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Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood speaks during a news conference on the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

John Rood, embattled Pentagon policy chief, absent from strategic forces posture hearing

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo, government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, in Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

Mac Thornberry, Adam Smith hit Trump’s border wall funding

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, right, speaks at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mark Esper, Defense secretary, approves ‘tenant bill of rights’ for troubled military housing

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley speaks at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pentagon may ‘postpone’ joint training with South Korean troops amid coronavirus scare

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, accompanied by Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday that China remains the Defense Department's "highest priority." (Associated Press)

Mark Esper: China threat Pentagon’s ‘highest priority’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Mark Esper listens during a news conference with South Korean National Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo at Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mark Esper likely to face heat in Pentagon budget hearing

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 20, 2019, file photo Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon is adopting new ethical principles as it prepares to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence technology on the battlefield. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Pentagon adopts new ethical principles for using artificial intelligence in war

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A cleaner works near an empty store of Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo at a district selling computer products in Beijing, China on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. China's factory output and consumer spending weakened in April as a tariff war with Washington intensified, adding to pressure on Beijing to shore up shaky economic growth.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Lexmark, Lenovo tech funnels data to China intelligence services

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood speaks during a news conference on the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

John Rood, top Pentagon official, to resign

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Veterans group: Pentagon broke agreement to reopen database

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump drains swamp after impeachment acquittal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

New Mexico delegates demand help to clean contaminated water

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his companies have been the target of verbal attacks by the president. (Associated Press/File)

Amazon seeks to depose Donald Trump in Pentagon war cloud lawsuit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Modernizing nuke weapons tops list in FY 2021 Pentagon budget

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers walk past a site of Iranian bombing at Al Asad Air Base, in Anbar, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (Associated Press) **FILE**

More than 100 U.S. troops suffered brain injuries in Iranian attack, Pentagon says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Passengers board buses after arriving on an airplane carrying U.S. citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Jan. 29, 2020. The passengers will undergo additional screenings in California and be placed in temporary housing. Officials have not said how long they will stay there. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Pentagon OKs military bases for coronavirus quarantine

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Pentagon approves using military bases to quarantine 1,000

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020 file photo, Iranian bombing caused a crater at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq. Ain al-Asad air base was struck by a barrage of Iranian missiles, in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed atop Iranian commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The Pentagon now says 50 service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury caused by the Jan. 8 Iranian missile attack on an air base in Iraq where U.S. and coalition troops had taken cover in advance. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)

Iran attack: 14 more U.S. troops suffered brain injuries, Pentagon says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend during a tour north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Forces fighting the Islamic State group should be able to retake the IS-held cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria within the next six months, according to the top U.S. commander in Iraq. On a tour north of Baghdad Wednesday, Townsend said “within the next six months I think we’ll see both (the Mosul and Raqqa campaigns) conclude.”(AP Photo/ Ali Abdul Hassan)

U.S. military defends Africa drawdown as Chinese troops surge into continent

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this January 14, 2020 file photo, a U.S. Army carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of a soldier killed in Afghanistan, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE**

Air Force identifies crew of jet that crashed in Afghanistan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times