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1 Feb 2018, 11:50 am
This request is close to $50 billion higher than the amount the Trump administration requested for the Pentagon for the fiscal year 2018. [read post]
6 Oct 2017, 9:42 am
A Pentagon spokesperson said the U.S. does have the authority to keep U.S. citizens in military detention in armed conflict situations. [read post]
17 May 2022, 7:52 am
Previously, “the Pentagon could override the State Department’s objection to an [offensive cyber] operation without explanation and without the White House’s knowledge … [but] now, the Defense Department will have to keep both the White House and State Department apprised of Cyber Command’s rationale for proceeding. [read post]
10 Mar 2021, 11:26 am
X-Mode allegedly sold that data to several Pentagon contractors. [read post]
18 Jan 2020, 9:31 am
That reporting, and related revelations concerning communications between the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Pentagon, makes clear that the decision to withhold the aid came from the President himself. [read post]
18 Nov 2020, 10:50 am
Until now, the Pentagon has relied on missile interceptors based in silos in Alaska and California to defend the country against incoming ICBMs. [read post]
8 Dec 2020, 1:01 pm
His selection has been met with concern in some circles, because national security officials worry about the implications for civil-military relations of appointing yet another general to run the Pentagon. [read post]
26 Jul 2021, 10:26 am
The Pentagon is maintaining its earlier position that drones developed by Da Jiang Innovations (DJI), a Chinese manufacturer, “pose potential threats to national security,” reports The Verge. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 4:55 am
The White House, State Department, and Pentagon must synchronize their approaches and send a unified message. [read post]
13 Dec 2017, 9:53 am
The Pentagon now must wait for lawmakers to pass a fiscal year 2018 appropriations bill to enable it to spend the authorized funds. [read post]
14 Jun 2018, 5:00 am
Some diplomats worry about the abandonment of any human rights agenda and the shift in power from State to the Pentagon. [read post]
11 May 2016, 6:53 am
Recently, United States Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work publicly confirmed that the Pentagon’s Cyber Command was “dropping cyberbombs,” taking its ongoing battle against the Islamic State group into the online world. [read post]
22 Feb 2018, 4:00 am
” After last week’s reports that Trump wanted a military parade—and that the Pentagon was actually planning one—Jack Goldsmith and I sat down for a wide-ranging discussion on the Lawfare Podcast about civil-military relations in the Trump era. [read post]
7 Dec 2016, 5:59 am
One hopes cooler, wiser, and more cost-conscious heads will prevail as the bill is considered at the Lege.1033 program: Not as free as 'free' soundsLots of Texas agencies got "free" personnel carriers through the Pentagon's 1033 program, but the Texas Public Policy Foundation points out that that statement masks significant costs to locals from operating the vehicles.CAN-DO ClemencyGrits was interested to learn of the CAN-DO Foundation, which stands for Clemency for… [read post]
11 Jan 2017, 12:45 pm
Several key officials at the Pentagon have been asked to stay on temporarily until confirmations can be secured for their replacements, the Hill reports. [read post]
14 Sep 2017, 5:53 am
Military actions need not be limited to those individuals, groups, or states that participated in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon: the Constitution vests the President with the power to strike terrorist groups or organizations that cannot be demonstrably linked to the September 11 incidents, but that, nonetheless, pose a similar threat to the security of the United States and the lives of its people, whether at home or overseas. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 11:36 am
Spicer’s comments come after the Russian Defense Ministry announced that a joint airstrike mission had been carried out between Russian and U.S. warplanes against ISIS, which the Pentagon quickly denied as “rubbish. [read post]
20 Mar 2018, 8:54 am
Despite the possibility of talks between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the Pentagon announced Monday that joint military exercises with South Korea will remain the same size as they have in recent years, the Washington Post reports. [read post]
23 Dec 2017, 5:15 pm
Benjamin Wittes posted Rational Security, the “Beam Me Up, Santa” edition, featuring a discussion about Mueller’s access to the transition team emails, the Pentagon’s UFO research, and a U.S. citizen being held as an enemy combatant in Iraq. [read post]
25 Sep 2017, 11:11 am
Currently, the Pentagon estimates that a few hundred fighters remain in Libya’s deserts, where they take advantage of the political chaos in Tripoli to smuggle weapons and personnel in and out of the country. [read post]
