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26 Sep 2005, 7:10 am
[JURIST] In a briefing [White House transcript] Sunday to military task force officials participating in Hurricane Rita relief efforts, President Bush suggested that the Pentagon, rather than state and local agencies, should be in charge of the response to future substantial disasters. [read post]
29 Dec 2005, 11:28 am
[JURIST] An inquiry [AP report] by the Pentagon's Inspector General [official website] has concluded that websites operated by the US military that pay journalists to write articles and commentary supporting military activities are legal and do not infringe and laws or government policies. [read post]
21 Apr 2005, 8:03 pm
Pentagon officials did ask Congress to approve a change to the military justice code's treatment of [read post]
21 Sep 2006, 12:51 pm
[JURIST] A federal judge Wednesday ruled that the Pentagon must release additional documents revealing the names of Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees who have either been released or who have alleged abuse by prison guards or other detainees. [read post]
27 Jul 2019, 9:25 am by Tom Smith
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico.The court’s five conservative justices gave the administration the green light on Friday to begin work on four contracts it has awarded using Defense Department money. [read post]
3 May 2008, 2:14 pm
Due to a shortfall in contributions from NATO allies, the Pentagon is considering sending as many as 7,000 more US troops to Afghanistan, write Steven Lee Myers and Thom Shanker in the New York Times: [Senior Bush administration officials] said the step would push the number of American forces there to roughly 40,000, the highest level since the war began more than six years ago, and would require at least a modest reduction in troops from Iraq. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 9:01 am by jgabryno
Department of Defense has tentatively concluded that a European code of conduct for spacefaring nations is consistent with U.S. interests and likely will be adopted by the U.S. government, a senior Pentagon official said April 13. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 8:18 am by ANDREW EVERSDEN - BREAKING DEFENSE
The post Hacks Raised Questions About Pentagon’s Role In Securing Cyber And Networks appeared first on Above the Law. [read post]
6 Feb 2010, 7:42 am by lgbtlaw blogger
NPR explores why the Pentagon claims it will take a year to study the impact of ending discrimination against gay soldiers. [read post]
23 Jun 2023, 6:06 am by Annie Shiel
The post Pentagon Investigation into Syria Strike: A Litmus Test for Civilian Harm Response appeared first on Just Security. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 2:59 pm by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Friday reaffirmed Microsoft as winner of a cloud computing contract potentially worth $10 billion, although the start of work is delayed by a legal battle over rival Amazon’s claim that the bidding process was flawed. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 9:25 am
Blount with the blog faculty From Reuters: UPDATE 1-Pentagon eyes crash analysis on 1,300 satellites Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:09pm EST By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Tuesday it is now tracking 800 maneuverable satellites on a daily basis for possible collisions and expects to add 500 more non-maneuvering satellites [...] [read post]
25 Jun 2016, 5:37 pm by Alonso Diaz
[JURIST] Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] officials said on Friday that the Pentagon will announce the repeal of its ban on openly transgender service members on July 1. [read post]
12 Apr 2022, 2:17 pm by ANDREW EVERSDEN - BREAKING DEFENSE
' The post Into The Military Metaverse: An Empty Buzzword Or A Virtual Resource For The Pentagon? [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 8:55 am
[JURIST] The Pentagon announced Wednesday that a senior Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] official has reduced the sentence of Ibrahim al Qosi [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], the former al Qaeda cook and accountant who pleaded guilty [JURIST report] before a military tribunal last July to crimes of conspiracy and supporting terrorism. [read post]
4 Feb 2012, 11:55 am by Michael Haggerson
[JURIST] Bruce MacDonald, the senior Pentagon official overseeing war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo [JURIST backgrounder], on Friday denied a request to extend the filing deadline for pre-trial motions [JURIST report] for prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks [JURIST backgrounder]. [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 8:45 pm
8-5-2009 National:WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon is reviewing its policy concerning the access by military personnel to social networking Web sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a spokesman said Tuesday. [read post]
8 Mar 2022, 6:13 pm by Tom Smith
The Pentagon on Tuesday evening was forced to shoot down an unexpected Polish proposal to transfer the latter's jets into American custody before sending them on to Ukraine. [read post]