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Base Closing Commission Submits Report Amid Legal Wrangling

By PBS News Hour

The commission appointed to make base closing recommendations to President Bush submitted its report to the White House Thursday.

Pentagon Suffers Dual Setbacks in Plan to Reorganize Air Defenses

By PBS News Hour

The Pentagon's plan for reorganizing the nation's Air Force suffered two major blows Friday as the base closing commission voted to keep open two bases that officials wanted to shutter.

Pentagon Recommends U.S. Base Closures

By PBS News Hour

The Pentagon proposed Friday closing about 180 U.S. military installations, including 33 major bases, launching the first round of base closures and realignments in a decade.

Pentagon Revises Cave Search Plans

U.S. officials have decided to limit the number of American troops searching the Tora Bora cave complex for clues to Osama bin Laden's whereabouts. Despite the move, Pentagon officials continued to press Afghan commanders to probe region.

Flight Data and Voice Recorders Found At Pentagon

Searchers sifting through the rubble at the Pentagon early Friday said they recovered the "black boxes" containing the flight data and voice recorders of the hijacked plane that crashed into the building Tuesday.

Final Pentagon Death Toll Expected to Be Around 190

In a preliminary estimate, the Pentagon announced today that approximately 190 people may have perished in the terrorist attack on the defense headquarters.

Pentagon Officials Expect No More Survivors

Officials heading the search and rescue operation at the Pentagon after yesterday's deadly terrorist strike said today they expect to find no more survivors.

Pentagon Struck, White House, Capitol Evacuated

Most of official Washington has been evacuated this morning after a series of what are being called terrorist attacks leveled the World Trade Center in New York and imploded part of the Pentagon.