Trump declassifies picture but not name of dog wounded in Baghdadi raid


Who's a good commando?
President Trump has unveiled a picture of the previously classified dog who aided the U.S. military in its raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The dog, who some people chose to call "Classified" until her name is revealed, still doesn't have a public name on her collar, but the world can at least peek at her stellar smile for now.
Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. military had raided and killed Baghdadi, and that the unnamed dog was wounded along the way. As of Monday, the dog was "fine and has returned to duty," a U.S. official told Reuters, though Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley similarly refused to release her name. Newsweek's James LaPorta did report via "defense department sources" that the dog's name is Conan, though seeing as the pictured dog is clearly a girl, that doesn't seem certain.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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