Tag: Pentagon

In this May 27, 2016 file photo, Taliban fighters react to a speech by their senior leader in the Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan.

Are there really secret talks with the Taliban to end the Afghanistan war? Depends on who you ask

Jamie McIntyre · June 6, 2018 4:26 pm

U.S. soldiers prepare to participate in a training mission with Iraqi Army soldier, right, outside Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo)

National Security

Central Command: U.S.-led coalition produced 123 increase in strikes against ISIS targets in May

Diana Stancy Correll · June 2, 2018 3:32 am

Mattis: US wants ‘results-oriented’ relationship with China but still has doubts about its South China Sea policies and actions

Diana Stancy Correll · June 2, 2018 1:46 am

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

National Security

Pentagon to take over security clearance checks

Associated Press · June 1, 2018 7:43 pm

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows: House Freedom Caucus moving to give DACA recipients citizenship

Anna Giaritelli · May 27, 2018 4:16 pm

National Security

US Navy ships sail by South China Sea islands in symbolic, defiant move

Anna Giaritelli · May 27, 2018 1:11 pm

An Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano A-29 experimental aircraft and a Beechcraft AT-6 experimental aircraft flies over White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

National Security

The Air Force wants an attack plane to lighten the load on high-tech jets

Jamie McIntyre · May 26, 2018 4:00 am

In this June 13, 2013, file photo, Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin looks out over Tijuana, Mexico, along the old border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pentagon approves 736 more National Guard troops to support air, land, sea border agents

Anna Giaritelli · May 25, 2018 9:22 pm

FILE - In this April 19, 2011 file photo, a member of the U.S. National Guard checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas. National Guard members along the Texas-Mexico border assist Border Patrol by surveying the terrain from the tower. The U.S. National Guard faces a vastly different landscape than it did on its last two deployments to the Mexican border but its role is shaping up much the same: moving Border Patrol agents from behind-the-scenes jobs to making arrests on the front lines. The Guard was assigned to observation posts some distance from the border for safety reasons, using binoculars and other gear to spot people crossing. Richard Barlow, then a top Border Patrol official in San Diego, said their success as lookouts varied because they were unarmed and needed protection in more dangerous areas.

National Security

Customs and Border Protection knocks union chief: National Guard troops are ‘patriots,’ not ‘worthless’

Anna Giaritelli · May 25, 2018 7:47 pm

U.S. Pacific command left out a few important details, including how long it would take to get there.

China faces ban from joint war games in Pacific Rim

Joel Gehrke · May 25, 2018 6:51 pm

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

Pentagon in a ‘boxer’s stance’ after Trump cancels summit with North Korea, general says

Jamie McIntyre · May 24, 2018 5:57 pm

"I think because of all the loose political rhetoric floating around here, we need to make sure we explain that there is a separation between these things," Ryan said of the memo and the Russia investigation during a Jan. 30 press conference.

Beltway Confidential

GOP leaders scramble for deal to avoid immigration vote showdown

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2018 4:00 am