Tag: Pentagon

National Security

Pentagon brass: Iraqi forces central to anti-ISIS strategy

Charles Hoskinson · June 17, 2015 5:43 pm

"We can and should expect to hear, however, the military component of a strategy to reverse this deteriorating trend and to protect American interests," said Rep. Thornberry. (Getty File Photo)

National Security

Is the war authorization debate a waste of time?

Tara Copp · June 17, 2015 4:01 am

Actor and co-host Gary Sinise on stage at the 26th National Memorial Day Concert on May 24, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Capitol Concerts)

Gary Sinise: Fix the disconnect between Americans and their military

Nathan Rubbelke · June 16, 2015 5:36 pm

An F-15D Eagle takes off Feb. 19, 2015, from the Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. The F-15 is assigned to the 142nd Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. John Hughel)Â

National Security

Pentagon used old war authorization to strike al Qaeda leader

Tara Copp · June 15, 2015 4:59 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives to speak to supporters Saturday, June 13, 2015, on Roosevelt Island in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

‘The Queen,’ ‘The Prince’ and my book tour

Hugh Hewitt · June 14, 2015 9:00 pm

Navy weighs rule change for transgender sailors

National Security

Navy weighs rule change for transgender sailors

Tara Copp · June 11, 2015 10:56 pm

The House did adopt a pair of amendments by Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., to rescue a fund designed to help pay for a replacement for the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.Â (AP Photo)

House defies veto threat, passes defense spending bill

Charles Hoskinson · June 11, 2015 8:52 pm

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus shakes hands with retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, husband of Gabrielle Giffords, center, at the Pentagon in 2012. Mabus had just announced that the Navy's 10th littoral combat ship will be named after Giffords. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist Sam Shavers, U.S. Navy)

National Security

USS Gabrielle Giffords to be christened Saturday

David Brown · June 11, 2015 7:44 pm

Captain Jason Amerine, 5th Special Forces Group, adresses the audience during a September 11th Commemorative Ceremony at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, southern Germany, on Tuesday Dec.11, 2001. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

National Security

Green Beret faced retaliation after talking to Congress about Bergdahl swap

Susan Crabtree · June 11, 2015 6:15 pm

Iraqi, U.S. and Spanish soldiers participate in a training mission outside Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

U.S. weighs more troop deployments, ‘lilypad’ bases in Iraq

Tara Copp · June 11, 2015 5:01 pm

Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Modder offers an invocation during a Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony at the Coronado Fire Department on Sept. 11, 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin Crossley/Released)

Navy chaplain fights possible discharge over views on homosexuality

Nathan Rubbelke · June 11, 2015 3:34 pm

In this May 11, 2003, file photo, Microbiologist Ruth Bryan works with BG nerve agent simulant in Class III Glove Box in the Life Sciences Test Facility at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Lawmakers seek answers from Pentagon on anthrax scare

Charles Hoskinson · June 10, 2015 9:17 pm