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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Israel Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, after their meeting about Israel's military operation in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Recuperating Austin gets Walter Reed briefing amid furor over unrevealed absence

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo proved by the Defense Department, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China, Taiwan and Mongolia Michael Chase hosts delegates from China for the annual U.S.-PRC Defense Policy Coordination Talks at the Pentagon, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. U.S. and Chinese military officers have resumed talks that were frozen after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in 2022. It's a development U.S. officials have said is key to keeping the growing competition between the two great powers from turning into direct conflict. (Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/U.S. Navy via AP)

No breakthroughs seen as Pentagon-China direct talks resume after freeze

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes remarks at a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) **FILE**

Defense Secretary Austin kept cancer diagnosis secret from White House for weeks

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Military salute at the Chinese flag during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

China makes preparations for a war that the Pentagon says is not inevitable

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Israel Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, after their meeting about Israel's military operation in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)

Questions, furor mount on Pentagon leadership; deputy unaware of Austin illness

By Mike Glenn and Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Then-House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., leaves the chamber after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told lawmakers she will step down as Democratic leader but remain in Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Republicans took over as the majority party in the following Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Dem: Defense secretary has ‘duty to keep the public informed’ after undisclosed medical leave

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

FILE - The Pentagon is seen on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. The U.S. military on Thursday. Dec. 28, opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes cases of sexual assault and other major crimes, putting independent lawyers in charge of those decisions and sidelining commanders after years of pressure from Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Independent lawyers begin prosecuting cases of sexual assault and other crimes in the U.S. military

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

The shadows of Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, are cast on a large representation of the Yemeni flag as they attend a demonstration against an arms embargo imposed by the U.N. Security Council on Houthi leaders, in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Houthis use opportunity to roil world economy; brazen fighters target shipping, oil

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Airbus and outsourcing Pentagon contracts illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The case of Airbus: Outsourcing Pentagon contracts results in cost overruns, protracted litigation

By W. Bruce DelValle

Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group carry the coffin of an fighter with the Kataib Hezbollah militia, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Babil Province, during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Biden urged to step up attacks; U.S. looks to ‘degrade capabilities’ after militias injure 3 troops

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese naval frigate Binzhou takes part in joint naval drills with Russian warships in the East China Sea on Dec. 27, 2022. The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, he is “very concerned” about increased joint military actions by China and Russia in the region. (Xu Wei/Xinhua via AP, File)

Congress, Pentagon at odds over Pacific task force needed to prep for China war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chairman Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., leads a special House committee dedicated to countering China holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pentagon urged to send Taiwan truck-launched anti-ship missiles and long-range guided bombs

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks at a press conference on appropriations with members of the House Freedom Caucus and conservative senators on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

House Republicans divided over watered-down Pentagon bill ahead of expected vote

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, during a visit to Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Zelenskyy vows transparency for U.S. aid

Chinese troops and tanks gather in Beijing, one day after the military crackdown that ended a seven-week pro-democracy demonstration on Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989. Hundreds were killed in the early morning hours of June 4. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener) **FILE**

Emerging defense bill mandates Pentagon study on war with China in 2030

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, confers with Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, while joined at right by Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress as Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new U.S. dollars for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Lawmakers signal tough stand on China in proposed defense policy bill

By Bill Gertz and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and other warships crossed the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, as part of a wider American deployment in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war. The Eisenhower was accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea, the guided-missile destroyers USS Gravely and the USS Stethem and the French frigate Languedoc. (Information Technician Second Class Ruskin Naval/U.S. Navy via AP)

Houthis goad U.S. Navy in Middle East, step up campaign against Israel, shipping

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney in Souda Bay, Greece. The American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war. “We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available,” the Pentagon said. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Bill Dodge/U.S. Navy via AP)

Pentagon: U.S. destroyer and commercial ships attacked in the Red Sea

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questions Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans grudgingly warm to Democrats’ plan to end Tuberville’s military holds

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows the USS Carney in the Mediterranean Sea on Oct. 23, 2018. The USS Carney, a Navy destroyer, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, took out three missiles that had been fired from Yemen and were heading north, U.S. officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations not yet announced. (Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Ryan U. Kledzik/U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa via AP)

U.S. Navy warship shoots down drone launched by Houthis from Yemen, official says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times