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December 20, 2015

Pentagon to review claims US soldiers killed during search for Bergdahl

The Pentagon said Monday it is reviewing allegations that U.S. soldiers were killed in the course of the years-long search for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released over the weekend by his Taliban captors.

December 20, 2015

Hagel arrives in Afghanistan, says Bergdahl's life was in jeopardy

Hagel defended the Pentagon from criticism for not giving Congress a 30-day notice of the exchange of five detainees from the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in exchange for Bergdahl by saying that officials believed that the soldier's life was in danger. 

December 20, 2015

Former Vice President Cheney calls Hagel's proposed Army cuts 'absolutely devastating'

Cheney told Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ’ Sean Hannity the proposed cuts, which would shrink the Army to its smallest size since just before the U.S. entered World War II, would have a devastating impact on the ability of future presidents to deal with future crises.

December 20, 2015

Hagel calls for shrinking Army to pre-WWII size

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Monday for shrinking the U.S. Army to its smallest size in decades, along with other cuts, drawing criticism that the drastic changes will hurt U.S. security.

December 20, 2015

US military to unveil plan to cut personnel costs

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is set Monday to recommend a limit on military pay raises, higher fees for health-care benefits and less generous housing allowances to prune billions of dollars in benefits from the defense budget, setting up an election-year confrontation with veterans groups and lawmakers.

December 20, 2015

Hagel again misstates administration policy on Iran nukes

Defense Department officials acknowledged to Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, while speaking to a Jewish congregation at a Maryland synagogue on Tuesday, appeared to have misstated the administration's policy on Iran -- by saying the country should not be allowed the "capacity" to develop a nuclear weapon.

December 20, 2015

Hagel orders reviews of nuclear forces amid cheating allegations

Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters Wednesday the first review will be conducted by the Joint Staff and the second will be an independent review conducted by two retired military officers

December 20, 2015

Hagel ordering full review of nuclear force

A defense official says Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is going to summon the military's most senior leaders to the Pentagon to discuss serious missteps, leadership lapses and personnel problems in the U.S. nuclear force.

December 20, 2015

Pentagon relaxes rules on religious apparel, facial hair

The Pentagon on Wednesday relaxed its rules governing the religious apparel and facial hair that troops can wear or maintain while in uniform, permitting in some cases tattoos, body piercings and other religious items.

December 20, 2015

Officials probe if Marines burned corpses for hygienic reasons

Military officials are considering whether Marines who allegedly burned insurgents' corpses in Fallujah in 2004 did so for hygienic reasons.