Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan opens door to a ‘few thousand’ more troops deploying there; Read what the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks wrote to President Obama in 2015; Wounded Warrior Project cleared of ‘spending lavishly,’ report finds; Pentagon leader assumes new role: Turning down the temperature on Trump; Yemen reviews deadly U.S. raid on al-Qaeda, but stops short of issuing ban;   A military blog by Dan Lamothe   Pentagon journal explores what could happen if a president called for Muslim internment camps Publication of the essay in question was withheld until after the presidential election. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan opens door to a ‘few thousand’ more troops deploying there There are about 8,400 U.S. service members deployed in Afghanistan. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   Read what the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks wrote to President Obama in 2015 He calls Obama an evildoer. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more »   Wounded Warrior Project cleared of ‘spending lavishly,’ report finds One of the country's largest non-profits for veterans is cleared of wrongdoing. By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux  •  Read more »   Pentagon leader assumes new role: Turning down the temperature on Trump As President Trump’s new Pentagon chief, Jim Mattis has a long list of tasks ahead, including devising a more aggressive campaign to combat the Islamic State and restoring military readiness after years of budget cuts. But a few weeks into his tenure, the retired general’s most visible role has been of a different sort: soothing Americans and … By Missy Ryan  •  Read more »   Yemen reviews deadly U.S. raid on al-Qaeda, but stops short of issuing ban The U.S. raid left 15 women and children dead. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   World news alerts Get immediate updates in your inbox on breaking news from around the world. Visit washingtonpost.com/newsletters for more breaking news alerts and newsletters. Sign Up »         Share Checkpoint:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Checkpoint or because it is included in your subscription. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071