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"India-China Border Tensions Reflect Growing Chinese Aggression": Pentagon Nominee
The current India-China border tensions reflect a disturbing trend of growing Chinese aggression and assertion in the region and toward allies and partners of the United States, Biden's pick for top Pentagon policy job, Colin Kahl, has told lawmakers.
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Trump's Defense Secretary Pick Quits As Reports Emerge Of Family Violence
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan abandoned his quest for the top Pentagon job on Tuesday as reports emerged of domestic violence in his family, plunging the leadership of the US military into new uncertainty just as tensions with Iran are rising.
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Donald Trump Picks Former Boeing Executive Patrick Shanahan For Defence Secretary
President Donald Trump intends to nominate acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan to remain in the top Pentagon job, the White House said Thursday, placing a relatively low-profile and soft-spoken former Boeing executive atop the military at a time of mounting tension abroad.
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Amazon Gave Jobs to DOD Staff Working on Cloud Bid, Oracle Lawsuit Says
At least two Pentagon employees were offered jobs at Amazon.com while working on the Defense Department's $10 billion cloud contract, a lawsuit filed by Oracle alleges.
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Head Of Pentagon's Secret 'UFO' Office Wanted To Make Evidence Public
Just before leaving his Defense Department job two months ago, intelligence officer Luis Elizondo quietly arranged to secure the release of three of the most unusual videos in the Pentagon's secret vaults: raw footage from encounters between fighter jets and "anomalous aerial vehicles" - military jargon for UFOs.
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Pentagon Chief Jim Mattis Says NATO Must Finish The Job In Afghanistan
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told NATO allies Thursday they must finish the job in Afghanistan or risk terrorist revenge as the alliance readied a troop increase to counter a resurgent Taliban.
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White House Installs Political Aides At Cabinet Agencies To Monitor Loyalty
The political appointee charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides has offered unsolicited advice so often that after just four weeks on the job, Pruitt has shut him out of many staff meetings, according to two senior administration officials.
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2 Female US Marines Assigned To Infantry
The US Marine Corps is assigning two women to frontline infantry roles, a first for the armed service under new Pentagon rules opening all combat jobs to women.
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As Pentagon Opens Combat Jobs To Women, 'Deep-Seated' Opposition And Checkered Past
Many men in ground combat jobs remain deeply skeptical that combat effectiveness will remain the military's top priority as the integration occurs, according to the documents, which were released just days after Carter's announcement.
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Pentagon Opens All Combat Roles to Women
In a historic transformation of the U.S. military, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday that the Pentagon will open all combat jobs to women.
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Ashton Carter Confirmed as US Defense Secretary
Ashton Carter was confirmed as US secretary of defense Thursday, taking on the job of supervising the war against Islamic State jihadists in the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency.
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US Military's Job 'Not Over' in Afghanistan: Chuck Hagel
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Sunday told US troops in Afghanistan their mission was not over as they shift to a scaled-back role training their Afghan counterparts.
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Ashton Carter Brings Different Outlook to Pentagon Post
The experiences that Ashton Carter would bring to the job of US Secretary of Defense are vastly different from Chuck Hagel's in several important ways, starting with the fact that Carter is an academic and a policy wonk.
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Michele Flournoy Withdraws From Consideration as US Defence Secretary: Report
Michele Flournoy, a former top US Defence Department official widely tipped as a possible replacement for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, has taken herself out of consideration for the job, Foreign Policy Magazine reported on Tuesday.
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Frontrunners Emerge for Top Pentagon Job
A pair of frontrunners have emerged to take charge at the Pentagon after President Barack Obama announced the departure of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
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"India-China Border Tensions Reflect Growing Chinese Aggression": Pentagon Nominee
The current India-China border tensions reflect a disturbing trend of growing Chinese aggression and assertion in the region and toward allies and partners of the United States, Biden's pick for top Pentagon policy job, Colin Kahl, has told lawmakers.
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Trump's Defense Secretary Pick Quits As Reports Emerge Of Family Violence
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan abandoned his quest for the top Pentagon job on Tuesday as reports emerged of domestic violence in his family, plunging the leadership of the US military into new uncertainty just as tensions with Iran are rising.
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Donald Trump Picks Former Boeing Executive Patrick Shanahan For Defence Secretary
President Donald Trump intends to nominate acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan to remain in the top Pentagon job, the White House said Thursday, placing a relatively low-profile and soft-spoken former Boeing executive atop the military at a time of mounting tension abroad.
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Amazon Gave Jobs to DOD Staff Working on Cloud Bid, Oracle Lawsuit Says
At least two Pentagon employees were offered jobs at Amazon.com while working on the Defense Department's $10 billion cloud contract, a lawsuit filed by Oracle alleges.
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Head Of Pentagon's Secret 'UFO' Office Wanted To Make Evidence Public
Just before leaving his Defense Department job two months ago, intelligence officer Luis Elizondo quietly arranged to secure the release of three of the most unusual videos in the Pentagon's secret vaults: raw footage from encounters between fighter jets and "anomalous aerial vehicles" - military jargon for UFOs.
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Pentagon Chief Jim Mattis Says NATO Must Finish The Job In Afghanistan
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told NATO allies Thursday they must finish the job in Afghanistan or risk terrorist revenge as the alliance readied a troop increase to counter a resurgent Taliban.
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White House Installs Political Aides At Cabinet Agencies To Monitor Loyalty
The political appointee charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides has offered unsolicited advice so often that after just four weeks on the job, Pruitt has shut him out of many staff meetings, according to two senior administration officials.
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2 Female US Marines Assigned To Infantry
The US Marine Corps is assigning two women to frontline infantry roles, a first for the armed service under new Pentagon rules opening all combat jobs to women.
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As Pentagon Opens Combat Jobs To Women, 'Deep-Seated' Opposition And Checkered Past
Many men in ground combat jobs remain deeply skeptical that combat effectiveness will remain the military's top priority as the integration occurs, according to the documents, which were released just days after Carter's announcement.
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Pentagon Opens All Combat Roles to Women
In a historic transformation of the U.S. military, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday that the Pentagon will open all combat jobs to women.
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Ashton Carter Confirmed as US Defense Secretary
Ashton Carter was confirmed as US secretary of defense Thursday, taking on the job of supervising the war against Islamic State jihadists in the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency.
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US Military's Job 'Not Over' in Afghanistan: Chuck Hagel
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Sunday told US troops in Afghanistan their mission was not over as they shift to a scaled-back role training their Afghan counterparts.
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Ashton Carter Brings Different Outlook to Pentagon Post
The experiences that Ashton Carter would bring to the job of US Secretary of Defense are vastly different from Chuck Hagel's in several important ways, starting with the fact that Carter is an academic and a policy wonk.
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Michele Flournoy Withdraws From Consideration as US Defence Secretary: Report
Michele Flournoy, a former top US Defence Department official widely tipped as a possible replacement for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, has taken herself out of consideration for the job, Foreign Policy Magazine reported on Tuesday.
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Frontrunners Emerge for Top Pentagon Job
A pair of frontrunners have emerged to take charge at the Pentagon after President Barack Obama announced the departure of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
