Skip to content
Advertisement

Pentagon

Latest Stories

FBI.jpg

FBI.jpg

Law enforcement work near the Pentagon after a suspicious vehicle forced multiple road closures Friday, June 17, 2011 in Arlington, Va. In a situation that is still unfolding, officials say one man is in custody after they found his car, parked in the bushes near the Pentagon. The car contained material that appears to be ammonium nitrate, spent 9 mm shells and written materials stating "al Qaeda Taliban rules." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gates Interview_Lea.jpg

Gates Interview_Lea.jpg

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates pauses during an interview with the Associated Press in his office at the Pentagon on Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

20110529-191526-pic-917104238.jpg

20110529-191526-pic-917104238.jpg

Sarah Palin, with her daughter Piper (center), answers a reporter's question at the beginning of the Rolling Thunder motorycycle ride at the Pentagon on Sunday. She smiled broadly when many in the crowd urged her to run for the presidency.

Palin_Lea.jpg

Palin_Lea.jpg

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (second from right), the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, gives a thumbs up from the back seat of a motorcycle at the beginning of Rolling Thunder at the Pentagon in suburban Washington on Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gates Pentagon_Lea.jpg

Gates Pentagon_Lea.jpg

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak to the press at the Pentagon outside Washington on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

20110502-202441-pic-998533962.jpg

20110502-202441-pic-998533962.jpg

Pentagon employee Christy Heib wipes her eyes while sitting on a bench at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington on Monday. Ms. Heib says the Sept. 11 attacks are why she began a government career. (Barbara L. Salisbury / The Washington Times)

20110427-210611-pic-434027800.jpg

20110427-210611-pic-434027800.jpg

Pending Senate confirmation, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta is expected to take the helm at the Pentagon by July. (AP Photo)

US Libya Military_Lea.jpg

US Libya Military_Lea.jpg

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, staff director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gives an operational update on Libya at the Pentagon outside Washington on Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Afghanistan Gates_Lea.jpg

Afghanistan Gates_Lea.jpg

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (right) talks with U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus upon the Pentagon chief's arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, March 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Defense Department/Cherie Cullen)

20110301-184200-pic-756396671.jpg

20110301-184200-pic-756396671.jpg

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates listens as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen speaks Tuesday at the Pentagon about the Libya turmoil. (Associated Press)

20110228-205258-pic-768012221.jpg

20110228-205258-pic-768012221.jpg

Michael G. Vickers, assistant secretary of defense for special operations, said the Pentagon was not the appropriate agency to assess economic warfare and financial terrorism risks. (Associated Press)

20110224-192241-pic-577861352.jpg

20110224-192241-pic-577861352.jpg

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley (left) and Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn announce the KC-46A tanker contract award to Boeing Co. during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington on Thursday. (Associated Press)

budget_4660

budget_4660

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates talks about the Defense Department's proposed budget at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

20110202-190559-pic-205050656.jpg

20110202-190559-pic-205050656.jpg

Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont says the Pentagon has continued to pay contractors found to be defrauding the U.S. government. (Associated Press)

DADT.jpg

DADT.jpg

Joint Chief Vice Chairman Gen. James E. Cartwright, right, accompanied by Defense Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley, conduct a media briefing at the Pentagon to discuss the progress of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal implementation effort. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

20110118-215948-pic-156840482.jpg

20110118-215948-pic-156840482.jpg

Lawrence A. Franklin, a Pentagon analyst (left), pleaded guilty in 2006 to three counts of mishandling classified information. The case involved the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). (Associated Press)

Pentagon_Budget_Cuts_2#2.jpg

Pentagon_Budget_Cuts_2#2.jpg

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen discuss the proposed defense budget, which calls for major personnel cuts, with reporters Thursday at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

20101130-202134-pic-482747568.jpg

20101130-202134-pic-482747568.jpg

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, speak to reporters on gays in the military, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

gays_1368

gays_1368

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, speak to reporters on gays in the military, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)