Tag: Pentagon

National Security

‘They will run into a buzz saw’: America’s top general warns against attacking US Embassy in Baghdad

Russ Read · January 2, 2020 5:28 pm

News

Iran-backed militia supporters withdraw from US Embassy in Iraq, ending siege

Caitlin Yilek · January 1, 2020 2:35 pm

News

Defense officials ready 4,000 troops for deployment in Middle East

Spencer Neale · January 1, 2020 12:42 am

Defense

Fat Leonard and a defecting whale: US and Russia tie for top weirdest military incidents of the decade

Susan Katz Keating · December 31, 2019 10:34 pm

Foreign Policy

‘Not going to flinch’: US ambassador to Iraq returning to embassy in Baghdad

Joel Gehrke · December 31, 2019 8:52 pm

News

US to send ‘additional forces’ after embassy in Baghdad attacked

Caitlin Yilek · December 31, 2019 5:21 pm

National Security

Taliban 'smell blood in the water': US deaths in Afghanistan reach a five-year high in 2019

Russ Read · December 31, 2019 12:04 pm

News

Pentagon considers abandoning recently built $110M drone base in Niger

Caitlin Yilek · December 27, 2019 2:29 am

News

‘Personal and operational risks’: Pentagon warns military members against using DNA kits

Caitlin Yilek · December 23, 2019 6:57 pm

National Security

‘Ridiculous’: Pentagon officials say military did not mislead public on war in Afghanistan

Russ Read · December 20, 2019 7:58 pm

National Security

Ron Johnson poised to break with Senate GOP on defense ‘minibus’ spending bill

Anna Giaritelli · December 18, 2019 11:17 pm

Beltway Confidential

Protest South Korea’s military freeloading by recalling US ambassador

Tom Rogan · December 18, 2019 8:51 pm