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U.S. reconnaissance plane returning to Africa after a mission in Afghanistan crashed, killing four Air Force personnel, including a senior airman from Upper Marlboro, the Pentagon announced. The Pentagon said the cause of the accident is under...
It also would leave the 250 pilots, loadmasters, maintenance workers and other personnel of the 135th Airlift Group without an assignment. It is unclear what will become of the group. The Pentagon is expected to provide more details in early March. ...
It was here in the attic that the 32-year-old wrote his 2010 profile of General Stanley McChrystal -- then the man leading U.S. forces in Afghanistan. "The surprise was just how poisonous the relationship was between the Pentagon and the White House,"...
And use at least 100 planes. That is the assessment of United States defence officials and military analysts close to the Pentagon, who say that an Israeli attack meant to set back Iran's nuclear programme would be a huge and highly complex operation. ...
(JTA) -- An Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would be a "huge and highly complex operation" that would be far different than its 1981 attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor, according to a New York Times report. Citing U.S. defense officials and...
Tirana. The Albanian ministry said the remaining soldiers "arrested 11 Afghan policemen who opened fire." There have been more than 45 attacks on international troops by members of the Afghan army or police since 2007, more than 75 percent of those in...
Pentagon announced on Feb. 9 that it would make changes to existing regulations ultimately easing restrictions on women in combat. The Department of Defense staed that it would be opening up 14,000 jobs to women in the military. According to the...
Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,000 miles across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air en route, fight off Iran’s air defences, attack multiple underground sites simultaneously — and use at least 100 planes. That is the assessment of US...
The Albanian ministry said the remaining soldiers "arrested 11 Afghan policemen who opened fire." There have been more than 45 attacks on international troops by members of the Afghan army or police since 2007, more than 75 percent of those in the last...
Few people outside of Washington know who he is, which is fitting indeed since he presides over a war that few people outside of Washington are paying much attention to any longer. With the retirement of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Vickers is the...
Advanced Research Projects Agency), which plans to make an army of 'Avatar'- style surrogate robots to reduce the dangers posed to military soldiers in the battlefield, featuring "telepresence and remote operation of a ground system". According to a...
He must feel angry and terrified to read this kind of crap: “Should the United States get involved — or decide to strike on its own — military analysts said that the Pentagon had the ability to launch big strikes with bombers, stealth aircraft and...
“We are of the opinion that the Iranian regime is a rational actor.” At the same time, while international pressure in the form of sanctions has continued to increase, Tehran is “not close to agreeing to abandoning its nuclear program,” Burgess added. ...
Considering how many of the victims are non-white or Islamic, what role does white racism and “Christianity” play in the mindsets that make mass killing so casual? By refusing to close Guantanamo and by authorizing the Reaper drone’s extrajudicial and...
“What we’re seeing is a strategic rebalance that our nation is going through,” Col. Malcolm Frost, the operations officer (G-3) for U.S. Army Pacific says. “The nation has always been focused on the Pacific, but we’re just seeing a refocus by the Army...
Obama keep the government open and raise the debt ceiling. But in December, deadlock will cut the other way. Republicans need Obama if they want to prevent one of the biggest tax increases in U.S. history - nearly $5 trillion over the next decade, by...
With the United States now well into the second decade of what the Pentagon has styled an “era of persistent conflict,” the war formerly known as the global war on terrorism (unofficial acronym WFKATGWOT) appears increasingly fragmented and diffuse. ...
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself. Full Article
German Defense Minister Thomas De Maiziere speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington on February 16, 2012.
View Photo »US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (C) and German Defense Minister Thomas De Maiziere (2nd L) walk through an honor cordon at the Pentagon in Washington on February 16, 2012.
View Photo »US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (C) greets German Defense Minister Thomas De Maiziere (2nd L) upon his arrival at the Pentagon in Washington on February 16, 2012.
View Photo »US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (R) and German Minister of Defense Thomas De Maiziere shake hands upon arrival at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, February 16, 2012.
View Photo »US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (L) and German Defense Minister Thomas De Maiziere speak during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington on February 16, 2012.
View Photo »US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (L) and German Minister of Defense Thomas De Maiziere arrive for a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey speaks at an event to announce a new report outlining opportunities and best practices for states to better support military spouses serving in professions with state licensure requirements at the Pentagon in Washington on February...
View Photo »US Secretary of Defense Leo Panetta speaks during an event to announce a new report outlining opportunities and best practices for states to better support military spouses serving in professions with state licensure requirements at the Pentagon in Washington on February 15, 2012.
View Photo »US Secretary of Defense Leo Panetta (L), First Lady Michelle Obama (C) and Dr. Jill Biden (R), wife of Vice President Joe Biden, laugh as they attend an event to announce a new report outlining opportunities and best practices for states to better support military spouses serving in professions...
