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Democrats Push For Pentagon Probe Into COVID-19 Spending
Democrats are calling for an investigation into the Pentagon's COVID-19 spending just days after Rep. Adam Smith said there wouldn't be one.
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NATO Says Sec. Blinken Made Commitment to Alliance
Mar.24 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talks about meeting with the new U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Nordstream II pipeline, spending on defense and threats posed by China. He speaks with Maria Tadeo.
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Pentagon Will Evaluate Troop Deployment At Border
The Pentagon's acting Inspector General sent a memo to military officials at the Pentagon detailing the reason for the review.
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9/11 Suspects' Trials Bogged Down By Legal Challenges To Confessions
Defense attorneys have challenged the validity of suspects' confessions, which they say were coerced.
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The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation's history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.
HEADLINE:Military recruiters must accept gay applicants
CAPTION: The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation's history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its 'don't ask,...
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Remainder Of Active-Duty Troops Sent Home From Washington, D.C.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters Defense Secretary Mark Esper ordered the remainder of active-duty troops to return home.
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U.S. Tells Poland to Forget About MiG Plane Transfer
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ruled out Poland's proposal to transfer MiG fighter planes to the U.S. for delivery to Ukraine. Kirby says intelligence agencies warned that the Polish plan could be...
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Russia Not Acting Like It Wants to Settle, Pentagon Aide Says
Russia's continuing bombardment of Ukrainian cities like Kharkiv and Cherniyiv is a sign that it doesn't want a diplomatic path forward, according to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. "What you're seeing by the Russians on the ground is a...
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NATO Says Covid Is Not Impacting Military Readiness
Oct.21 -- U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison says the pandemic is not impacting the group's military readiness. She also gives an update on NATO's role in Afghanistan. She speaks on "Balance of Power."
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Carter Overhauls Silicon Valley Defense Office
Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the overhaul of the Pentagon's office in Silicon Valley just nine months after it opened. Carter announced the changes Wednesday at the Silicon Valley office, known in the Pentagon as DIUx, short...
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Trump: F-35 Jet Program Costs Are 'Out of Control'
Dec.12 -- Lockheed Martin Corp. dropped as much 3.4 percent in premarket trading after President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Monday that costs for the F-35 fighter-jet program are "out of control." Bloomberg Intelligence's...
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Inside the Fight for the Pentagon's Cloud
Jun.08 -- Cloud computing companies are competing for the Pentagon's cloud. It's a planned winner-take-all award for a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract, calling the effort to choose a single provider the best approach for...
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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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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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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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"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.