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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $ 450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — One after another, the charges have tumbled out — allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office. Tweet This Post
AP sources: Pentagon to cut civilian furlough days
Posted by admin on May 14th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military officials say the Defense Department leaders trying to find ways to deal with mandatory budget cuts are poised to trim the number of civilian furlough days from 14 to 11 and allow the military to exempt thousands of additional workers from the unpaid day off requirements. Politics News Headlines – [...]
Pentagon: Chinese government waging cyberattacks
Posted by admin on May 6th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon for the first time used its annual report on China to directly assert that Beijing’s government and military have conducted computer-based attacks against the U.S., including efforts to steal information from federal agencies. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Pentagon report: NKorea moving toward nuke missile
Posted by admin on May 2nd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea “will move closer” to its announced goal of being able to strike the U.S. with a nuclear-armed missile if it keeps investing in tests of nuclear and missile technology, the Pentagon said Thursday in a report to Congress. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Pentagon prepares to ask Congress for break from ‘sequester’
Posted by admin on May 1st, 2013
By David Lawder and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon is preparing to ask Congress soon for more authority to shift funds to cope with automatic spending cuts, confronting lawmakers with another exception to the "sequester" just days after they gave a break to the flying public and the airline industry. The request may [...]
Pentagon chief stresses Israel’s right to hit Iran
Posted by admin on April 21st, 2013
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized Washington's willingness to let Israel decide whether and when it might strike Tehran in self-defense. Tweet This Post
Pentagon chief stresses Israel’s right to hit Iran
Posted by admin on April 21st, 2013
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized Washington's willingness to let Israel decide whether and when it might strike Tehran in self-defense. Tweet This Post
Pentagon: NKorea could launch nuclear missile
Posted by admin on April 12th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. intelligence report concludes that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, a jarring revelation in the midst of bellicose threats from the unpredictable communist regime. Tweet This Post
Pentagon looks to cut 40,000 to 50,000 civilians over five years
Posted by admin on April 10th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon is looking to reduce the size of its nearly 800,000 civilian workforce by 40,000 to 50,000 employees over the next five years, mainly through attrition as it closes bases and consolidates healthcare facilities, the department's comptroller said on Wednesday. "I would hope that given the time to prepare, we could [...]
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