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Pentagon stories: 223 news summaries

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Russian Cyberattack
Hits US Central Command

Malware targeted combat systems

Nov 28, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Defense Department computers have been hit by a computer virus from Russia, Los Angeles Times reports. Malware has infected large parts of the military system, including Central Command systems and computers used in Iraq and Afghanistan combat zones. The military scrambled to stop the infection and banned the use of... More »

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Russia • Pentagon • hacker • US military • hacking • Central Command

 Pentagon Aims for 
 Target-Seeking Bullet 

'Can't miss' sniper round being developed 

Nov 27, 08 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Pentagon wants to develop a bullet that can change course in midflight to seek its target, Wired reports. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency yesterday committed $22 million to producing the superbullet—"an actively controlled .50 caliber projectile that uses information for real time directional flight control"—... More »

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Pentagon • Lockheed Martin • Army snipers • DARPA • ammunition • guided bullet • Teledyne Scientific & Imaging • advanced technology • secret weapon • ordnance

analysis

Gates, Obama:
Different Parties, Similar Views

Defense secretary wants to close Gitmo, focus on Afghanistan

Nov 27, 08 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Assuming he keeps his job, Robert Gates will have a transformed set of instructions come Jan. 20: Once charged with winning the war in Iraq, the defense secretary will now have to end it. But Gates and Barack Obama have substantial agreements about the nation's military strategy, the New ... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Pentagon • Robert Gates • Department of Defense • Iraq exit strategy • President Obama

 Reports: 
 Gates Will 
 Remain at 
 Pentagon 

'Done deal' that Bush appointee will stay at least 1 year under Obama

Nov 25, 08 3:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Robert Gates will remain in his post as defense secretary at least through the first year of Barack Obama’s administration, reports ABC News. “It’s a done deal,” an anonymous source told the network today. Obama will reportedly unveil his choice of Gates shortly after Thanksgiving, along... More »

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Barack Obama • Pentagon • Donald Rumsfeld • troop surge • Robert Gates • Department of Defense • George HW Bush • transition • George W. Bush • President Obama

 Pentagon Plans 
 Afghan Surge of 20,000 

Commanders say extra 20,000 troops will quell rising Taliban violence

Nov 22, 08 2:24 AM CST
(Newser) - US commanders are drawing up plans to send an extra 20,000 troops to Afghanistan over the next 12 to 18 months, Reuters reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the surge will help reverse the rising violence in the country and safeguard elections planned for next fall. Commanders say the... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pentagon • troop surge • Robert Gates • US military • Afghanistan war

ANALYSIS

Why Gates Should Stay
—and Why He Shouldn't


Nov 21, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Conventional wisdom has it that Barack Obama will ask Robert Gates to keep his post as Secretary of Defense, but there’s no conventional wisdom about how wise that is. “It has more minuses than pluses,” opines one ex-Pentagon official, but others disagree. Some pros and cons:
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Barack Obama • Pentagon • Robert Gates • defense secretary • transition • counter insurgency • defense spending • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • President Obama

Obama Talks to Gates About Staying at Pentagon

Defense Secretary fulfill talk of bipartisan cabinet

Nov 19, 08 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama and Robert Gates are negotiating policy issues with a view toward Gates remaining Defense secretary, the Financial Times reports, a move that would make the Bush appointee a key member of a bipartisan cabinet that resembles Abraham Lincoln's “team of rivals.” Gates, a former CIA chief,... More »

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Barack Obama • military • Pentagon • Republican • Donald Rumsfeld • Cabinet • Robert Gates • defense secretary • bipartisanship • President Obama

Military Recruitment Up
Amid Job Crisis 

Pending Iraq withdrawal also increasing appeal

Nov 19, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - More young people are considering joining the military as civilian jobs dry up and the US begins to prepare plans to withdraw from Iraq, reports USA Today. After years of difficulty finding recruits, a Pentagon survey shows a jump from 9% to 11% in the number of 16- to 20-year-old ... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • US military • recruitment • US economy • financial crisis

 Military Launches 'TroopTube' 

Aimed at troops banned from YouTube

Nov 12, 08 3:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The Pentagon has opened an alternative internet site to YouTube for military personnel who are banned from using the popular video-sharing network, reports the San Francisco Business Times. The new "TroopTube" is an approved site where service men and woman and their families can post and view videos. Strict... More »

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Pentagon • YouTube • David Petraeus • US military • TroopTube • Military OneSource

Obama Likely
to Keep Gates
at Defense

But Bush secretary opposes setting a timeline to leave Iraq

Nov 11, 08 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is considering asking Robert Gates to stay on as defense secretary, advisers tell the Wall Street Journal. Gates, considered a competent and nonpartisan pragmatist, was brought on to patch things up after Donald Rumsfeld’s tenure at the Pentagon. But while Gates, like Obama, supports an increased presence... More »

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Barack Obama • Pentagon • Robert Gates • Department of Defense • President Obama

