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May 3, 2016

Carter sends message to Moscow: US ready to 'defend our allies'

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in Germany to usher in a new U.S. military commander for Europe, used the opportunity Tuesday to send a blunt warning to Moscow not to provoke the NATO alliance 鈥� after recent encounters in the air and on the high seas.

May 2, 2016

Hagel says he OK鈥檇 plan to strike Damascus after 'red line;' Obama told him stand down

Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel revealed in an extensive interview published Friday that he had approved plans to strike Damascus with Tomahawk cruise missiles after Syria鈥檚 Bashar al-Assad crossed the 鈥渞ed line鈥� by using chemical weapons 鈥� but President Obama told him to stand down.

May 2, 2016

Top House lawmaker urges IG review of Carter email use

The head of the House Armed Services Committee called Thursday for an inspector general review of Defense Secretary Ash Carter鈥檚 use of personal email at the Pentagon, a practice revealed overnight and which Carter has called a mistake.

May 2, 2016

Blimp fiasco renews criticism of costly military surveillance program

A multi-billion dollar military trial balloon came down with a thud, literally, this week, leaving behind a path of wreckage and, perhaps, any hope of getting the 17-year-old air surveillance program off the ground.

May 2, 2016

Obama says Iran and President Assad represent Russia's entire coalition in Syria

President Obama, addressing Russian intervention in Syria at a White House press conference, said Tuesday Iran and Syria President Bashar Assad represented Russia's entire coalition "and the rest of the world makes up ours."

May 2, 2016

Carter: Russian strikes will 鈥榠nflame鈥� Syrian war, likely targeted non-ISIS areas

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, visibly frustrated at Russia's air campaign over Syria, warned Wednesday that while he's taking "the Russians at their word" about their intentions in the country, he thinks the strikes will "backfire" and only serve to "inflame" the civil war.

May 2, 2016

DoD accused of ducking Afghan child abuse controversy with 'lawyer-speak'

The Defense Department has responded to mounting allegations that U.S. soldiers were told to ignore Afghan troops abusing children by insisting there was "no such policy" at the time.聽But lawmakers and those who served in Afghanistan suggest that the Pentagon is leaning on semantics.

May 2, 2016

Russian jets on ground in Syria, as Carter speaks to Moscow counterpart

Russian fighter jets are on the ground in Syria, Pentagon officials told 樱桃视频, in the latest escalation of Moscow鈥檚 military build-up there -- as the Obama administration seeks answers from the Putin government on their intentions. 聽

May 2, 2016

High-ranking Al Qaeda official killed in Afghanistan air strike

A high-ranking Al Qaeda commander was killed earlier this month by a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday.

May 2, 2016

Carter, in Iraq, told 3,000 newly trained Iraqis joining Ramadi fight against ISIS

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, during an unannounced visit to Iraq on Thursday, heard some badly needed encouragement regarding the fight against the Islamic State -- with advisers telling him 3,000 newly installed, coalition-trained Iraqi forces have joined the fight to retake Ramadi and are seeing some success.