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FILE — This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. Defense officials say a Trump loyalist and former Fox News commentator has been moved in to the Pentagons top policy job, just a few months after he failed to get through Senate confirmation because of offensive remarks he made, including about Islam. Officials say Anthony Tata, a retired Army one-star general, will be performing the duties of the undersecretary for defense policy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Defense bill faces cloudy prospects in upcoming congressional session

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 12, 2009, photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

GOP budget plan includes $68.7 billion for secretive Pentagon fund

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Afghan security police stand guard at the entrance gate of Kabul University after a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. The brazen attack by gunmen who stormed the university has left many dead and wounded in the Afghan capital. The assault sparked an hours-long gun battle. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Joe Biden faces delicate dilemma in Afghanistan War handoff

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this June 1, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump departs the White House to visit outside St. John's Episcopal Church, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. Walking behind Trump from left are, Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Milley says his presence “created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.” He called it “a mistake” that he has learned from. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mark Esper fired as defense secretary

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2010, file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Drone wars: U.S. military maneuvers to defeat enemy unmanned aircraft

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Supporters of President Donald Trump applaud as he speaks at a campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear Airport Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

NORAD intercepts plane over Trump Arizona rally

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The 5,000-pound GM Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle was uniquely engineered to fulfill military requirements and designed to provide rapid ground mobility. The expeditionary ISV is light enough to be sling loaded from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and compact enough to fit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for air transportability. (Caption and image courtesy of GM Defense)

General Motors returns to battlefield with new Army infantry vehicle

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A U.S. Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, operates a Battelle Drone Defender V2 during counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) training at the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Oct. 9, 2020. The C-UAS training focused on the fundamentals of detecting and deterring threats posed by UAS operations. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a crisis response force, prepared to deploy a variety of capabilities across the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Artur Shvartsberg)

Drones arms race under way as rivals deploy cheap UAVs

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Pentagon awards Texas A&M $100 million to manage hypersonic weapons alliance

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Morale at the State Department has plummeted since President Trump took office, but senior diplomats say the department's role had been diminished in past presidential administrations both Republican and Democrat. (Associated Press/File)

Joe Biden gives State Department hope for power, money

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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

Gen. Mark Milley: Joint staff remains ‘functional from home’ in COVID-19 quarantine

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

U.S. Maj. Gen. James C. McConville, center, visits troops in Jalalabad, base east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Gen. James McConville, Army chief of staff, cleared following COVID-19 quarantine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this July 9, 2020, file photo, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Gen. Mark Milley won’t confirm Donald Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal timeline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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

Appropriators should make it easier — not harder — for the Pentagon to do its job

By Patty-Jane Geller and Frederico Bartels

In this June 1, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump departs the White House to visit outside St. John's Church, in Washington. Walking behind Trump from left are, Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump-Mark Esper rift widens as Pentagon fears being drawn into election

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, a member of the U.S. Army Old Guard stands on the grounds of the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial before a ceremony in observance of the 18th anniversary of the September 11th attacks at the Pentagon in Washington. On Sept. 11, 2020, Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US remembers 9/11, with virus altering familiar tributes

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this file photo, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference on Sept. 4, 2020 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

D.C. officials honor first responders on 9/11

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2013, file photo, Charlotte Newman, 8, visits the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York. On Sept. 11, 2020, Americans will commemorate 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The Latest: Tribute in Light rises from twin towers site

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a ceremony at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial to honor the 184 people killed in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, in Washington, Friday Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘We came together as a nation,’ Gen. Milley says at Pentagon 9/11 memorial

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump salutes as he arrives on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, as he returns from Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump Iraq, Afghanistan troop drawdown fulfills promise, fuels criticism

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times