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Jonathan Beauchamp/U.S. Marine Corps)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2026/05/01/us-to-close-its-flagship-gaza-mission-as-trump-plan-stalls/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T19:38:57.285Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Defense News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-05-01T19:38:57.285Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[US to close its flagship Gaza mission as Trump plan stalls]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/dfFEdltCh0OrdJBnT_-HiTG4s_A=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/CVIEXSI4BNE6XFBP4KJZUI3DUE.JPG</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. and Israeli soldiers convene at the Civil Military Coordination Center, the U.S.-led center overseeing the implementation of President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza. (Alexander Cornwell/Reuters)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/01/pentagon-freezes-out-anthropic-as-it-signs-deals-with-ai-rivals/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T19:00:16.23Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Defense News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-05-01T19:00:16.23Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Pentagon freezes out Anthropic as it signs deals with AI rivals]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZAjQLGE3VGoVa_0vtEZn6Hc6jFk=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/VTTYBYJRTNFINC3DO7FQAWUIEI.JPG</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Notably absent from the announcement is the AI frontier lab Anthropic, which the Department of Defense designated a supply-chain risk to U.S. national security. (Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters)]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>