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Watch live: Secretary Hagel delivers remarks to Pentagon employees
New U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel delivers remarks to service members and civilian employees at the Pentagon. Watch live, broadcast on Feb. 27 via NBC News. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Pentagon unveils new ‘Distinguished Warfare Medal’ for drone operators
The Pentagon unveiled a new medal on Wednesday to honor “extraordinary” troops who launch cyber attacks or drone strikes from their consoles, even if they do not risk their lives in combat. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, announcing the new “Distinguished Warfare Medal,” said it was time to recognize those who…
Panetta: The Pentagon and Clinton supported arming Syrian rebels
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday admitted for the first time that the Pentagon had backed proposals to arm the Syrian opposition battling to oust President Bashar al-Assad. The idea was first floated by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who met privately with David Petraeus, then CIA chief, in…
Obama’s Pentagon pick faces Senate grilling
The Vietnam War veteran picked to lead the Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, will face a tough grilling Thursday from Republicans who have painted him as hostile toward Israel and ready to appease Iran. When Hagel appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, Republican critics are expected to…
CIA and Pentagon have long-running influence over Hollywood’s representation of military
The CIA and the Pentagon pulled out all the stops for the creators of “Zero Dark Thirty,” staging interviews with officials and a Navy SEAL for an inside account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Critics praised the movie’s gritty and gripping feel but, with the film due for…
Pentagon braces for sweeping budget cuts
The Pentagon is bracing for deep spending cuts that will affect every facet of the US military if lawmakers fail to agree to a deal to avert dramatic budget reductions, officials said Monday. The Defense Department will be forced to scale back training for troops, reduce spending for spy agencies,…
Pentagon to expand intelligence gathering: report
The Pentagon, in a major expansion of its intelligence gathering activities, plans to assemble an espionage network rivaling the Central Intelligence Agency in size, The Washington Post reported. Citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said that as part of the project, US military officials will send hundreds of additional spies…
Pentagon wants to ‘preserve our options’ on SEAL book legal action
The Pentagon has not decided whether a book by a former US Navy SEAL on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden exposes state secrets but it is keeping its legal options open, a spokesman said Friday. “I’m not going to characterize one way or the other whether we think there’s classified information in it,”…
Pentagon wants bin Laden-style SEAL raid on Mexican drug kingpin: report
The most wanted man in the world, 55-year-old Mexican billionaire Joaquin Guzman Loera, has landed on the Pentagon’s hit list, according to a Spanish-language report published by Proceso (English translation), which cites anonymous military sources in the U.S. and Mexico. The plan, described as a bin Laden-style raid orchestrated by…
U.S. troops in Colombia scandal let dogs poop in the hotel
WASHINGTON — US troops who caused scandal by sleeping with prostitutes ahead of a visit to Colombia by President Barack Obama also allowed sniffer dogs to sleep in hotel beds and defecate on the premises. A partially redacted report into April’s incident released Friday by the Pentagon revealed little that…
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