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25 Aug 2011, 9:08 am
But paying for the new commitments above will require progressive taxes and new priorities, ending the wars abroad, reducing our commitment to policing the world, and cutting the Pentagon budget, even as we maintain the strongest military in the world. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 9:00 am
After Prime Minister Abe issued his reinterpretation, the Pentagon released a statement lauding it as “an important step for Japan” that would “make the U.S. [read post]
2 Jun 2023, 2:40 am
China’s government and companies are collecting publicly available data from the Pentagon, think tanks, and private firms to help Beijing’s military plan for a potential conflict with the United States. [read post]
30 Aug 2023, 2:15 am
The legislation would impose a four-year ban on defense contractors employing senior Pentagon officials, among other measures. [read post]
1 Aug 2023, 2:04 am
The decision comes amid a worsening feud between the administration and Sen Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who has blocked the promotion of hundreds of generals and admirals in an unrelated dispute over a Pentagon abortion policy. [read post]
28 May 2014, 8:00 am
Kinsley’s argument is particularly strange to see advanced in the paper that heroically published the Pentagon Papers, and many of the Snowden revelations as well. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 1:39 pm
A White House fact sheet indicates that the "Bipartisan Debt Deal: A Win for the Economy and Budget Discipline" as follows: Removes the cloud of uncertainty over our economy at this critical time, by ensuring that no one will be able to use the threat of the nation's first default now, or in only a few months, for political gain; Locks in a down payment on significant deficit reduction, with savings from both domestic and… [read post]
22 May 2023, 2:57 am
The Pentagon mostly abandoned the Countering Extremism Working Group that could have identified Discord leaker Jack Teixeira, as senior officials caved to pressure from the Republicans who branded the effort as wokeism in the military. [read post]
2 Jan 2009, 3:36 pm
Homeland Security Department of the Year The Department of Homeland Security, which during 2008 (1) implemented (along with the Pentagon) a hand-held lie detector likely to be even less reliable than the polygraph; (2) announced plans for a walk-through airport "scanner" that would similarly try to detect persons having "malintent"; (3) came up with and actually used the horrible word "malintent," and (4)… [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 10:00 am
“Let’s say there is a uniform policy both at the Pentagon and in the White House for many years not to call for the death penalty in the case of rape. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 4:53 am
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said yesterday that the pier will cost the United States around $320 million. [read post]
29 May 2012, 1:35 pm
Each time the price per barrel of oil rises by a single dollar, the annual Pentagon budget jumps by more than $130 million. [read post]
18 Sep 2023, 2:44 am
DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS – MILITARY Representative Mike Garcia (R-CA) and Ken Calvert (R-CA), among other Republican military veterans, have criticized the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, withholding its votes for legislation to fund the Pentagon. [read post]
7 Nov 2022, 12:47 pm
” Thomas rejected the doctrine’s “professed concern with military discipline” and compared it to the court’s recent decision allowing the Pentagon to consider whether some members of the elite Navy SEALs are vaccinated against COVID-19 when making operational decisions. [read post]
17 Jan 2023, 4:28 am
RESPONSE The Pentagon’s top general yesterday visited two sites in Germany used by the U.S. military to train Ukrainian troops. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 11:45 am
After the raid, U.S. officials at the Pentagon have suggested that there will not be a policy review for the use of special forces to rescue hostages. [read post]
8 Dec 2006, 1:27 pm
Journalists were under immense pressure at this point, from the Pentagon, the Administration and from the rightwing chorus that dominates much of the cable news world. [read post]
21 May 2013, 10:41 am
During a hearing on the scope of the AUMF that occurred last week before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Pentagon officials made waves by suggesting that the conflict under the AUMF could last many more years, and by noting a broad array of groups and geographic locations as to which the AUMF might apply. [read post]
30 May 2023, 3:23 am
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu on the sidelines of the Singapore security forum this weekend, the Pentagon said yesterday. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Steele's standing order to "KILL ALL MILITARY AGED MALES" had leaked to the press.The frenetic activity that erupted to shield senior officers from examination and embarrassment locked-up Ray Girouard and his men in Fort Leavenworth.EARLY INVESTIGATIONSBrigadier General Thomas Maffey (one-star flag officer) was an early actor taking notes, gathering facts, interviewing soldiers who fought at Iron Triangle, taking their official statements.The Army Criminal Investigative Division (or… [read post]
