| THE TOPLINE: President Trump says his administration will not talk to the Taliban after they claimed responsibility for a pair of bombings in the Afghan capital of Kabul that killed more than 100 people over the weekend. "When we see what they're doing and the atrocities that they're committing, and killing their own people, and those people are women and children -- many, many women and children that are totally innocent -- it is horrible," Trump said during a meeting with members of the United Nations Security Council on Monday. "So there's no talking to the Taliban. We don't want to talk to the Taliban. We're going to finish what we have to finish," Trump added. The comments appear to indicate Trump sees the possibility of a military victory in Afghanistan, which would contradict his own strategy. The administration has said the military objective in Afghanistan is to push the Taliban to the negotiating table. The Hill's Brett Samuels has more on Trump's comments here. Earlier Monday morning, the recent wave of violence in Kabul continued with an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria-claimed attack on soldiers guarding a military academy. The attack killed 11. The Associated Press has more here. PENTAGON REVIEWS POLICY AFTER FITNESS MAP FLAP: Over the weekend, social media users and experts noticed that heat maps from a social networking app for athletes might show the location of sensitive U.S. military bases. On Monday, the Pentagon said it's reviewing its policies on devices such as Fitbits. The Hill's Ellen Mitchell reports: The Defense Department is looking at its policy on wearable electronics to see if it needs to be updated after reports suggested that an app that maps users' running routes could create a security risk for personnel on military bases. Strava, a social network app for athletes, in November published a heat map that showed the running routes of tens of millions of people using the technology. Over the weekend, an Australian man pointed out that it was possible to use the map to identify individuals' running routes around even remote or classified U.S. military bases, leading experts to suggest that soldiers' lives could be at risk. "We takes matters like these very seriously and are reviewing the situation to determine if any additional training or guidance is required, and if any additional policy must be developed to ensure the continued safety of DOD personnel at home and abroad," Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning said Monday. Read the rest here. RUSSIAN JET BUZZES NAVY PLANE: A Russian military jet got within five feet of a U.S. Navy surveillance plane flying over the Black Sea on Monday, U.S. Naval Forces Europe said. The unsafe intercept by a Russian SU-27 fighter plane happened while a U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries was flying in international airspace, according to the Navy. "This interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-27 closing to within five feet and crossing directly through the EP-3's flight path, causing the EP-3 to fly through the SU-27's jet wash," Navy Capt. Pamela Kunze, spokeswoman for U.S. Naval Forces Europe, said in a statement. Read more here. TOP GENERAL SAYS US WON'T WITHDRAW FROM SYRIAN CITY: The United States will not withdraw troops from a strategic city in northern Syria that Turkey has threatened to attack, the top U.S. general for the region says. During a trip to the Middle East, Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, told CNN that withdrawing U.S. forces from Manbij is "not something we are looking into." Last week, Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish forces in the northern Syrian region of Afrin. Turkish officials have said they will continue pushing east to Manbij and have called on U.S. forces to immediately withdraw from the town. Read more here. ON TAP FOR TOMORROW: The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on the situation on the Korean peninsula with testimony from outside experts at 10 a.m. at the Hart Senate Office Building, room 216. http://bit.ly/2DGKaXJ The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on how to prepare the military for future warfare with testimony from outside experts at 10 a.m. at the Rayburn House Office Building, room 2118. http://bit.ly/2ncEn1K The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on the economic relationship between the United States, Canada and Mexico with testimony from former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and former U.S. ambassador to Mexico Tony Wayne at 2:30 p.m. at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 419. http://bit.ly/2ndyLn7 President Trump will deliver the State of the Union address at 9 p.m. http://bit.ly/2DNMrR9 ICYMI: -- The Hill: Week ahead: House tees up new vote on defense spending bill -- The Hill: Turkey claims McMaster agreed to stop arming Kurdish militia in Syria -- The Hill: Mattis stresses diplomacy in handling North Korea's 'reckless rhetoric' -- The Hill: Opinion: Shutdowns harm national security and endanger America's reservists -- The Hill: Opinion: Vietnam War anniversary reminds how American triumph turns tragic -- The Wall Street Journal: North Korea, Under Sanctions Strain, Dials Back Military Exercises -- Bloomberg: Saudi coalition frays as Yemeni allies turn guns on each other | 
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