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The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Pentagon signals move to offensive counterintelligence posture

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Pro-Palestinian Pasadena City College students walk out of class as they demonstrate against the Israel-Hamas war in Pasadena, Calif., on April 30, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly accused critics of Israel or his policies of antisemitism, including the U.S. college campus protests and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP) **FILE**

Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood network feared; report finds groups engage in ideological attacks on U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Sgt. Ian Ketterling, gunner for Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, prepares the crane for loading the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) onto the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in Queensland, Australia, on July 26, 2023. Ukraine is having some success in halting Russia's new push along the northeast front weeks after the decision allowing the country to use U.S.-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory. But commanders say their hands are tied without the ability to use long-range guided missiles, such as ATACMS. (Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Dickson/U.S. Army via AP)

Pentagon spokesman defends record of U.S. operations in Europe, Middle East

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A path in the ice is left in the wake of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it traverses the Northwest Passage through the Franklin Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Saturday, July 22, 2017. China and Russia are increasing their economic and security activities in the Arctic and U.S. military forces are preparing multiple types of operations to counter any threats in the region, according to the Pentagon's new strategy on the Arctic. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Pentagon outlines strategy to deploy forces to counter China and Russia in the Arctic

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Dumb Pentagon leader and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) budgeting for national defense illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

We need more bang for our Pentagon buck

By Jed Babbin

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Hawkins signals an MV-22 Osprey to land on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on May 17, 2019. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

House GOP says it will subpoena the Pentagon for fatal Osprey crash info

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Army soldiers stand at the U.S.-built floating pier Trident backdropped by the coast of the Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Pentagon, USAID to conduct IG reviews of troubled Gaza relief operation

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

GOP defense bill draft targets ‘woke’ Pentagon policies, spurs Biden veto threat

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Oversight Committee Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a June 13, 2023, hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Debate over $25 billion boost in defense spending complicates government funding negotiations

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) and sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, off the shore of Gaza on April 26, 2024. The U.S. expects to have on-the-ground arrangements in Gaza ready for humanitarian workers to start delivering aid this month via a new U.S.-backed sea route for Gaza aid. An official with the U.S. Agency for International Development tells the AP that humanitarian groups expect to have their part of preparations complete by early to mid-month. (U.S. Army via AP)

U.S. military: Gaza Strip pier project completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A screen shows a Chinese aircraft carrier at the opening of the Western Pacific Navy Symposium in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province on Monday, April 22, 2024. Zhang Youxia, one of China's top military leaders took a harsh line on regional territorial disputes, telling an international naval gathering in northeastern China on Monday that the country would strike back with force if its interests came under threat. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China launches third aircraft carrier

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, rescuers work in the burned concert hall after a terrorist attack on the building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia. Russia is still reeling from the attack Friday in which gunmen killed 139 people in the Crocus City Hall, a concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow. Health officials said about 90 people remain hospitalized, with 22 of them, including two children, in grave condition. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

‘Over the horizon’ too far to fight terrorists in Afghanistan; ISIS-K emerges as deadly threat

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A U.S. and Niger flag are raised side by side at the base camp for air forces and other personnel supporting the construction of Niger Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, April 16, 2018. The United States is attempting to create a new military agreement with Niger that would allow it to remain in the country, weeks after the junta said its presence was no longer justified, two Western officials told The Associated Press Friday April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Carley Petesch, File)

U.S. pulling troops from Chad, Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

In this image from video provided by the U.S. Navy, a Chinese J-16 fighter flies aggressively close to a U.S. RC-135 aircraft flying in international airspace over the South China Sea on Friday, May 26, 2023. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded Wednesday, May 31, 2023, to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet’s dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, saying that China would keep taking measures it deems necessary to safeguard its sovereignty. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Pentagon chief Austin urges China to respect international waters, airspace

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. A fake image purportedly showing an explosion near the Pentagon has been widely shared on social media, sending a brief shiver through the stock market. But police and fire officials in Arlington, Virginia, said Monday, May 22, 2023, that the image isn't real and there was no incident at the U.S. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Suspected Iranian agent working for Pentagon while U.S. coordinated defense of Israel

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement on Saturday that the Chinese destroyer “executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner in the vicinity of Chung-Hoon,” a U.S. destroyer. The incident was filmed and posted online. (U.S. Navy)

Pentagon two weeks from decision on China-focused joint military task force sought by Congress

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2022. U.S. officials say the Pentagon will announce it is sending up to $500 million in military aid to Ukraine, including more than 50 heavily armored vehicles and an infusion of missiles for air defense systems. The aid comes as Ukrainian and Western leaders try to sort out the impact of the brief weekend revolt against the Russian military. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) **FILE**

GAO faults Pentagon over tracking of shipments of arms, supplies to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, on topics including artificial intelligence and the delay in the Senate on confirming military nominations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Pentagon rolls out new budget with old spending asks still pending

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This photo shows an unidentified flying object taken by Rex Heflin, an Orange County highway department investigator, near Santa Ana, Calif., on Aug. 3, 1965. Twenty-first-century conspiracy theories reflect a distrust — and an unease with the rapid pace of economic, technological and environmental change. There are claims that the government covered up evidence of extraterrestrials. (AP Photo/Rex Heflin) **FILE**

Pentagon: No contact with extraterrestrials, U.S. isn’t reverse-engineering alien spacecraft

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China building new generation of mobile ICBMs

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times