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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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02/06/12 Top senators question Pentagon move on fighter jet Source: NBC - Wave 3 - Louisville KY The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee are suggesting that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta rushed a decision to develop the Marine Corps version of the next generation strike fighter jet.
02/03/12 Obama's Pentagon cuts assailed by Republicans Source: The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA President Obama's plan to pare down the U.S. military, unveiled Thursday, immediately became a major issue in the 2012 presidential campaign, opening one of the president's strongest assets -- his foreign policy and national security record -- to Republican opponents who argue he is diluting America's strength abroad.
01/30/12 Did Pentagon clarifies Panetta's remarks? Source: allvoices Press Secretary of Pentagon, George Little said in the interview, which quoted Mr. Panetta as making this claim was old and the US was uncertain about the presence of Osama in Pakistan at the time of the interview.
01/28/12 Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb Source: The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTONâPentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb isn't yet capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, and are stepping up efforts to make it more powerful, according to U.S. officials briefed on the plan.
01/26/12 Pentagon: Army, Marines to shrink as budget slows Source: The Hour - Norwalk CT The Pentagon outlined a plan Thursday for slowing the growth of military spending, including cutting the size of the Army and Marine Corps, retiring older planes and trimming war costs.