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Clashes between Turkish forces and units affiliated with a US-backed Kurdish-led alliance in Syria are "unacceptable", the Pentagon said Monday, calling on all sides to "stand down".
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The head of the Islamic State group in Libya was killed in an air strike overnight, the Pentagon announced Saturday.
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In the pantheon of shady deals, things just don't get much shadier than this.
Senior Navy intelligence official David W. Landersman has been indicted on charges of alleged theft and conspiracy.
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New Jersey governor Chris Christie is shaping up — the leader of the National Guard, that is.
Christie, who's struggled with his own weight problems over the years, has given Air Force Brigadier General Michael L. Cunniff 90 days to slim down.
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A blast ripped through a US military post near Tokyo early Monday, triggering a fire, the Pentagon confirmed, noting that no injuries had been reported.
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The Pentagon asked that concerned armed citizens not stand guard at military recruiting offices, saying it can handle security on its own after a shooting rampage.
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A new Pentagon rule book on the "laws of war" detailing legitimate warfare practices, as approved by the U.S. military, claims that journalists may be legitimate targets.
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The US is now paying the rebels it is training to fight Islamic State militants in Syria. Training of the first 90 fighters began in May.
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The Pentagon is unable to account for $1.3 billion in funds sent to commanders in Afghanistan through the years 2004 to 2014 for reconstruction projects.
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According to the Associated Press, the Pentagon has spent up to $1.1 billion in military operations directed against the Islamic State both in Iraq and Syria since operations began back in the middle of June.
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The Rumsfeld-era Pentagon concealed the discovery of old but dangerous chemical weapons stockpiled by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's forces, even after US troops were repeatedly exposed to and sickened by the deadly nerve and blister agents.
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The Pentagon has issued warnings that with recent cuts it is facing a money crunch made much worse by the new missions in Iraq and Syria.
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Dozens of prototypes of the newest and most-expensive US weapon ever built, the F-35 fighter jet, were grounded Tuesday after a still-unexplained engine fire in Florida, the Pentagon said.
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A newly finalized U.S. Department of Defense rule that reduces the risk of counterfeit semiconductor products being used by the U.S. military has been issued. The measures aim to control the procurement of semiconductors and other electronic parts.
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Don't worry, zombies haven't invaded the Earth — yet — but should they ever become a problem, the Pentagon in the U.S. has a plan to deal with them.
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In further evidence that Russian sanctions will cause problems for US companies a judge issued an injunction against the US Defense Department and a joint venture of two major US defense contractors.
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The proposed budget cuts by the Secretary of Defense are nothing more than a red herring from an administration with out of control spending habits, desperate to make the Affordable Care Act work, and a habit of targeting the military.
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The U.S. Defense Department intends to ask Congress for $4.5 billion in extra funding for missile defense systems over the next five years as part of its 2015 budget requests.
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The Afghan government order to release 37 of 88 detainees who the US says are national security threats has been condemned by the Pentagon Monday.
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The Pentagon has changed its drone strike guidelines in subtle ways that appear designed to minimize expectations with respect to limiting collateral damage and predicting the effects of drone strikes according to a recent report by Public Intelligence.
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Just a few hours before the US government partial shutdown, the Pentagon managed to deposit about $5 billion in cash into various military contractors' accounts to make purchases before expenditures were cut off.
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Like Pearl Harbor, it's a day that will live in infamy. Thousands were lost and countless families never even got a chance to say goodbye.
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The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that it will begin extending benefits to same-sex spouses of military service members starting early next month.
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The Pentagon seems to be at odds with the Obama administration on the question of the "zero option" for Afghanistan that would involve no troops staying in the country after 2014.
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The Pentagon is busy testing pain weapons. Rather than using human guinea pigs as test subjects, the Pentagon will employ "human surrogate" dummies who will not complain or form a union to ask for greater risk pay premiums.
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The Pentagon's largest bunker-busting bomb was upgraded with a specific task in mind, which is taking out suspected nuclear facilities in Iran.
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Pentagon prepares to contract for privatized flying service to fly US special forces throughout Africa. The contract will be up to $50 million.
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Some 540,000 emails between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees and their lawyers were mistakenly turned over to prosecutors, prompting more questions on a justice system some see as unjust.
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The US Congress banned any further funding of the NATO Medium Extended Air and Missile Defense System (MEADS) last December. Yet the Secretary of Defense said that the funding will continue.
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Drone operators, wielding the joysticks that operate those infamous drones killing "terrorists" all over the world, can now receive a "Distinguished Warfare" Medal for their efforts.
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TERRORIST ATTACK: Emergency personnel respond to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon that killed nearly 200 workers and passengers on a hijacked jet that was crashed into the building. Lisa Borges/Wikimedia Commons
A helicopter flies over the area as smoke pours from the southwest corner of the Pentagon Building, minutes after a hijacked airliner crashed into the southwest corner of the building, during the 9/11 terrorists attacks. JO1 MARK D. FARAM, USN
Agents from several federal agencies, fire fighters, rescue workers and engineers work at the Pentagon crash site on Sep. 14, 2001, where a hijacked American Airlines flight slammed into the building on Sept. 11. 14 September 2001. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Cedric H. Rudisill.
Impromptu memorial near the Navy Annex. United States Navy Department
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It was Spring in the meadow, and the docs thought they'd go out and play
Agents from several federal agencies, fire fighters, rescue workers and engineers work at the Pentagon crash site on Sep. 14, 2001, where a hijacked American Airlines flight slammed into the building on Sept. 11. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Cedric H. Rudisill.
Osama Bin Laden watches television in a video released on May 7, 2011, provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. U.S. Department of Defense
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9/11 Attacks and Investigation Image: Pentagon Exterior. vault.fbi.gov
U.S. representatives say that North Korea would need to halt threats
Capt. Maritzabel Gonzalez, the Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic deputy chief of Preventive Medicine, inspects a mosquito under a microscope to determine the species at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland in July. Rachel Ponder/U.S. Army
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