Tag: The Pentagon

• Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

  US: Charges filed against intel-leaking soldier

  

  US Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira has been charged Thursday on six federal counts on six counts of willful retention and transmission on social media sites of classified information relating to national defense to which he had access thanks to his security clearance as a cyber defense operations journeyman.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  Trump sacks Defense Secretary by tweeter; Esper was against using active military to suppress street protests

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had “terminated” Defense Secretary Mark Esper, signaling he may use his final months in office after defeat at the polls to settle scores within his administration.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 07:08 UTC

  Trump pledges to hit the Taliban harder on 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

  

  President Donald Trump pledged to hit the Taliban “harder” than ever as America on Wednesday marked the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that led the country into war in Afghanistan.

• Saturday, December 6th 2014 - 04:36 UTC

  Obama makes official nomination of Ashton Carter as Pentagon chief

  

  President Barack Obama on Friday named Ashton Carter, a highly regarded technocrat, to lead the Pentagon as the US military embarks on the latest phase in its 13-year war against Islamic extremists.

• Tuesday, November 25th 2014 - 07:40 UTC

  Two hard-core Pentagon former officials candidates for US Secretary of Defense

  

  President Barack Obama is considering two former Defense Department officials as successors to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, administration officials said on Monday. Both are seasoned national security professionals whose credibility among members of both parties and Defense Department experience would be considered assets in managing the threat from the Islamic State, budget cuts and other challenges.

• Friday, October 5th 2012 - 22:41 UTC

  Pentagon chief flies to Uruguay for Defence Ministers of the Americas conference

  

  United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta starts on Friday a week-long trip to Peru and Uruguay where he will attend the Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 02:15 UTC

  Pentagon Says Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Operating in Latinamerica

  

  Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps has stepped up its presence in Latin America, especially in Venezuela, according to a Pentagon report to the United States Congress partially de-classified this week.