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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Gen. Mark Milley: Taliban victory after U.S. troop pullout is not ‘preordained’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this April 29, 2021, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5B rocket carrying a module for a Chinese space station lifts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang in southern China's Hainan Province. (Ju Zhenhua/Xinhua via AP, File)

Pentagon keeps wary eye on failing Chinese rocket

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The back of Rolling Thunder jacket is seen before President Donald Trump speaks during a "Rolling to Remember Ceremony," to honor the nation's veterans and POW/MIA, from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Biden’s Pentagon yanks Rolling to Remember’s gathering permit

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

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

AMVETS slams Pentagon after denial to use DoD parking lots for ‘Rolling to Remember’ rally

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Remains of Alabama soldier missing since 1950 identified

Associated Press

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken listens as President Joe Biden delivers remarks to State Department staff, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden foreign policy marked stumbles on Iran, Russia, China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Judge sides with Amazon; court to consider whether Trump interfered in Pentagon ‘war cloud’ contract

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Colin Kahl was national security advisor to then-Vice President Biden during the Obama administration and will now be undersecretary of defense for policy, one of the top three civilian jobs at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Colin Kahl confirmed by Senate for Pentagon policy position

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. After weeks of wonder by the networking community, the Pentagon has now provided a very terse explanation for why it hired a shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank to manage a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet that it owns. Many basic questions remain unanswered, beginning with why it chose for the task a company that seems not to have existed until September. The company, Global Resource Systems, has not responded to attempts by The Associated Press to seek comment. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

U.S. Navy F-35 jets fly over Levi's Stadium during the national anthem before an NFL divisional playoff football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) ** FILE **

Congress may pull plug on troubled $1.7 trillion F-35 jet program

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Friday, May 13, 2011, file photo, soldiers of 1AD attend a color casing ceremony of the First Armored Division at the U.S. Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany. Germany's Defense Ministry says U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in his first conversation with her since taking up his new post that Germany is highly valued as a station for American soldiers. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Pentagon will send 500 new troops to Germany in reversal of Trump plan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden’s defense budget splits the difference, disappoints liberals

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Biden is facing pressure from all sides on the Pentagon's budget. Some fellow Democrats want him to increase military spending. Others want to slash it. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) **FILE**

GAO report sees U.S. military readiness slipping

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this May 11, 2017, file photo, members of a design team at Cirque du Soleil demonstrate use of Microsoft's HoloLens device in helping to virtually design a set at the Microsoft Build 2017 developers conference in Seattle. Microsoft says it has won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its virtual reality headsets. Microsoft announced the deal Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Microsoft wins $22 billion Army contract to produce augmented-reality headsets for soldiers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this May 11, 2017, file photo, members of a design team at Cirque du Soleil demonstrate use of Microsoft's HoloLens device in helping to virtually design a set at the Microsoft Build 2017 developers conference in Seattle. Microsoft says it has won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its virtual reality headsets. Microsoft announced the deal Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Microsoft wins $22 billion deal making headsets for US Army

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

Stephanie Miller, director of ascension policy at the Pentagon, left, speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. It was announced during the briefing that the Pentagon will sweep away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military and will issue new rules that broaden their access to medical care and gender transition. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Reversing Trump, Pentagon releases new transgender policies

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

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

Pentagon reverses Trump transgender policies

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

"There's no place for violence or discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or sex characteristics," said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Wednesday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Pentagon lifts ban that prevented transgender people from serving in military

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

On Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, a U.S. Army soldier walks past military Humvees that are to be shipped out of Iraq from a staging yard at Camp Sather, part of the sprawling U.S. military's Victory Base Complex in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) ** FILE **

U.S. Army, Muslim civil rights groups at odds over Islam-to-Christianity conversion story

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Navy F-35 jets fly over Levi's Stadium during the national anthem before an NFL divisional playoff football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) ** FILE **

F-35 threatened by Pentagon budget crunch

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times