But he has requested that the Pentagon draft plans to send more than 100,000 troops to the Middle East, according to The New York Times, and announced the May deployment of a strike group to the region. . ..…
McKenzie fills a vacuum at a moment when the Pentagon’s civilian leadership is either in temporary posts or in chaos, with multiple senior roles filled by acting officials, and one acting defense secretary just swapped out for another. ..…
Vietnam offers cautionary tale for some Pentagon officials who worry about reliving the ignominious events of 1975, along with some South Vietnamese allies, struggled frantically to escape by helicopter. ..…
In 1956, an election year, at hearings on East-West trade before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (the McCarthy Committee), as instructed by the White House I directed career-level witnesses from the Pentagon to take the executive privilege and refuse to answer questions put by..…
The Pentagon had less leverage over the war industry at this time, because, in part, these three beasts were nearly the only game in town. ... And more titans of capital cycled from war corporations through the Pentagon’s leadership ranks. ..…
week the chairman of House Armed Services Committee does not buy Pentagon's notion that having smaller nuke would help avoid defeat in certain war scenarios... ..…
The only point of debate is now whether or not the Pentagon will get the full 750 billion or around 733 billion. ... The Democrats, who have led the way with anti-Iran policies over the last few decades, will be under enormous pressure not to appear to be against enhancing military preparedness and..…
TEHRAN - The Pentagon will send Patriot missile systems, drones and surveillance planes in Middle East as part of its planned deployment of additional 1,000 in the amid tensions with Iran, US Department of Defense announced... ..…
The State Department referred questions to the Pentagon. . Saudi Arabia, Washington’s main gulf ally, said Iran had created a grave situation with its “aggressive behavior” and the kingdom was consulting other Gulf Arab states on next steps. . ..…
The Pentagon called the action a dangerous and escalatory attack, and Trump labeled it a very big mistake, suggesting U.S strike was imminent.. ... In recent weeks, Pentagon has shifted carrier strike group, B-52 bombers and thousands of troops to the region to confront Iran and..…
Last year, new authorities were granted separately by the White House and Congress to United States Cyber Command, an arm of the Pentagon, to conduct offensive online operations without receiving presidential approval. ..…
On that day, he was taking lawyer's course at the Bolling Air Force Base Washington, across Potomac River from Pentagon.. ..…