Tag: Pentagon

"If we find additional groups that are willing to fight ISIL and are capable and motivated, we'll do more," CarterÂ said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

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Carter: U.S. ‘absolutely’ could send more troops to Syria to fight ISIS

Daniel Chaitin · November 8, 2015 6:17 pm

The government is considering the Colorado location as one of seven options as it moves to shutter the controversial prison. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

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Report: Pentagon weighs Guantanamo closure plan

Sarah Bedford · November 8, 2015 12:08 am

The Pentagon blew nearly $43 million on a compressed natural gas facility in Afghanistan when a similar station constructed in Pakistan cost just $500,000. (Photo courtesy of SIGAR)

From $640 toilet seats to $43 million gas boondoggles

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2015 5:01 am

In total, 30 medical staff and patients, including some children, were killed in the attack on aÂ hospital run by Doctors Without Borders after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike, in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, Afghanistan. (Medecins Sans Frontieres via AP, File)

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Report offers gruesome details of Afghan hospital bombing

Jacqueline Klimas · November 5, 2015 9:08 pm

A National Public Radio report found that troops were being dismissed for minor bad behavior following diagnosis of a mental health issue or traumatic brain injury sustained in combat. In those cases, those soldiers would lose out on healthcare and other benefits.Â (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)

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Senators seek answers on Army mental health discharges

Jacqueline Klimas · November 4, 2015 5:10 pm

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Editorial cartoon: Syria quagmire

Washington Examiner · November 3, 2015 9:58 pm

The Defense Department now says there is no expected release date on the initial report.Â (Najim Rahim via AP)

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No signs of promised report 1 month after Afghan hospital bombing

Jacqueline Klimas · November 3, 2015 6:53 pm

"I remain concerned that IRD is acting improperly to limit the rights of potential whistleblowers to report instances of waste, fraud and abuse," John Sopko wrote in late July of last year. (AP Photo)Â

Pentagon blows $43 million on natural gas facility in Afghanistan

Kelly Cohen · November 2, 2015 6:23 pm

"We're definitely looking at them all and trying to do the least damage, but nobody should be under the illusions that you can do this [without pain]," Mac Thornberry said aboutÂ the budget deal. (AP Photo)

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Thornberry: Pentagon shouldn’t celebrate budget deal

Jacqueline Klimas · November 2, 2015 5:31 pm

A surveillance blimpÂ broke loose from its moorings at Aberdeen Proving Ground in MarylandÂ on Wednesday, one of four built for the Army at a cost of $175 million each. The blimp was deflated and brought down in a rural area of Pennsylvania.Â (Jimmy May/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise via AP)

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Chaffetz wants answers on blimp program

Charles Hoskinson · November 2, 2015 5:28 pm

"The ability to rapidly reinforce Europe will rely first on fast-moving troops falling in on pre-positioned materials," European Command chief Gen. Philip Breedlove told reporters at the Pentagon.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Pentagon making Russia contingency plans in Europe

Charles Hoskinson · October 30, 2015 4:31 pm

Islamic State militants pass by a convoy. (Militant website via AP)

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The ISIS fight: More than guns and bombs

Charles Hoskinson · October 30, 2015 4:01 am