USA. Here’s what’s in the $886 billion defense bill
By Tami Luhby, CNN Updated 11:22 AM EST, Thu December 14, 2023 US service members would get a big raise under the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024.Andrew Craft/Getty […]
US, coalition forces attacked 10 times in Iraq, 3 times in Syria: Pentagon
Pentagon says response to attacks on US forces in Iraq, Syria would be ‘at a time and place of our choosing’ Rabia İclal Turan |24.10.2023 – Update : 24.10.2023 […]
PROFITS OF WAR: CORPORATE BENEFICIARIES OF THE POST-9/11 PENTAGON SPENDING SURGE
PAPERS Pentagon spending has totaled over $14 trillion since the start of the war in Afghanistan, with one-third to one-half of the total going to military contractors. A large portion […]
How the world’s superpower is stabbed in the back
60 MINUTES OVERTIME How the Pentagon falls victim to price gouging by military contractors BY ALIZA CHASAN MAY 21, 2023 / 7:00 PM / CBS NEWS go to source for video […]
Russia’s Plan A in Ukraine failed. Here’s what Plan B could look like
April 11, 2022 https://www.npr.org/people/348766539/greg-myre GREG MYRE Ukrainians in the eastern city of Kharkiv take shelter in a basement on Sunday. The city, which is close to the Russian border, has […]
State Dept, Pentagon are concealing Afghanistan data, says U.S. watchdog
This content was published on October 30, 2021 – 00:19October 30, 2021 – 00:19 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan’s former government and military and the […]
U.S. offers payments, relocation to family of Afghans killed in botched drone attack
This content was published on October 16, 2021 By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed in a […]
The Pentagon completed its second audit. What did it find?
By: Aaron Mehta and Jen Judson November 16, 2019 The Pentagon’s audit continues to churn through the department’s inventory. (U.S. Army photo by Jason W. Edwards) WASHINGTON — For […]
Drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan continuing – Pentagon
May 15, 2020 – swissinfo.ch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is continuing its drawdown of troops from Afghanistan and is expected to meet a timeline that had been agreed upon with the Taliban earlier this year, the Pentagon said on Friday. “That is still going forward. We expect to […]
The National Debt Is ‘Unsustainable’ and the Pentagon’s Finances Are a Total Mess, Federal Audit Says
“Absent policy changes, the federal government continues to face an unsustainable long-term fiscal path,” America’s top auditor warns. But is anyone listening? Eric Boehm | 2.28.2020 The federal government’s books […]
Islamic State Baghdadi raid video released as US general warns of Isis reprisal attacks
General Kenneth McKenzie says Isis will remain a threat as he shows footage of raid on leader’s Syria hideout Julian Borger in Washington Wed 30 Oct 2019 Pentagon […]
John Bolton: the man driving the US towards war … any war
Donald Trump’s national security adviser is stoking tensions with North Korea, Iran and Venezuela, in line with decades of taking the most hawkish position on any given issue Julian Borger […]
Pentagon ‘concerned’ after Turkey reveals secret locations of US bases in Syria
Agence France-Presse July 19, 2017 The Pentagon has voiced concerns to Turkey after the NATO ally’s state news agency disclosed the locations of 10 US military posts in northern Syria, an official said Wednesday. The Anadolu Agency (AA) on Monday published a report detailing the military facilities’ whereabouts and, in some […]
Donald Trump’s extravagant trip to Saudi Arabia is a desperately-needed distraction from his crisis at home
The events planned for the President’s summits in Riyadh are pretentious and reek of hypocrisy. There’s even one dedicated to Twitter – in a nation that locks up anyone who uses […]
Trump gives Pentagon power to reset Iraq, Syria troop limits
Reuters International APR 27, 2017 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has given the military the authority to reset a confusing […]
It’s time America explored how to end the multiple wars it has helped cause since 2001, rather than dropping more bombs
Source: Independent Moan about Trump all you like, but his approach to Syria was always much more realistic than Hillary Clinton’s. ‘You are fighting Syria, Syria is fighting Isis, and you have to get rid of Isis,’ he said during his election campaign. ‘Now we’re backing rebels against Syria, and […]
Trump’s defence chief, in Iraq, says – We’re not here for your oil
Reuters International FEB 20, 2017 – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (L) receives a gift from Iraq’s Defence Minister Erfan al-Hiyali during a visit to Baghdad, Iraq February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) By Phil Stewart BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The U.S. military is not in Iraq “to seize anybody’s oil”, […]
Did the Pentagon Cook the Books on Its Afghanistan Intel?
EXCLUSIVE Did the Pentagon Cook the Books on Its Afghanistan Intel? The military has been accused of fudging the numbers in the fight against the Islamic State. Congress wants to know if it did with the Taliban too. BY DAN DE LUCE NOVEMBER 19, 2015 DAN.DELUCE @DANDELUCE Lawmakers are probing […]
Staying in Afghanistan Is a Recipe for More Terrorism
Anthony W. Orlando HUFFINGTON POST Lecturer in the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Los Angeles Barack Obama is daring the terrorists. He’s standing in their front yard. He’s calling them out. Of course, that’s not how it’s reported. “U.S. ‘nowhere near’ decision to pull all troops […]
Behind the Pentagon’s doctored ledgers, a running tally of epic waste
Part 2: For two decades, the U.S. military has been unable to submit to an audit, flouting federal law and concealing waste and fraud totaling billions of dollars LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania – Linda Woodford spent the last 15 years of her career inserting phony numbers in the U.S. […]