Obama Must Slash Defense Budget: Study

New equipment likely to take hit as Pentagon seeks to build forces

Nov 10, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Between the financial crisis, galloping budget deficits, and shifting military priorities, a Pentagon advisory group is warning that the military's current budget is “not sustainable,” and the new administration will have to choose where to make cuts, the Boston Globe reports. Weapons projects that are already billions over... More »

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Pentagon • military spending • financial crisis • President Obama

Secret Directive Lets US Attack Up to 20 Nations

Rumsfeld order in '04 allowed peacetime strikes on al-Qaeda

Nov 10, 08 6:26 AM CST
(Newser) - The American military has conducted almost a dozen secret attacks against al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Syria, Pakistan, and other nations since 2004, the New York Times reveals. The strikes were carried out under a classified order signed by Donald Rumsfeld that gave sweeping powers to let the military... More »

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Pentagon • Donald Rumsfeld • US military • counterterrorism • defense secretary • airstrike • al-Qaeda

Silver Screen's Ray Guns Become Battlefield Reality

Ground troops testing laser weapons, tagged for missile-defense systems, too

Nov 2, 08 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Ray guns aren't just for Flash Gordon anymore, the Economist reports. The US military and defense contractors are experimenting with “directed energy” weapons systems on the battlefield and in labs, most of which help troops zap unexploded bombs and incoming fire. One model, the Zeus, is designed to more... More »

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military • Pentagon • ray gun • laser • weapons • Energy weapons

Pentagon Will Keep Extending Soldiers' Tours

Military will deny exit to some 12K a month through 2009

Oct 27, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soldiers are likely to face involuntary extensions of combat duty throughout 2009, USA Today reports, despite repeated Pentagon promises to rely less on the practice. Roughly 12,000 soldiers are hit with “stop loss”—which forces them to stay in the Army after their commitment has expired—each... More »

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Pentagon • Robert Gates • John Murtha • US military • Department of Defense • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Stop-Loss

 Petraeus Panel 
 to Rethink Iraq, 
 Afghan Strategy 

General assembles brain trust for 100-day review of regional efforts

Oct 16, 08 2:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gen. David Petraeus is assembling a panel of experts to carefully reconsider US strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as Pakistan, Iran and the surrounding region, reports the Washington Post. He's recruiting a handpicked brain trust of advisers from the private sector, State Department and Pentagon. The group will... More »

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Iraq • Taliban • Pentagon • Pakistan • David Petraeus • State Department • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Joint Strategic Assessment Team • Shuja Nawaz • Ahmed Rashid • Clare Lockhart • Institute for State Effectiveness

Joint Chiefs Head Calls for Wider PTSD Screening

Post Traumatic Stress a 'bigger problem than we realize,' says chief

Oct 13, 08 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every member of the US military should undergo screening for post-traumatic stress disorder upon returning from combat in Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has recommended. As many as 1 of every 5 returning combat vets suffers from mental health problems, USA Today reports. "I... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • Joint Chiefs of Staff • Adm. Mike Mullen • Department of Defense • US Army • Marine • Iraq war • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder • Center for Military Health Policy Research

 Judge Orders 17
 Gitmo Inmates Freed

Major blow to White House as judge refers to nation's 'founding principle'

Oct 8, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a huge blow to the Bush administration a federal judge has ordered the immediate release of 17 Chinese Muslims who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for seven years, reports the Washington Post. He said the men must be released to volunteer Uighur families by Friday for possible resettlement... More »

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Pentagon • Department of Justice • Muslims • Guantanamo Bay • Department of Homeland Security • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

Pentagon Seeks $15.2B Fighter Sale to Israel

US maker Lockheed Martin still developing next-generation jet

Sep 30, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(AP) - The Defense Department said today it wants to sell up to 75 fighter jets to Israel in a $15.2 billion deal for the aircraft expected to be the mainstay of air power in the US and several other nations for decades. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said it notified... More »

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Israel • Pentagon • fighter jet • Lockheed Martin • F-35 • arms sales • F-16 • Defense Security Cooperation Agency

 US Arms Sales Skyrocket 

Some fear sparking 'arms race'

Sep 14, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to arm allies and contain countries like Iran and North Korea, the Bush Administration has significantly stepped up international weapons sales, the New York Times reports. The Defense Department will sell or transfer $32 billion in arms this year, particularly in the Middle East, compared to $12 billion two... More »

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Pentagon • US military • Department of Defense • arms race • Lockheed Martin • weapons • arms exports

 9/11 Memorial a 
 Testament to Family Grit 

Kins' determined efforts saw project though

Sep 11, 08 2:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first national memorial to the victims of 9/11 will be dedicated at the Pentagon today and it was the hard work of grieving families who made it possible, the Washington Post writes. Funding assumptions in the aftermath of the tragic attacks fell apart by the time construction began—and... More »

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Pentagon • September 11 • memorial • 9/11 attacks

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