View Photo »First Lady Michelle Obama (L) speaks with Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, during an event to announce a new report outlining opportunities and best practices for states to better support military spouses serving in professions with state licensure requirements at the Pentagon...
View Photo »First Lady Michelle Obama announces a new report outlining opportunities and best practices for states to better support military spouses serving in professions with state licensure requirements at the Pentagon in Washington on February 15, 2012.
View Photo »First Lady Michelle Obama (L), joined by US Secretary of Denfense Leon Panetta (C), Dr. Jill Biden (3rd R), wife of Vice President Joe Biden, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey (2nd R) and military spouse Ann Wells (R), announces a new report outlining opportunities...
View Photo »China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) and US Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta arrive to review a guard of honor before their meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2012. China's likely next leader Xi Jinping said Tuesday that Beijing will take concrete steps to...
View Photo »US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (L) walks Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping to a private meeting inside the Pentagon, February 14, 2012, in Washington, DC.
View Photo »US military honor guard fire canons to gun-salute Chine Vice President Xi Jinping during a honor guard at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2012. China's likely next leader Xi Jinping said Tuesday that Beijing will take concrete steps to improve human rights as he admitted...
View Photo »ARLINGTON, VA - FEBRUARY 14: U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (R) and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping exit the building for an arrival ceremony February 14, 2012 outside the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Panetta welcomed Xi, who is set to become the President of China later...
View Photo »China's Vice President Xi Jinping (R) walks back to the stage after reviewing a guard of honor as US Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta looks on at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2012. China's likely next leader Xi Jinping said that Beijing will take concrete steps to...
View Photo »China's Vice President Xi Jinping (R) is accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta as he reviews a guard of honor at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2012. China's likely next leader Xi Jinping said that Beijing will take concrete steps to improve human...
View Photo »Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, joined by Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, center, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, meet, with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
View Photo »Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Pentagon's budget plan.
View Photo »Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Pentagon's budget plan.
View Photo »Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, before the Senate Armed Services Committee heairng to outline the Pentagon's budget.
View Photo »Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , center, speaks with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn. , left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, prior to start of the committee's hearing on the Pentagon's budget. At right is the committee's...
View Photo »Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, joined by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, to testify before the committee's hearing on the Pentagon's budget plan.
View Photo »One of the meeting rooms where US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and other senior US military officials conduct confidential meetings is seen inside the Pentagon, February 14, 2012, in Washington, DC.
View Photo »German Defense Minister Thomas De Maiziere speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington on February 16, 2012.
View Photo »The Pentagon shouldn’t be immune to fiscal scrutiny, yet this Administration has targeted defense from its earliest days and has kept on squeezing. The White House last year settled with Congress on $450 billion in military budget cuts through 2012, on top of the $350 billion in weapons programs killed ...
Granting them MFN status is like shooting ourselves in the foot. The Pentagon and India are behind moves to keep Pakistan constantly embroiled in this so called war on terror
The Pentagon has a word for that, too
The government lawyers - CIA counsel Stephen Preston and Pentagon counsel Jeh Johnson - did not directly address the al-Alwaki case. But they said U.S. citizens don't have immunity when they're at war with the United States. Johnson said only the executive branch, not the courts, are equipped to make de...
Mac workstations are used extensively by Army Graphics to directly support the senior army leadership (HQDA [Headquaters, Department of the Army]) in the Pentagon
The Pentagon will have to make some tough choices
The Pentagon will have to make some tough choices ... but the truth is the military got a bit spoilt.
The Pentagon plan poses monumental ethical and practical challenges to aid groups. The two bedrock principles of humanitarian assistance are neutrality and impartiality.
Aid workers from international charities can follow along the Pentagon script or they can operate at their own considerable risk. The Pentagon has even made plans for these aid workers to wear US military-issued identification badges—something the workers see as an affront to their values as well as an ...
As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military staff officers had time for a chat. Yes, we were still on track for going against Iraq, he said. But there was more. This was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan, he said, and there were a total of seven co...
The Israeli attack--although led in close liaison with the Pentagon and NATO--would be presented to public opinion as a unilateral decision by Tel Aviv. It would then be used by Washington to justify, in the eyes of world opinion ... a military intervention of the US and NATO with a view to 'defending I...
The CIA is completely opaque, and no information is available from them even on the existence of the drone war in Pakistan, let alone civilian casualties ... By contrast, the Pentagon has briefed me and other reporters on how it conducts drone strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq and the legal check-offs nec...
Tonight, did Congress kill the recovery? Stores worry that there will be fewer shoppers. Consumers fear take-home pay will shrink. The Pentagon plans massive cuts. Anthony Mason and David Martin report it's all fallout from the failure in Washington.
The Pentagon has been cutting weapons programs by hundreds of billions of dollars for three years now ... There's not much left to kill that won't affect the military's safety or success.
