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The Navy admiral who reportedly issued orders for the U.S. military to fire upon survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat gave classified briefings to lawmakers. Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defence secretary, has been criticized this week over the boat strikes, as well as for an earlier controversy in which he communicated over an unsecured app. CBC | ...
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U.S. Pentagon investigating Democrat senator for video urging troops to defy ‘illegal orders’
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders. CBC | World News
Read More »A House of Dynamite movie accuracy disputed by Pentagon
A House of Dynamite’s accuracy has been disputed by the Pentagon over a major plot point, but experts have hit back. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed
Read More »Pentagon reporters turn in their access badges rather than bend to new government rules
Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. The U.S. government has called the new rules “common sense.” CBC | World News
Read More »Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new rules
News outlets were nearly unanimous in rejecting new rules imposed by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Pentagon ends weeks-long deployment of U.S. Marines to Los Angeles
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Read More »Pentagon strips activist Harvey Milk’s name from Navy ship in latest diversity purge
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a Second World War sailor who received the Medal of Honor, stripping the ship of the name of a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean War. CBC | World News
Read More »Pentagon sends fighter jets to protect top secret UK-US base
The secretive joint UK-US base is on the biggest island in the remote Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth shared sensitive Yemen war plans in second Signal chat: source
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump ousts top military leader in latest Pentagon upheaval
U.S. President Donald Trump fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as the administration makes sweeping changes to the top military ranks. Brown’s public support of Black Lives Matter had made him fodder for the administration’s wars against ‘wokeism’ in the military. ...
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