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Pence, Mattis lead Pentagon 9/11 remembrance
US Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis lead Sept. 11 remembrances at the Pentagon.
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Emails Show President Trump Gave Direct Orders To Withhold Ukraine Aid
An email says the president gave "clear direction," despite Pentagon concerns.
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Rep. Adam Smith on Pentagon Funding, Impeachment Hearings and USMCA
Nov.22 -- U.S. Representative Adam Smith, a Washington Democrat and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, discusses the fight over Pentagon funding, the House impeachment hearings and the prospects for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada...
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F-35 Jet Estimated Program Costs Jump to $406.5 Billion
Jul.10 -- The cost of the F-35 jet program, already the most expensive U.S. weapons program ever, is estimated to climb further as the plane’s production period gets extended, according to figures submitted to Congress. Bloomberg's...
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Amazon May Contest Microsoft's Controversial $10 Billion Pentagon Contract
Oct.28 -- Microsoft Corp. shares rose to an intraday record after the company scored a major victory in securing a milestone, $10 billion Pentagon contract for cloud computing services. Amazon.com Inc. is considering a challenge to the...
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Trump Says Iran Appears to Be Standing Down After Attack
Jan.08 -- President Donald Trump speaks at the White House about the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict after Iran fired missiles at airbases jointly used by the U.S. and Iraq in retaliation for the killing of General Qassem Soleimani.
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Tech’s Most Controversial Startup Is Disrupting the Business of War
Oct.03 -- Founded by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel, Anduril is manufacturing nimble attack drones for the U.S. military. But being a defense contractor is not a popular ambition in Silicon Valley lately, as concerns about...
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U.S. Bolsters Military Presence in Middle East After Iraq Strike
Jan.03 -- The U.S. is bolstering its military presence in the Middle East after an American strike killed a key Iranian commander in Iraq, with plans to send about 2,800 troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne division to Kuwait....
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Pentagon Warns China's Nuclear Stockpile Outpacing Forecasts
A new assessment by the Pentagon says China's nuclear weapons arsenal is expanding more rapidly than previously believed. The report to Congress comes after reports China conducted hypersonic missile tests amid increased tensions between...
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Boeing Shares Rise as Pentagon Accepts Flawed Tankers for Air Force
Jan.10 -- The U.S. Air Force has accepted the first delivery of Boeing Co.’s long-delayed aerial refueling tanker despite flaws that remain to be fixed, the service said. Bloomberg's Emma Chandra has more on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance...
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Gen. Lloyd Austin A Step Away From Being First Black Pentagon Chief
The relationship between the retired general and the president goes back years to when Austin ran U.S. Central Command.
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CBP Releases Video Of Migrant Processing Facilities
The Pentagon says it has been asked to house unaccompanied children at two military facilities in Texas as space runs low.
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"Multiple Casualties" Following Violence Near Pentagon
Officials say gunshots were fired on a Metro bus platform that is part of the Pentagon Transit Center.
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Watchdog: Pentagon Spent Coronavirus Aid On Jet Parts, Uniforms
Congress gave the Pentagon $1 billion in taxpayer-backed funds.
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Congress Will Not Investigate Pentagon COVID-19 Spending
House Democrats called for an investigation of the Pentagon's COVID-19 spending, but the Armed Services Committee chair says there won't be a hearing.
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Pentagon Reviewing FEMA Request For Help With Vaccine Rollout
"We are actively considering support for the vaccine effort and are prepared to certainly do so," a Pentagon spokesperson said.
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Pentagon Sides With Microsoft In $10 Billion Cloud Deal
The JEDI program had a rocky start after Amazon claimed the bidding process was flawed. It said political corruption played a part in the decision.
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2 Fired, 12 Suspended Following Fort Hood Deaths Investigation
Army vows to "change our culture" after independent panel’s investigation of nearly 30 deaths at Fort Hood, Texas.
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U.S. Troops Setting Up Camp In Poland, Miles From Ukraine Border
President Biden recently deployed 7,000 service members to NATO's eastern flank, adding to the 4,000 already there.
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Surging Demand for Temeprature Scanning as Businesses Re-open
Jun.01 -- The Pentagon is working with Flir Systems, Inc. to install thermal imaging cameras in its building to scan visitors' temperature. In an exclusive interview, James Cannon, chief executive officer at Flir, discusses the company's...
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U.S. To Withdraw Nearly 12,000 Troops From Germany
Nearly 12,000 troops are being withdrawn with some coming back to the U.S. but nearly half will be repositioned in other European NATO countries.
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Exclusive: Watchdog Says U.S. Lost Track Of Weapons And Afghan Forces
The 62-page draft reveals the situation on the ground today: Billions of dollars of American weapons lost and Afghan security forces missing.
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After a series of embarrassing lapses in the US nuclear force, made public by an AP investigation, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is now ordering a top to bottom overhaul of how the force is managed. (Nov. 14)
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SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Hagel, Defense Secretary:
"A consistent lack of investment and support for our nuclear forces over far too many years has left us with too little margin to cope...
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US forces often failed to follow up on credible evidence that Iraqi forces mistreated, tortured and killed captives in the battle against insurgents, according to accounts contained in what was purportedly a historic leak of secret information.
HEADLINE: Leaked documents shed light on Iraq war abuses
CAPTION: US forces often failed to follow up on credible evidence that Iraqi forces mistreated, tortured and killed captives in the battle against insurgents, according to...