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Obama Sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA

WASHINGTON -- In a major national security reshuffle, President Barack Obama is sending CIA Director Leon Panetta to the Pentagon to replace Robert Gates, a widely praised Bush holdover, and replacing Panetta at the spy agency with Gen. David Petraeus, the high-profile commander of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Obama's...

Pentagon Inquiry Clears McChrystal of Wrongdoing

WASHINGTON -- A Pentagon inquiry into a Rolling Stone magazine profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to his dismissal as the top US commander in Afghanistan has cleared him of wrongdoing. The probe's results released Monday also called into question the accuracy of the magazine's report last June, which quoted...

Unmanned US Aircraft Shoots, Kills Two US Soldiers [VIDEO]

No Death Benefits for Military During Shutdown

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon says a government shutdown would delay the $100,000 death benefit paid to families if a military service member dies in the line of duty during the shutdown. Families would get the money eventually, after the government re-opens. A Pentagon official says if a shutdown ends by next Tuesday the...

House GOP Plans Third Stopgap Bill to Avoid Shutdown

WASHINGTON -- With budget talks deadlocked, House Republicans readied a weeklong bill to cut spending by as much as $12 billion while averting a government shutdown threatened for Friday, officials disclosed Monday night. The measure also would include enough money to operate the Defense Department through the Sept. 30...

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05/18/12 Air Force announces officer assignments Source: AirForceTimes.com Maj. Gen. Jay G. Santee will be deputy director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va. Santee is principal director, strategic capabilities, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Strategic Capabilities), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Pentagon, Washington.
05/17/12 US to Send Large Combat Brigade Throughout Africa Source: Antiwar.com A brigade of U.S. combat troops will soon be assigned to the Pentagon's Africa Command to be sent to countries around the continent to train indigenous state security forces and participate in military exercises.
05/16/12 Construction Begins On Sanford Pentagon Source: CBS - KELO - Sioux Falls SD Construction is officially underway for the Sanford Pentagon west of the Sioux Falls Airport.
05/16/12 Pentagon to assign Army brigade to Africa to do... Source: FOX News Army leaders say a combat brigade will be assigned to the Pentagon's Africa Command next year in a pilot program that will send small teams of soldiers to countries around the continent to do training and participate in military exercises.
05/13/12 Data-sharing could be game-changer for DoD Source: Federal Times With $600 billion in planned Defense Department budget cuts over the next decade, and another $500 billion if the congressional sequestration holds, it is worth considering how DoD plans to enact such massive savings.