Tag: Pentagon

Dr. Herbert Hodes

National Security

Navy restricts aviation safety data on its website

Naomi Lim · October 8, 2018 7:48 pm

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson speaks during an interview.

National Security

‘This is nonsense’: Pentagon swats down report that Trump may fire Air Force secretary

David Brown · October 5, 2018 7:38 pm

President Trump speaks before signing a policy directive to send American astronauts back to the moon, and eventually Mars, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017.

Trump mulls replacing Air Force head over Space Force management

Diana Stancy Correll · October 4, 2018 9:50 pm

Secretary for Defense Jim Mattis arrives at a gathering of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018.

National Security

Mattis warns Russia that its missile treaty violation is ‘untenable’

Jamie McIntyre · October 4, 2018 6:54 pm

The Pentagon is asking Congress for permission to do another round of base closures in 2019. (iStock Photo)

National Security

Utah man taken into custody in connection to suspicious envelopes sent to Pentagon, Trump

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2018 3:47 pm

Secret Service officers stand on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Suspicious package addressed to Trump intercepted by Secret Service

Diana Stancy Correll · October 2, 2018 10:48 pm

A U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicle, with both Philippine and U.S. Marines on board, prepares to storm the beach during an amphibious landing exercise in the South China Sea, Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Time to confront China’s aggression in the South China Sea. Here’s how

Tom Rogan · October 2, 2018 8:10 pm

The Pentagon building is seen in this undated aerial photo. headquarters of the Department of Defense, in Washington, DC in an undated photo. (Photo by U.S. Air Force/Getty images)

Suspicious envelopes trigger alert for deadly ricin at Pentagon mail handing facility

Jamie McIntyre · October 2, 2018 4:34 pm

A U.S. soldier stands near Syrian children on a road that links to Raqqa, Syria, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The U.S. has up to 1,000 troops in Syria mostly involved in training and advising the local forces against IS. Kurdish forces have gained confidence in light of open U.S. support to their forces, particularly as the battle for Raqqa took off.

National Security

Pentagon: US troops in Syria are ‘useful in countering Iran’

Travis J. Tritten · September 26, 2018 9:46 pm

Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Mac Thornberry R-Texas, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Mac Thornberry says Trump should keep Mattis ‘as long as possible’

Travis J. Tritten · September 25, 2018 9:02 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis walks back to his seat after speaking during the 2018 POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.

National Security

Pentagon examining land in Poland after offer of ‘Fort Trump’ base

Travis J. Tritten · September 24, 2018 8:46 pm

Vice President Mike Pence, left, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Phil Davidson, center, and Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, deputy director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency, attend at a ceremony marking the arrival of the remains believed to be of American service members who fell in the Korean War.

Pentagon says it is negotiating a summit with North Korea on troop remains

Travis J. Tritten · September 20, 2018 1:48 pm