Tag: Pentagon

When broken down along partisan lines, Democrats are much more on board with transgender people in the military. Eighty-three percent say they should be allowed. Forty-nine percent of Republicans, however, say they should be barred from doing so. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Silicon Valley sours over Trump’s transgender military ban

Melissa Quinn · July 30, 2017 4:01 am

The Defense Department has confirmed that North Korea fired a ballistic missile Friday morning.

National Security

Pentagon: North Korea fires ballistic missile

Jamie McIntyre · July 28, 2017 3:32 pm

The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Thursday to sent four of President Trump's civilian Pentagon nominees to the full Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Four of Trump’s Pentagon nominees move to full Senate

Travis J. Tritten · July 27, 2017 8:11 pm

Rep. Sean Duffy says Trump should "want the generals to direct" him on a political issue (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Beltway Confidential

Sean Duffy: Trump’s transgender tweet opened Republicans to ‘a bazooka’ from left

Tom Rogan · July 27, 2017 6:55 pm

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford sent a memo to senior leaders and commanders worldwide Thursday saying there will be no change to the Pentagon policy barring discrimination against transgender troops until there are further orders from the military's civilian leaders. (Anna Stonehouse/The Aspen Times via AP)

National Security

Top US general says no change to military transgender policy until leaders issue guidance

Jamie McIntyre · July 27, 2017 3:50 pm

Washington Secrets

Awkward: Pentagon cheers transgender troops with BBQs, 5K races, videos, tweets

Paul Bedard · July 27, 2017 3:26 pm

The amendment, sponsored by Reps. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, and Bill Shuster, R-Pa., was added to an annual Veterans Affairs and military construction spending bill and prohibits any money to be spent on proposing, planning to, or actually shuttering defense facilities as part of the Base Realignment and Closure program. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

National Security

House underscores opposition to military base closures in ‘minibus’

Travis J. Tritten · July 26, 2017 11:19 pm

GOP leaders were unable to find a compromise between conservatives and called on Trump to fix the problem. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Trump banned transgender people in military to save border wall funding: Report

Anna Giaritelli · July 26, 2017 7:38 pm

President Trump's tweets banning transgender people from serving in the military set off a mad scramble at the Pentagon Wednesday morning, as officials raced to sort out the details after the surprise announcement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump’s tweets on military transgender ban send Pentagon aides scrambling

Jamie McIntyre, Travis J. Tritten · July 26, 2017 5:06 pm

"Transgender personnel are serving right now, and there's no review ongoing that would affect the ability of those currently serving to continue serving." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Flashback: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said last month no changes to transgender policy were coming

Melissa Quinn · July 26, 2017 3:26 pm

A new secret assessment by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency concluded Kim Jong Un's regime will be able to attack America with nuclear weapons two years earlier than had been previously anticipated. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea will have nuclear ICBM capable of hitting US by next year, report says

Anna Giaritelli · July 25, 2017 6:35 pm

A sailor aboard the U.S.S. John Paul Jones destroyer, the Navy's ballistic missile defense test ship, pressed the wrong button into the combat system, causing the missile to self-destruct before reaching its target. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

National Security

Sailor pressed the wrong button and caused failure of Navy ballistic missile defense test: Report

Josh Siegel · July 24, 2017 9:40 pm