Tag: Pentagon

A U.S. soldier, second right, helps Iraqi security forces improve shooting skills in a military exercise as U.S. forces train them in Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

National Security

Obama escalates U.S. involvement in Islamic State fight

Tara Copp, Nicole Duran · June 10, 2015 7:50 pm

From left, Chaplain Col. Karis Graham-Oliphant, Master Sgt. Robert Code, Amanda Simpson, and Maj. Alasdair Mackay take part in at an LGBT pride month event at the Pentagon, Tuesday, June 9. 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Huckabee denounces Pentagon’s focus on LGBT rights instead of ISIS

Emilie Padgett · June 10, 2015 3:18 pm

Sens. Flake and Kaine argue that the original Authorization of Military Force Against Terrorists is outdated.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

More authority for Obama against ISIS seems DOA in Senate

Susan Crabtree · June 10, 2015 4:01 am

New House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry used the first major speech of his tenure to strengthen his committee's role in determining the "shape, size and soul" of the military. (AP Photo)

GOP: Dems holding defense spending ‘hostage’

Charles Hoskinson · June 10, 2015 4:01 am

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

Up to 1,000 more U.S. troops in Iraq?

Tara Copp · June 9, 2015 10:11 pm

WH clarifies Obama’s ‘complete strategy’ comment

WH clarifies Obama’s ‘complete strategy’ comment

Susan Crabtree · June 9, 2015 8:00 pm

Sunni tribal volunteers stand in formation during their graduation ceremony in the town of Amiriyat al-Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Pentagon seeks to train Sunni tribes directly

Tara Copp · June 9, 2015 7:30 pm

Americans need to "multiply their efforts" in his country to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, implying that U.S. ground troops are needed in the fight, saidÂ Saleem al-Jubouri, speaker of Iraqi parliament. (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S. must fight ‘side-by-side’ with Iraqis to beat Islamic State: Senior Iraqi politician

Charles Hoskinson · June 9, 2015 12:36 am

A U.S. service member sits in the audience during an event to observe 'Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month' June 26, 2012 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. (Getty Image)

Leading docs group supports transgender in military

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 8, 2015 10:00 pm

In this Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 photo, Iraqi security forces deploy in a military operation to regain control of the villages around the town of Beiji, some 155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Iraq making progress in Beiji, but who’s doing the fighting?

Tara Copp · June 8, 2015 6:06 pm

"We want to get more Iraqi security forces trained, fresh, well-equipped and focused...so we're reviewing a range of plans for how we might do that," President Obama saidÂ at the end of the G-7 summit in Germany. (AP Photo)Â

Obama says Pentagon working to boost Iraqi army recruitment

Susan Crabtree · June 8, 2015 4:17 pm

Army Secretary John M. McHugh updates members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 3, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Army secretary stepping down in November

David Brown · June 8, 2015 3:41 pm