Tag: Pentagon

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hasn't been known for being shy in his long and diverse Washington career, which took him from working as a Republican congressional aide to a Democratic budget hawk to President Obama's CIA director and finally Pentagon chief. (AP Photo)

National Security

7 takeaways from Panetta’s memoir

Charles Hoskinson · October 13, 2014 4:14 pm

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Pentagon lacks proper documentation of fair prices on $70 billion in contracts

Mark Tapscott · October 10, 2014 6:00 pm

New York Times Launches Credulous Attack on Attempt to Honor Vietnam Vets

Mark Hemingway · October 10, 2014 5:17 pm

U.S Marines disembark upon their arrival at the Roberts International airport in Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Six U.S. military planes arrived Thursday at the epicenter of the Ebola crisis, carrying more aid and American Marines into Liberia, the country hardest hit by the deadly disease that has devastated West Africa and stirred anxiety across a fearful world. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

House approves money to combat Ebola in Africa

Susan Ferrechio · October 9, 2014 9:21 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Defense Department to store sensitive documents in the cloud

Paul Gonzalez · October 9, 2014 8:43 pm

President Barack Obama attends a meeting with senior military leadership including Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: Congress should ‘work with us’ to avoid sequestration cuts to defense

Charles Hoskinson · October 8, 2014 11:06 pm

Pentagon: U.S. can’t do much to protect Syrian towns from Islamic State

Pentagon: U.S. can’t do much to protect Syrian towns from Islamic State

Charles Hoskinson · October 8, 2014 5:50 pm

On Fighting ISIS

Daniel Halper · October 8, 2014 4:02 pm

Airstrikes give Kurdish fighters breathing room in Syria

Airstrikes give Kurdish fighters breathing room in Syria

Charles Hoskinson · October 8, 2014 2:58 pm

"We've got to fund defense first," Jindal said. (Getty images/Win McNamee)

Jindal’s prescription for U.S. defense may be hard even for GOP to swallow

Charles Hoskinson · October 7, 2014 9:04 am

A B-1B Lancer disengages from a KC-135 Stratotanker after refueling during U.S.-led airstrikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria. (AP Photo/Staff Sgt. Ciara Wymbs, U.S. Air Force)

Pentagon: Operation Name that War is underway

Charles Hoskinson · October 3, 2014 8:26 pm

The report, a survey of experts done for a congressional committee, noted that the culture of Pentagon weapon-buying was among the things most important yet most difficult to change. (iStock Photo)

National Security

Pentagon weapons-buying process needs a culture change: Report

Charles Hoskinson · October 3, 2014 5:30 pm