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Pentagon working to restore benefits to LGBTQ+ veterans forced out under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

By Tara Copp, Associated Press

Under the policy, service members who had other than heterosexual orientation could serve — as long as they kept it quiet. That led to years of discrimination, undue pressure, discharges and lost benefits.

Pentagon orders new interviews with service members present at Kabul airport attack amid continued criticism

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Pentagon’s Central Command has ordered interviews of roughly two dozen more service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked during U.S. forces’ chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as N. Korea’s Kim continues visit to Russia

By Associated Press

After the handshakes, the platitudes and the lunch of Kamchatka crab dumplings, the outcome of the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stayed hidden.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing after depleted uranium ammo for Ukraine announcement

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Defense Department said the latest package will come through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides money for long-term contracts for weapons systems that need to be built or modified by defense companies.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as officials criticize hold up of military promotions

By Kenichi Serino

The top civilian leaders of the Navy, Army and Air Force spoke out Monday against the holding up of military promotions by Sen. Tommy Tuberville in an opinion article.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing amid coup in Gabon

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

The ouster of Gabon's president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population's grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power, analysts said.

Kremlin denies involvement in plane crash believed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin

By Associated Press

Prigozhin, whose brutal fighters were feared in Ukraine, Africa and Syria, was eulogized Thursday by President Vladimir Putin, even as suspicions grew that the Russian leader was behind the crash that many saw as an assassination.

WATCH: U.S. intelligence is investigating what brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane

By Emma Burrows, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder said press reports that a surface-to-air missile took down the plane were inaccurate. He declined to say whether the U.S. suspected a bomb.

WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after releasing a report on the spike in sexual misconduct at military academies

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

A new report says the U.S. military academies must improve their leadership, stop toxic practices such as hazing, and shift behavior training into the classrooms in order to address an alarming spike in sexual assaults and misconduct.

WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as hundreds rally in support of Niger junta

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

Hundreds of people rallied in support of Niger's ruling junta in the capital on Thursday, denouncing France and others who have criticized a recent coup — as the country’s military leaders sought to exploit anti-Western sentiment to shore up their…