Tag: Pentagon

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who is still lacking dozens of high-level appointees including a Navy and Air Force secretary, had no resources to plan that far ahead. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Missing from Trump’s defense budget: Future plans

Jamie McIntyre · May 23, 2017 7:27 pm

Iraqi special forces advance to their next position in Mosul, Iraq. The Islamic State has been driven out of 90 percent of Mosul and fighters are now confined to an ever-shrinking area of the old city, the Pentagon said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Mosul now 90 percent liberated, Pentagon says

Jamie McIntyre · May 23, 2017 4:41 pm

An American and a Polish soldier chat during an official welcome ceremony of the US troops convoy in Zagan, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. U.S. soldiers arrived in Poland in January and fanned out to sites across Eastern Europe, where concerns run highest over Russia's claims on Crimea and its assistance to rebels fighting the Ukraine government. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

House looks at increasing permanent military presence in Europe

Travis J. Tritten · May 22, 2017 6:50 pm

Rep. Mac Thornberry said, President Trump's defense budget proposal for 2018 essentially follows Obama administration plans and adds only slightly more funding. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

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Mac Thornberry: Trump defense budget follows ‘Obama approach’

Travis J. Tritten · May 22, 2017 5:54 pm

The Pentagon unveiled former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's official portrait on Friday. (Screen grab from Defense Department video)

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‘Don’t make me look too damn good’: Pentagon unveils Chuck Hagel’s official portrait

Jamie McIntyre · May 19, 2017 5:01 pm

The military has run up huge tabs and delays on major weapons systems such as the Ford-class aircraft carriers and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. (US Air Force)

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Delays in US weapons buying ‘worse than ever,’ says former Air Force acquisitions chief

Travis J. Tritten · May 17, 2017 3:20 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said if one looks up "patriot" in the dictionary, Wilson's picture would be next to the word. (Dana W. White Twitter)

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Heather Wilson sworn in as Air Force secretary during emotional ceremony

Anna Giaritelli · May 16, 2017 9:42 pm

Because some service members did not receive an honorable discharge - sometimes called a "bad paper" discharge - they could lose health benefits. (Nicolas Armer/dpa via AP)

GAO: Veterans discharged for misconduct need better mental health evaluations

Todd Shepherd · May 16, 2017 8:58 pm

"In general, what I hope to do is help the department run more like a business and be able to keep up with the changes in technology and business practices," Thornberry said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Mac Thornberry to preview overhaul in how the Pentagon buys weapons

Travis J. Tritten · May 13, 2017 4:01 am

Trump told Time magazine this week that he ordered the Navy to return to steam-powered catapults. (Spc. 2nd Class Z.A. Landers/U.S. Navy via AP)

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Pentagon, Navy aren’t touching Trump’s call to replace ‘no good’ launchers on aircraft carriers with ‘goddamned steam’ catapults

Travis J. Tritten · May 12, 2017 8:55 pm

Mattis said ISIS had already lost territory it once held in Iraq and Syria and hinted that the U.S.-led coalition against the group will intensify. (Stine Tidsvilde/Ritzau Foto via AP)

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Defense Secretary Mattis to hold ‘major’ ISIS press conference next week: Trump

Daniel Chaitin · May 11, 2017 11:11 pm

Norquist told senators he would prod the federal government's biggest bureaucracy to a clean audit by "calling out" individuals who create weaknesses in the financial reporting. (Flickr)

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Grover Norquist’s brother promises a tough audit as Pentagon comptroller

Travis J. Tritten · May 9, 2017 8:11 pm