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DOD drafting plans to withdraw all US troops from Syria after Trump comments
Trump and officials close to him expressed interest in pulling all U.S. troops out of Syria, prompting the Pentagon to draw up plans for a full withdrawal in 30, 60 or 90 days.
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Trump issues order for ‘Iron Dome of America' on Hegseth's first day
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service.
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Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Pentagon clears a key hurdle in the Senate
The Senate on Thursday voted to advance Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s defense secretary, putting him on a path to final confirmation at the end of the week.
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Pentagon to send up to 1,500 active duty troops to US-Mexico border
U.S. officials say the Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days.
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It's not clear who will lead the Pentagon when Trump takes office. What happens then?
It’s unclear who’ll take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office. As of Friday, officials said they hadn’t yet heard who’ll become the acting defense secretary. Officials said the military chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force were getting ready to step...
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Pentagon agrees to settle landmark lawsuit with LGBTQ veterans over discharge status
The Pentagon said it will restore the discharge records of 35,000 veterans to “honorable,” ending a class action suit filed more than a year ago by veterans outed under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policies.
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Pentagon lifts pause on troubled Osprey aircrafts
The Pentagon is allowing its fleet of V-22 Ospreys to return to the air — with some new guidelines in place.
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New Pentagon report on UFOs includes hundreds of new incidents but no evidence of aliens
A new report from the Pentagon has revealed hundreds of new reports of unidentified aircraft and aerial phenomena, but no indications of extraterrestrial life.
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Pentagon bolsters the US presence in the Middle East with bombers, fighter aircraft and warships
The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is sending additional bomber aircraft and Navy warships to the Middle East to bolster the U.S. presence in the region.
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US strikes Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen
The U.S. struck multiple Houthi weapons storage facilities in parts of Yemen that the Iranian-backed rebel group controls, a defense official said Wednesday evening.
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Detention sought for Pentagon employee charged with mishandling documents
Gokhan Gun, 50, of Falls Church, was arrested Friday outside his home and charged with mishandling classified material.
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AI-operated fighter jet will fly Air Force secretary in a test of military's future drone warplanes
Drone warfare has quickly expanded from the sidelines of combat to one of its primary weapons. Drones are a daily threat in Ukraine and in the Middle East.
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Pentagon study finds no sign of alien life in reported UFO sightings going back decades
A new Pentagon study that examined reported sightings of UFOs over nearly the last century has found no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Pentagon chief Austin grilled on Capital Hill over secret hospitalization
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faced pointed bipartisan criticism at a congressional hearing Thursday for his failure to promptly notify President Joe Biden and other U.S. leaders about his hospital stay last month.
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US launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to fatal drone attack
The U.S. launched attacks in Iraq and Syria on Friday following the killing of three American soldiers, according to the Department of Defense.
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Pentagon watchdog will review Defense Secretary Austin's failure to disclose his hospitalization
The Pentagon’s internal watchdog says he will review the secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization and why the Defense Department waited days to inform the White House that he had transferred authority to his deputy.
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US intelligence officials determined the Chinese spy balloon used a US internet provider to communicate
An American intelligence assessment found that the balloon used a commercially available U.S. network to communicate, primarily for navigation, U.S. officials say.
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5 US troops killed in a military helicopter crash over the Mediterranean identified
The Pentagon has identified the five Army aviation special operations forces killed when their helicopter crashed in the Eastern Mediterranean over the weekend.
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US service members' data is easy and cheap to purchase online, study finds
Duke University researchers were able to purchase information about thousands of U.S. military personnel often for as little as 12 cents per person.
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Pentagon releases footage of US aircraft intercepts by Chinese planes
The Pentagon released footage of more than 180 intercepts of US warplanes by Chinese aircraft.