The Pentagon’s top leaders are going before Congress for the first time in months to face a long list of controversies, including their differences with President Donald Trump over the handling of protests near the White House in June during unrest triggered by the police killing of George Floyd.
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They fly a mile a second or faster and maneuver in ways that make them extra difficult to detect and destroy in flight. And they are at the heart of Trump administration worries about China and Russia.
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While the panel agreed the government could have done a better job consulting with cultural leaders on the significance of the manatee cousin to Okinawa, the Pentagon did enough to greenlight the new Marine base.
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(CN) — The Pentagon made history this week when it released three grainy, black-and-white videos of unidentified flying objects, saying the footage was real and had been taken by U.S. Navy fighter-jet pilots.
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The coronavirus is taking a growing toll on the U.S. military, and commanders and senior officials are bracing for worse. From nuclear missile fields at home to war zones abroad, from flight lines to ships at sea, the Pentagon is striving to shield vital missions even as it faces urgent calls for help on the civilian front.
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To keep pace with technological advancements on the battlefield, the Pentagon has announced new ethical principles governing military use and design of artificial intelligence.
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A Pentagon official whose input on a foreign-aid package earmarked for Ukraine became central to President Donald Trump’s impeachment resigned Wednesday.
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The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday declared it would fight in court to stop the Trump Administration’s potential diversion of an additional $3.8 billion in military funds toward a wall along the US-Mexico border.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from going forward with a $10 billion contract for a military computing network while Amazon makes its case that President Donald Trump interfered to send the contract to Microsoft to harm Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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The U.S. Department of Defense is struggling to change how it handles the abuse of military kids, including cases involving sexual assault by other children, according to a report commissioned by Congress.
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The number of U.S. servicemembers diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries has shot up to more than 100, the Pentagon said Monday, as more troops suffer the aftereffects of the Iranian ballistic missile attack early last month in Iraq.
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The dugong once thrived along the shores of Okinawa, the smallest of Japan’s five main islands located about 400 miles south of the country’s mainland.
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Cabinet officials are expected to face pointed questions from Democrats as they appear for a congressional hearing Wednesday afternoon about the justifications for the drone strike that took out Iran’s top general last week.
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The Pentagon on Monday distanced itself from President Donald Trump’s assertions that he would bomb Iranian cultural sites despite international prohibitions of such attacks.
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The Pentagon on Thursday flight-tested a missile that had been banned under a treaty that the United States and Russia abandoned last summer. Some U.S. arms control advocates said the test risks an unnecessary arms race with Moscow.
Read moreThe Defense Department’s internal watchdog is investigating a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a firm that used multiple appearances on Fox News to push for the job, and whom President Trump touted to the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security.
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The Pentagon is considering several options to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan, including one that would shift to a narrower counterterrorism mission, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Wednesday.
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The Pentagon on Tuesday ordered a broad review of vetting procedures for international students who get training on U.S. military installations and demanded the process be strengthened, in reaction to last week’s deadly shooting at a Pensacola Navy base by a Saudi aviation student.
Read moreA Pentagon official who was expected to shed greater detail about the lengthy holdup of U.S. military aid to Ukraine saw her deposition waylaid Wednesday after two dozen Republican lawmakers stormed the closed-door hearing armed with cellphones and refused to leave.
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The United States is sending a Patriot missile battery and four ground-based radar systems to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said Thursday, calling it the first steps to help the kingdom protect itself from Iranian attacks.
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