Tag: Pentagon

"The Pentagon has not received any orders with regards to Venezuela," said Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon Friday evening, according to CNN.

Beltway Confidential

Afghanistan debacle fuels general officer crisis

Tom Rogan · August 27, 2021 6:18 pm

Defense secretary’s review of military oversight boards ‘largely’ complete, changes pending

Mike Brest · August 27, 2021 4:23 pm

Pentagon walks back reports of second explosion in Kabul

Kaelan Deese · August 27, 2021 3:33 pm

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In the footsteps of 9/11 heroes

Nicole Russell · August 27, 2021 3:00 am

Afghan policeman comforts a man after an attack on a maternity hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Militants stormed a maternity hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing over a dozen people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses.

State Department: Most Americans residing in Afghanistan ‘are nearly or already out of the country’

Joel Gehrke · August 26, 2021 8:42 pm

Taliban spokesman claims ‘no evidence’ bin Laden behind World Trade Center attacks

Kaelan Deese · August 26, 2021 1:49 pm

Kabul evacuations drop as terror threat intensifies

Mike Brest · August 26, 2021 12:53 pm

US and allies maintain Kabul evacuations as withdrawal deadline nears

Mike Brest · August 25, 2021 5:38 pm

Lloyd Austin mandates COVID-19 vaccine with about one-fourth of troops unvaccinated

Mike Brest · August 25, 2021 4:48 pm

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Friday, March 12, 2021, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Jen Psaki admits Biden is abandoning ‘some’ Americans to the mercy of terrorists

Kaylee McGhee White · August 25, 2021 4:16 pm

In this Nov. 3, 2015 file photo, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammed Rasool, the newly-elected leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, in Farah province, Afghanistan.

Taliban’s spoils of war include US weapons and technology

Mike Brest · August 24, 2021 9:57 pm

Evacuations surge as Biden says withdrawal deadline on ‘pace’

Mike Brest · August 24, 2021 8:02 pm