Tag: Pentagon

Military representatives told a House panel that plans to phase women into combat roles are progressing. (AP File)

Military gradually moving toward women in combat

Steve Contorno · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

The shipment of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt have been delayed due to the Middle Eastern countryâs âfluid situationâ, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Pentagon halts F-16 transfers to Egypt

Tim Mak · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., continues to push for the development of an East Coast missile defense site. (AP File)

Kelly Ayotte still pushing missile defense system military leaders disavow

Tim Mak · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

Washington Secrets

IG: Afghan contractor fraud killing American soldiers

Paul Bedard · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is backing a measure that would force higher-ranking military commanders to review sexual assault cases that officials decided not to prosecute. (AP File)

Claire McCaskill denies Pentagon vetted her military sexual assault bill

Tim Mak · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., argued that detainees were treated very well at Guantanamo Bay. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jim Inhofe: Gitmo detainees ‘overweight’

Tim Mak · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

John McCain, Martin Dempsey clash on Syria military options

John McCain, Martin Dempsey clash on Syria military options

Tim Mak · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greets troops before sitting down for lunch at an undisclosed location in South East Asia, April 25, 2013. Hagel has been lunching with troops regularly in his effort to keep an eye on their morale and needs. (Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

Pentagon’s Chuck Hagel breaks the mold, makes time for the troops

Paul Bedard · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., look towards a chart as they speak to reporters during a news conference about a bill regarding military sexual assault cases on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

VIDEO: Kirsten Gillibrand grabs crucial support for military sexual assault bill

Steve Doty · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

Senators tout support for military sexual assault bill

Senators tout support for military sexual assault bill

Tim Mak · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

Liz Cheney shares her famous father's neoconservative militancy, but apparently lacks the fly-fisherman's patience. (Cliff Owen/AP)

A Liz Cheney Senate run could save — or kill — neoconservatism

Gene Healey · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

To meet the mandates of the so-called sequestration, 680,000 Defense Department employees will be forced to take a day of unpaid leave each week over the next 11 weeks. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Civilian furloughs irk contractors: Sequestration requires 680,000 workers to take 11 days of unpaid leave

Tim Mak · July 12, 2013 4:00 am