Biden could pick a woman to lead Pentagon for first time in history
The Defense Department is one of three Cabinet agencies that have never been led by a woman.
By Associated Press - November 16, 2020The Defense Department is one of three Cabinet agencies that have never been led by a woman.
By Associated Press - November 16, 2020It’s an unprecedented move.
By Associated Press - November 09, 2020Democrats say the Department of Defense’s new policy excluding the display of Pride flags on military installations should be changed.
By Casey Quinlan - August 04, 2020Trump has defended the flying of the Confederate flag, but most Americans disapprove of it.
By Associated Press - July 17, 2020The Defense Department officials are scheduled to appear before the House Armed Services Committee.
By Associated Press - July 09, 2020Eric Fanning also recently signed an op-ed in opposition to Donald Trump’s threat to use active-duty troops against protesters.
By Associated Press - June 17, 2020Trump falsely claims he eradicated ISIS and rebuilt a military that was depleted before he took office.
By Associated Press - June 15, 2020‘I should not have been there,’ Gen. Mark Milley said.
By Associated Press - June 11, 2020Secretary of Defense Mark Esper now admits he knew he was going to a church where Trump posed with a Bible for a photo-op on Monday.
By Emily Singer - June 03, 2020As Donald Trump pushes for states to reopen by May 1, his Defense Department just extended troop travel limitations until the end of June.
By Josh Israel - April 21, 2020Trump himself voted by mail just last month.
By Emily Singer - April 10, 2020Capt. Brett Crozier was fired after he sounded the alarm that COVID-19 was spreading on the ship he commanded.
By Associated Press - April 06, 2020Defense Secretary Mark Esper told officers not to take efforts against coronavirus that don’t fit into Trump’s public relations messaging.
By Emily Singer - March 03, 2020Pentagon leaders earned a bipartisan rebuke from House lawmakers, who warned that taking money from the Defense budget to pay for Trump’s wall could have unintended consequences.
By Associated Press - February 26, 2020Trump asked the military to ‘take a look at’ possible punishments for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was already removed from his job for testifying in the impeachment probe.
By Associated Press - February 12, 2020Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s comments call into question the justification for the drone strike against Iran.
By Associated Press - January 13, 2020Members of Congress said the Trump administration’s briefings on the Iran strikes were inadequate.
By Associated Press - January 09, 2020Trump seems to have learned attacking Iranian cultural sites is a war crime and not legal.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2020The military will not carry out strikes on Iranian cultural sites, as Trump says he wants to do.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2020Defense Secretary Mark Esper disputed a letter from a top military official saying the country would respect the Iraqi Parliament’s vote to expel American troops from the country.
By Emily Singer - January 06, 2020Protesters broke into the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad to protest U.S. airstrikes on an Iran-backed militia in Iraq.
By Associated Press - January 02, 2020Military officials say Trump’s meddling in military discipline may have a ‘chilling effect’ on whether other service members will report bad behavior.
By Associated Press - November 29, 2019American troops will protect Syrian oil fields from ISIS despite Trump’s claims.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 25, 2019Defense Secretary Mark Esper is retreating from a previous pledge to cooperate with the House impeachment inquiry into the Trump Ukraine scandal.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 16, 2019Trump left the Defense Department without a permanent leader for three times longer than any other time in the 72-year history of the position.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 15, 2019