Vance ‘unsure’ if Pentagon will proceed with execution livestream
Vice President JD Vance said on Friday he does not know whether the Pentagon will carry out its plan to livestream the execution by firing squad of the former US ...
UN calls US plans to livestream execution ‘abhorrent’
The United Nations on Friday called US plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, “abhorrent” and said ...
Pentagon revives testosterone testing for US troops
The Pentagon is reinstituting a mandatory testing program for testosterone deficiency among US service members age 30 and older, a spokesperson said on Thursday, bringing back a program that medical experts ...
Hegseth says reports about poor conditions aboard carrier are misrepresented
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that reports about poor conditions aboard aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East were “completely misrepresented.”
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Pentagon cites ‘urgency’ of Iran war as defence budget scrutiny intensifies
The United States defence secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers the Pentagon’s proposed $1.5 trillion budget reflects “the urgency of the moment” amid the ongoing war with Iran, as he faced ...
US objectives in Iran have not changed, Hegseth says
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that the United States’ objectives in the war against Iran have not changed since strikes started on February 28.
The United States ...
US has a history of war against Iran and killing innocent civilians
In war truth is the first casualty except for the US war on Iran on February 28, when the first casualties were primary school girls killed in their classrooms in southern ...
WAR ON DRUGS
Pentagon faces legal questions after video shows second strike on shipwrecked drug-suspects
When the U.S. military carried out its first strike against a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on September 2, the attack began with an airburst munition exploding above the 11...
Lawmakers split along party lines after viewing Caribbean strike video
U.S. lawmakers split along party lines after being briefed on Thursday on a strike against a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, with Democrats saying they were horrified by ...
US strikes in Caribbean, Pacific leave over 60 dead as calls mount for investigations
The U.S. has reported carrying out 13 strikes since September on vessels near the Venezuelan coast and more recently, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing more than 60 people, according to ...
Pentagon watchdog opens probe into use of Signal for Yemen attack plans
The Pentagon’s Inspector General’s office announced on Thursday it was opening a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of an unclassified commercial texting application to coordinate ...
By the grace of God we’re not mourning dead pilots’: US lawmakers slam Signal defense leak
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted about plans to kill a Houthi militant leader in Yemen two hours before a military operation meant to be shrouded in secrecy, according to screenshots ...