Patriot Paradox

AFP – Top US military chiefs on Wednesday vowed “zero tolerance” for sexual assaults in the ranks, amid a lawsuit from current and former soldiers charging the Pentagon grossly neglects the issue. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – The Pentagon’s top civilian and military leaders implored Congress Wednesday not to cut too deeply into military spending, plunging into a heated political debate over how to curtail defense costs without imperiling U.S. strategic interests at a time the military is fighting two wars. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – President Barack Obama sent Congress a $671 billion defense budget on Monday with $13 billion in program cancellations and a smaller war budget that drew immediate fire from a divided Congress. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The Pentagon on Monday proposed a reduced defense budget for the first time since the September 11 attacks, finding savings in the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The Pentagon on Monday proposed a reduced defense budget for the first time since the September 11 attacks, finding savings in the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US military paid 285 billion dollars over three years to hundreds of military contractors that defrauded the Pentagon over the same stretch of time, a US senator charged Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US military paid 285 billion dollars over three years to hundreds of military contractors that defrauded the Pentagon over the same stretch of time, a US senator charged Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said his “lips are sealed” when it comes to exactly when he plans to step down as Pentagon chief. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said his “lips are sealed” when it comes to exactly when he plans to step down as Pentagon chief. Read the rest of this entry »

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