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Pentagon approves extending Guard deployment at Capitol

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The decision underscores concerns about security at the Capitol, two months after rioters breached the building in an attack that left five people dead.

WATCH: Pentagon evaluates National Guard presence at Capitol

By Associated Press

This comes after the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police appealed to congressional leaders to back her request to keep National Guard troops protecting the building and lawmakers for another two months.

U.S. contractor dies in rocket attack at Iraq base, Pentagon says

By Samya Kullab, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

A U.S. contractor died Wednesday when at least 10 rockets slammed into an air base housing U.S. and other coalition troops in western Iraq, the Pentagon said.

Pentagon announces $125 million military aid for Ukraine

By News Desk and Associated Press

Kirby also updated reporters on last week's U.S. military airstrikes in Syria, saying the strikes likely killed one militia member, and left two others wounded.

WATCH: Pentagon says no attribution for Iraq rocket attacks

By Associated Press

The Pentagon, at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has started deploying thousands of active-duty troops to open mass vaccination centers across the country.

U.S. military grapples with a rising epidemic of sexual assault in its ranks

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

A video posted by a female U.S. Marine about sexual assault in the military rocketed across the internet and into a Pentagon press-briefing room Friday. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin promised to take additional steps to stop such violence. But…

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Pentagon chief urges immediate reduction in Taliban violence

By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press

In his first press conference as defense secretary, Lloyd Austin says progress toward a durable peace in Afghanistan and an end to U.S. military involvement there depends on the Taliban reducing attacks.

WATCH: Pentagon approves 20 more COVID-19 vaccination teams

By Associated Press

The Biden administration has said that delivering the vaccine to Americans is a top priority, raising questions about why the rollout of the teams hasn't moved more quickly.

Are vaccines reaching communities in need? We don’t have enough data

By PBS NewsHour

The Pentagon committed to sending around 1,000 active duty troops to help vaccinate people across the nation after the White House promised to open community vaccination centers, increasing availability to those in need. Dr. Julie Morita, Executive Vice President of…

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WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as White House plans troop assistance with COVID-19 vaccines

By Associated Press

Currently about 6.9 million Americans have received the full two-dose regimen required to get maximum protection from the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. That translates to about 2 percent of the U.S. population.