official." -- The U.S. Air Force veteran who was accused of acting as a mercenary in Libya's civil war has been freed. Missy Ryan, Josh Dawsey and Julie Tate report: "Jamie Sponaugle, a 31-year-old Florida man, was piloting an aircraft near the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Ma