Pentagon

U.S. would welcome Japan air patrols in South China Sea

The United States would welcome a move by Japan to extend air patrols into the South China Sea as a ...

Jan 29, 2015 04:27 AM EST

Some counter-terrorism efforts in Yemen frozen for now - U.S. officials

The United States has halted some counter-terrorism operations against al Qaeda militants in Yemen f...

Jan 24, 2015 06:47 AM EST

Lawyer for former Australian Guantanamo detainee says U.S. agrees he is innocent

The United States has agreed that Australian David Hicks, jailed on terrorism charges for five years...

Jan 22, 2015 09:12 PM EST

Five Yemenis transferred from U.S. custody at Guantanamo: Pentagon

The Pentagon transferred five Yemenis held at Guantanamo prison to foreign custody on Wednesday in t...

Jan 15, 2015 04:55 AM EST

Apparent Islamic State backers hack U.S. military Twitter feed

The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the U.S. military command that oversees operations in the Middl...

Jan 12, 2015 07:14 PM EST

U.S. forces 'building pressure' on Islamic State: military chief

U.S. efforts against Islamic State militants in Iraq are "a drumbeat, a steady building pressure" on...

Jan 08, 2015 10:50 PM EST

U.S. sends five Guantanamo prisoners to Kazakhstan for resettlement

Three Yemenis and two Tunisians held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanam...

Dec 31, 2014 12:33 AM EST

U.S. State Department's Guantanamo envoy resigns

The State Department envoy responsible for negotiating prisoner transfers from the U.S. military pri...

Dec 23, 2014 09:47 AM EST

Obama vows 'do everything I can' to close Guantanamo: CNN interview

U.S. president Barack Obama said in a TV interview set for broadcast on Sunday that he will do "ever...

Dec 21, 2014 09:30 PM EST

Obama signs nearly $578 billion defense bill for fiscal 2015

President Barack Obama signed an annual defense policy bill on Friday that authorizes U.S. training ...

Dec 21, 2014 04:06 AM EST

U.S. sends four Guantanamo prisoners home to Afghanistan

Four Afghans held for over a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been s...

Dec 21, 2014 03:28 AM EST

Guantanamo 9/11 hearing to focus on FBI infiltration

FBI efforts to infiltrate defense teams will top the agenda when a U.S. military court hearing for s...

Dec 15, 2014 08:42 AM EST

Psychologist says U.S. Senate's CIA report makes false charges

One of the two psychologists who devised the CIA's harsh Bush-era interrogation methods said on Wedn...

Dec 11, 2014 05:05 AM EST

Obama nominates Ashton Carter for Pentagon chief

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated veteran defense expert Ashton Carter as his defense secre...

Dec 06, 2014 09:32 PM EST

U.S. military sex assault reports up 8 percent: officials

Sexual assaults reported by U.S. military troops rose 8 percent in 2014 amid signs that victims are ...

Dec 04, 2014 06:38 AM EST

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