Tag: Pentagon

FDA chief Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday that he is seeking an alternative to proposed language in the National Defense Authorization Act. The alternative seeks to head off an agency brawl over the authority for approving new drugs used by service members. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FDA and Pentagon in turf war over product approvals

Robert King · November 7, 2017 2:40 pm

President Trump delivered a speech to the U.S. troops at the U.S. Yokota Air Base, on the outskirts of Tokyo, on Sunday. Trump arrived in Japan Sunday on a five-nation trip to Asia, his second extended foreign trip since taking office and his first to Asia. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

National Security

Trump asks Congress for $6 billion for missile defense, ship repair, Asia strategy

Joel Gehrke · November 6, 2017 10:00 pm

National Security

Pentagon identifies Army soldier killed in Afghanistan’s Logar Province

Melissa Quinn · November 5, 2017 11:10 pm

Nigerian military sources said they think fighters linked to the Islamic State decided to capture and kidnap Army Sgt. La David Johnson in an ambush that killed Johnson and three other U.S. soldiers last month. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

National Security

Army Sgt. La David Johnson may have been captured by militants before being killed in Niger: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · November 4, 2017 3:11 am

They came under fire during a joint reconnaissance patrol with Nigerien forces in southwest Niger, which borders Mali, Chad, and Nigeria. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Is the Pentagon really going to excuse strategic and financial incompetence, all while bolstering China?

Michael Rubin · November 3, 2017 12:08 am

It's a mixed bag. Not everything is bad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Beltway Confidential

Afghanistan status report: Progress is too slow, but we have cause for optimism

Tom Rogan · October 31, 2017 9:02 pm

It's widely believed there are perhaps twice as many U.S. troops in Syria than the Pentagon is admitting. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

National Security

General’s momentary slip underscores confusion over troop totals in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · October 31, 2017 6:51 pm

United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said part of the strategy designed to demoralize a resurgent Taliban is to no longer release any tactical information that would provide aid or comfort to the enemy. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

US military classifies Afghanistan data as Taliban make gains

Jamie McIntyre · October 31, 2017 4:27 pm

It will be a pivotal moment. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

What if North Korea detonates a nuclear weapon over the Pacific?

Tom Rogan · October 31, 2017 3:30 pm

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis testified during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Monday, during which he discussed the aging authorization for the use of military force, or AUMF, passed after the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Jim Mattis: If Trump wanted, he could send US combat troops after Boko Haram

Travis J. Tritten · October 30, 2017 11:24 pm

The helicopter crash "was not the result of enemy action," the Pentagon said in an earlier statement released Saturday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)

National Security

Pentagon identifies service member killed Friday helicopter crash in Afghanistan

Anna Giaritelli · October 29, 2017 4:06 pm

In this Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, photo, a general view of Mes Aynak valley, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US service member dies in Afghanistan chopper crash

Gabby Morrongiello · October 28, 2017 1:11 pm