Tag: Pentagon

The Senate committee's version of the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act would get rid of the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, a job currently held by Frank Kendall. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Senate defense bill would ax Pentagon’s acquisition chief

Jacqueline Klimas · May 13, 2016 12:38 pm

The Pentagon said Monday that an Islamic State leader Abu Wahib was killed another with other operatives of the terrorist group in a May 6 airstrike in Iraq. (Screen shot)

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Pentagon claims another ISIS leader killed

Jamie McIntyre · May 9, 2016 6:41 pm

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said he's sure the appropriations committee will be able to restore a higher number of rockets in actual funding bills regardless of what the authorization bill says. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Engines, bombers and spending: A preview of this week’s SASC mark up

Jacqueline Klimas · May 9, 2016 4:01 am

Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, struck back Friday at "factual inaccuracies" in a Pentagon letter sent last week that accused his panel of employing overly aggressive tactics to secure witnesses and documents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gowdy: Pentagon launched ‘overly partisan’ attack on Benghazi panel

Sarah Bedford · May 6, 2016 8:29 pm

The advisers assist in planning operations against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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U.S. sends military advisers to Yemen

Jamie McIntyre · May 6, 2016 7:19 pm

Cook said al-Sudani was a planner who was involved in plotting attacks against the U.S., Canada and the U.K. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

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ISIS attack planner killed in April airstrike in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · May 5, 2016 6:41 pm

It appears the Taliban are too busy harvesting a bumper crop of opium poppies to launch any offensives. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan, File)

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Why the lull in Taliban attacks is a bad thing

Jamie McIntyre · May 5, 2016 5:41 pm

A U.S. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft takes off. A report predicts the U.S. is on track to match or surpass last year's $43B in sales to foreign militaries. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Lawmaker looks to speed up foreign weapons sales

Jacqueline Klimas · May 4, 2016 1:54 am

Pre-emptively targeting the Taliban falls outside the parameters of the official advise-and-assist mission in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

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U.S. return to Afghan combat?

Jamie McIntyre · May 2, 2016 4:01 am

National Security

Pentagon to Trey Gowdy and Benghazi panel: Back off

Rudy Takala · April 29, 2016 4:51 pm

U.S. soldiers walk into the charred remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Najim Rahim, File)

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Military punishes 16 troops in Afghan hospital attack

Jamie McIntyre · April 29, 2016 3:10 pm

The White House wouldn't respond to allegations that the Pentagon misled Congress about the prevalence of sexual assault in the military. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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White House won’t wade into Pentagon, Congress fight over rape statistics

Nicole Duran · April 26, 2016 6:01 pm