Tag: Pentagon

Ash Carter said the innovation hub aims to move more quickly than would be possible in the Pentagon's normal acquisition pipeline, and can issue funding for a project within 60 days of first meeting a company. (AP Photo)

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Carter announces Jeff Bezos, Neil deGrasse Tyson joining Pentagon innovation board

Jacqueline Klimas · July 26, 2016 5:14 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford avoided directly answering whether they trust Russia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Pentagon chiefs sidestep question on trusting Russians

David Brown · July 25, 2016 8:15 pm

Rear Adm. Mat Winter, the chief of naval research, said the Office of Naval Research science and technology budget for fiscal 2016 is $2.1 billion — out of $17.9 billion in Navy research and engineering and $169.9 billion for the Navy's total budget. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Navy research chief wants more money to send new tech to fleet faster

Jacqueline Klimas · July 22, 2016 8:51 pm

Citing unwarranted black-outs, the Times additionally filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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New York Times sues Pentagon over Carter’s private emails

David Wilkes · July 19, 2016 4:15 pm

Veteran entrepreneurs can now get access to affordable small business loans through Bank of America's new military veteran lending program.

Survey of military puts Trump ahead of Clinton by 2-1

Keith Koffler · July 17, 2016 3:51 pm

The U.S. will likely be sending hundreds more American troops to Iraq in the coming months. Army Gen. Joseph Votel said that as Iraqi forces have more more success and therefore need more support, he will ask for additional troops. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

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More U.S. troops expected to be sent to Iraq

Jamie McIntyre · July 15, 2016 6:36 pm

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said that while Carter remains wary of Moscow's motives in Syria, the secretary is "open to the discussion," or ways the two militaries could cooperate. (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service pool photo via AP, File)

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Pentagon: Carter supports potential alliance with Russia in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · July 14, 2016 7:26 pm

The Pentagon says a U.S. airstrike conducted in southern Afghanistan Saturday killed a terrorist who was responsible for several of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan in recent years. (Hadi Al-Abdallah via AP video, File)

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U.S. kills Pakistani terrorist in Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre · July 13, 2016 7:10 pm

"I don't believe we're going to break a 53-year tradition," Sen. John McCain said, speaking about the bill's passage streak. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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‘Thank God they’re trying’: Contractors applaud Senate plan to shake up Pentagon purchasing

Jacqueline Klimas · July 13, 2016 6:25 pm

An amendment from Sen. John McCain to expand the FBI's surveillance powers was narrowly defeated in the Senate on Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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McCain slams delays, costs of Navy’s next aircraft carrier

Jacqueline Klimas · July 12, 2016 6:08 pm

The deployment of 560 additional U.S. troops to help Iraq forces prepare and conduct the offensive to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul may signal a tipping point in the war against the Islamic State, some Pentagon officials hope. (AP Photo)

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More U.S. troops to Iraq seen as tipping point, Pentagon sources say

Jamie McIntyre · July 11, 2016 7:36 pm

Josh Earnest said the decision to send more troops to Iraq is "entirely consistent" with the strategy President Obama laid out committing U.S. forces to support Iraqi forces in "taking the fight" to the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

White House defends sending more troops to Iraq

Susan Crabtree · July 11, 2016 7:21 pm