Tag: Pentagon

"This OCO budget provides us everything we need we believe right now to execute our global operations," Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work told reporters at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

DOD insists $58.8 billion OCO budget is plenty

Jacqueline Klimas · February 9, 2016 11:26 pm

Two Navy V-22 Osprey tilt-rotors did not make it into the $582.7 billion budget. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

National Security

Here’s what didn’t make it into the Pentagon budget

David Brown · February 9, 2016 11:25 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called the budget inadequate, noting that it came in $17 billion under what the president predicted he would need for fiscal 2017 in last years budget. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

GOP: Pentagon budget ‘inadequate’ to meet threats

Jacqueline Klimas · February 9, 2016 10:12 pm

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

Pentagon calls for new round of base closures

Jacqueline Klimas · February 9, 2016 4:15 pm

The Pentagon's head of military intelligence expects the Islamic State to pick up "the pace and lethality" of attacks this year. (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)

National Security

Pentagon intel chief warns Islamic State attacks will worsen

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 2:38 pm

During a trip to Brussels, Ash Carter will meet on Thursday with his defense counterparts from 27 other countries that make up the coalition fighting the Islamic State. (AP Photo)

National Security

Carter to lobby allies for cash, support in Islamic State fight

Jacqueline Klimas · February 9, 2016 5:01 am

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, left, greets crew members while visiting the the USS Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia on Dec. 10. (Mark Wilson/Pool Photo via AP)

Senators side with Navy on ship cuts

Jacqueline Klimas · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

The U.S. military is currently planning to scrap all limits on placing women in combat roles (the current limits do not keep women totally out of combat). (AP file photo/Mel Evans)

Beltway Confidential

Christie, Bush, Rubio open to conscripting women into combat; Cruz says it’s ‘nuts’

Timothy P. Carney · February 7, 2016 8:52 pm

The move comes in response to a missile test by North Korea early on Sunday that took place in spite of international protestations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. in talks to install missile defense in South Korea

Rudy Takala · February 7, 2016 5:19 pm

"I have no problem whatsoever with people of either gender serving in combat so long as the minimum requirements necessary to do the job are not compromised," Rubio said. (AP file photo/Branden Camp)

Rubio: Women in military could reverse drop in ranks

Anna Giaritelli · February 7, 2016 4:40 am

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, meets with Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, right, at Al-Salam Palace in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. "Secretary Carter made a request of a number of his counterparts who are part of our counter-ISIL coalition, including the Saudis," said a White House spokesman. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

National Security

White House pleased Saudis heeded Ash Carter’s call

Nicole Duran · February 6, 2016 12:49 am

The images were published following a 2004 lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union. (Courtesy of the Pentagon)

National Security

Pentagon releases 200 photos of detainee abuse

Anna Giaritelli · February 6, 2016 12:46 am