Nov 05 ‘Bleak’ assessment of toll of destroying North Korea nukes By Associated Press A ground invasion of North Korea is the only way to locate and destroy, with complete certainty, all components of leader Kim Jong Un's nuclear weapons program, according to a Pentagon official. Continue reading
Oct 29 Pentagon identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan By Associated Press A helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan killed Jacob M. Sims, a 36-year-old chief warrant officer from Juneau, Alaska. Continue reading
Oct 15 Amid crises, tensions between Trump, Tillerson persist By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The strained relationship between President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson came under renewed focus Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 12 Pentagon has no plans to boost size of nuclear arsenal By Robert Burns, Associated Press In fact, the Pentagon can barely sustain the existing force, which is decades old and is in some respects almost decrepit. Continue reading
Oct 05 Justice Department asks to dismiss lawsuit opposing transgender military ban By Associated Press The lawsuit was filed on behalf of eight transgender individuals. They include service members in the Air Force, Coast Guard and Army, and students in the Naval Academy and the ROTC program at the University of New Haven. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 3:54 News Wrap: U.S. orders Cuban diplomats to leave By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Trump administration ordered 15 Cuban diplomats to leave the U.S. within a week as a way to match the withdrawal of U.S. diplomats in Havana, who suffered from unexplained illnesses. Also, The Pentagon is… Continue watching
Sep 15 Transgender troops can re-enlist in military for now, Pentagon says By Richard Lardner, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press New guidance released Friday by the Pentagon makes it clear that any transgender troops currently in the military can re-enlist in the next several months, even as the department debates how broadly to enforce a ban on their service ordered… Continue reading
Sep 14 House passes $1.2 trillion spending bill By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The massive measure wraps the 12 annual spending bills into one and is the first time in more than a decade that the House has passed all of the appropriations bills in one fashion or the other by Sept. 30,… Continue reading
Aug 30 Pentagon admits U.S. has more troops in Afghanistan than previously reported By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Military officials have long quietly acknowledged there were far more forces in the country than the cap allowed, but commanders shuffled troops in and out, labeled many "temporary," and used other personnel accounting tactics to artificially keep the public count… Continue reading
Aug 28 What we know about the missile North Korea fired over Japan By Erica R. Hendry Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he and President Donald Trump are calling for an emergency meeting of the U.N. security council. Continue reading