With Trump approval, Pentagon expands warfighting authority

Delegating more decisions to military leaders could result in additional civilian and service-member casualties

LOLITA C. BALDOR
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NATION / WORLD

WASHINGTON — Week by week, country by country, the Pentagon is quietly seizing more control over warfighting decisions, sending hundreds more troops to war with little public debate and seeking greater authority to battle extremists across the Middle...

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