Tag: Pentagon

Pentagon warns Taliban aggression at Kabul airport will be met with force

Jake Dima · August 17, 2021 4:24 pm

National Security

Pentagon insists chaotic Kabul airport evacuation operation not a ‘failure’

Daniel Chaitin · August 16, 2021 10:56 pm

Biden team faces bipartisan anger over chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal

Joel Gehrke · August 16, 2021 9:46 pm

Biden orders 1,000 more troops into Afghanistan

Jake Dima · August 16, 2021 4:49 pm

Pentagon authorizes another 1,000 troops to Kabul

Kaelan Deese · August 15, 2021 12:00 am

An Afghan policeman stands guard after a bomb explosion in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Two roadside bombings, minutes apart, killed an Afghan policeman and wounded four others in the southern city of Kandahar on Thursday, an Afghan officer said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Former CENTCOM commander says US ‘may have underestimated’ Taliban’s ‘planning capabilities’

Mike Brest · August 13, 2021 9:57 pm

Foreigners board a Qatar Airways aircraft at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021.

National Security

Pentagon: Taliban working to ‘isolate’ Kabul, but capital isn’t in ‘imminent’ danger

Mike Brest · August 13, 2021 7:57 pm

The act matches Obama's requested level, but puts $89 billion in a war fund not subject to spending caps. (Najim Rahim via AP, File)

GOP lawmakers want to amend defense authorization to ban critical race theory from military academies

Mike Brest · August 13, 2021 4:28 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Afghanistan’s inevitable and predictable backslide into the clutches of the Taliban

Jamie McIntyre · August 13, 2021 3:00 am

US troops ‘will temporarily deploy’ to Afghanistan to help evacuate diplomats

Joel Gehrke, Mike Brest · August 12, 2021 6:48 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)

GOP lawmaker seeks honorable discharge designation for soldiers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Mike Brest · August 11, 2021 8:09 pm

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

Pentagon believes ‘most troops will respond positively’ to COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Mike Brest · August 11, 2021 4:29 pm