List of Department of Defense articles
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (from left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spread out to practice social distancing measures against the spread of the coronavirus at a meeting in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 20. Pandemic Stymies Congressional Check on Trump’s Foreign Policy
Public hearings and classified briefings are another political casualty in the age of contagion.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly Navy Chief Resigns After Slamming Carrier Captain
Acting Navy chief Thomas Modly resigned after profanity-laced remarks criticizing the fired captain of the coronavirus-hit USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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U.S. President Donald Trump (right) speaks alongside Vice President Mike Pence (left) and Navy Rear Adm. John Polowczyk during a press briefing in Washington on April 5. 6 Key Questions About the Trump Administration’s Firing of Captain Crozier
The affair surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt lays bare the dysfunction of civilian-military relations under Trump.
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Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly Navy Brass Felt Blindsided by Fired Carrier Captain’s Emailed Appeal
The commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt had two direct calls with top Navy aides before his warning about the dire situation on board leaked publicly.
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A U.S. Navy helicopter lands on an aircraft carrier. Pentagon Removes Carrier From Middle East Amid Pandemic-Induced Resource Fight
The Defense Department will end the deployment of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Middle East as the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. military has intensified.
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The U.S. Navy llittoral combat ship the USS Independence (LCS-2) arrives at Mole Pier at Air Station Key West, Florida, on March 29, 2010. Trump’s Plan to Deploy Anti-Drug Mission in Caribbean Sparks Backlash in Pentagon
The Department of Defense is set to send Navy destroyers and small combat ships to the region to ramp up counter-drug efforts.
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Steven-Luke-Pentagon-Defense-Department-Whistleblower-article2 Death of a Whistleblower
Questions raised by a Pentagon investigator went unanswered following his workplace suicide.
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Malian special forces stand watch. U.S. Congress Moves to Restrain Pentagon Over Africa Drawdown Plans
Esper already faces an uphill battle in trying to push through potential cuts to Africom. New legislation could make that even tougher.
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Doug Wilson Meet Pete Buttigieg’s Foreign-Policy Mentor
Former Pentagon official and campaign veteran Doug Wilson is helping the U.S. presidential candidate stand out from the pack on foreign policy.
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Undersecretary of Defense for Policy John Rood Top Pentagon Policy Official Pushed Out
John Rood, the U.S. Defense Department’s policy chief, has been blamed for an exodus of civilians from the Pentagon.
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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Strait of Hormuz as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off from the flight deck on Nov. 19, 2019. Pentagon to Roll Out $705 Billion Budget
The proposal is a decrease from last year, indicating the defense department is bracing for an end to the growth it has seen under Trump.
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U.S. Air Force Rockwell B-1 Lancer Legacy U.S. Air Force Fighters, Bombers Are on the Chopping Block
The Pentagon will propose retiring many of its older aircraft as new capabilities come online, but the cuts aren’t as steep as initially planned.
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U.S. soldiers near the Syrian-Turkish border ‘We Just Capitulated’
The Pentagon’s recently departed Middle East policy chief addresses the administration’s handling of Turkey’s Syria invasion and response to Iranian attacks.
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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley before addressing troops at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit on Nov. 28. Everyone Knows America Lost Afghanistan Long Ago
Inflated threats, concealed costs, and lack of accountability for failure—and the complicity of the foreign-policy establishment—have kept the infinity war going for 18 years.
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Randall G. Schriver speaks to reporters the Pentagon in Washington on May 3. The Pentagon’s Top Asia Policy Expert Resigns
Randy Schriver’s departure creates another vacancy in the department’s senior leadership.
