Tag: Pentagon
John Kirby, Pentagon Spokesman, Will Join White House
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon press secretary, John F. Kirby, the voluble public face of the Defense Department for the past year and a half, is moving to [...]
Pentagon Taps Next Commander of U.S. Forces in Africa
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has recommended that the White House promote Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley of the Marine Corps to be [...]
Pentagon Faults Review of Deadly Airstrike but Finds No Wrongdoing
The three people familiar with the findings, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of the confidential report, said that 56 peopl [...]
House Democrats Ask Pentagon for Details on Plan to Reduce Civilian Casualties
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats called on the Defense Department on Tuesday to brief Congress on the administration’s progress toward reducing ci [...]
Weekend_ Pentagon press sec Kirby said Russian forces are “broadening their target sets”
The Pentagon's press secretary John Kirby was speaking to US media on Sunday:
said Russian forces are "broadening their target sets" after rockets [...]
Pentagon Orders 7,000 More Troops to Europe
WASHINGTON — As Russian forces head toward Kyiv with what the Pentagon described as an apparent aim of “decapitating” the Ukrainian government, Defens [...]
The Pentagon Orders Another 7,000 US Troops to Europe
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said on Thursday that it was sending an additional 7,000 troops to Europe, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine launched the b [...]
Pentagon Offers Grim Assessment of Early Stages of Russian Invasion
Russian military forces are moving to decapitate the Ukrainian government in Kyiv, the Pentagon said on Thursday, in a grim assessment of the first st [...]
Pentagon Offers Grim Assessment of Early Stages of Russian Invasion
Russian military forces are moving to decapitate the Ukrainian government in Kyiv, the Pentagon said on Thursday, in a grim assessment of the first st [...]
Russia Has Troops at Ukraine’s Borders for Large-Scale Invasion, Pentagon Says
WASHINGTON — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has deployed the troops and military hardware needed to invade all of Ukraine, the Pentagon’s top l [...]
Pentagon Puts 8,500 Troops on ‘High Alert’ Amid Ukraine Tensions
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has put 8,500 American troops on “high alert” for possible deployment to Eastern Europe, as NATO an [...]
Raw Footage of Lethal Aug. 29 Kabul Drone Strike
new video loaded: Raw Footage of Lethal Aug. 29 Kabul Drone StrikeRecent episodes in Visual InvestigationsUsing evidence that’s hidden in plain sight, [...]
Documents Reveal Flaws in Pentagon Dismissals of Civilian Casualty Claims in Iraq and Syria
The report that came to the attention of the United States military in April 2017 relayed devastating news from Iraq: More than 30 people, among th [...]
Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is building a second courtroom for war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay that will exclude the public from the chamber, the [...]
Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is building a second courtroom for war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay that will exclude the public from the chamber, the [...]