The Pentagon press secretary on Monday said he was unaware of any communications between the White House and the Defense Department about making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for troops, just days after National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said it was something the Pentagon was “looking at” doing.
The Pentagon is looking into better screening recruits’ and service members’ social media as part of its effort to get rid of “extremism” in the United States military, according to a recent memo from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Soldiers and civilians must present vaccine cards to prove they have been fully vaccinated before entering dining and exercise facilities on at least one Army base in what some soldiers and spouses see as increasing pressure to get a vaccine that is not mandatory.
The Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris “has made very clear her respect and admiration” for the military after she received flak for not returning salutes by the Air Force honor guard welcoming her aboard Air Force Two.
The Pentagon confirmed HHS has requested help from the DOD to house unaccompanied minors coming from south of the United States border.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday demanded a meeting with the Commandant for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) over the political attacks on Fox News Host Tucker Carlson.
The Pentagon’s attack on Fox News and Tucker Carlson suggests that the Biden administration is willing to use the military as a political weapon.
The National Guard Bureau Chief reportedly opposed keeping National Guard troops at the Capitol but was overridden by Defense Secretary Austin.
The Pentagon Tuesday evening announced Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s approval of a request by U.S. Capitol Police for a two-month extension of National Guard troops through May 23.
The Pentagon called the most recent rocket attacks on an Iraqi base where U.S. forces are stationed “a troubling development” but said there is no desire for escalation.
President Joe Biden ordered his first military airstrikes on Thursday, targeting “multiple facilities” used by by Iranian-backed militia groups in eastern Syria, according to the Pentagon.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby stated that the plan is to have National Guard troops in the capital region until the middle of March and stated that there were internal
A senior enlisted leader at a unit in charge of training Army Special Forces recently warned soldiers not to wear or post “extremist logos.”
The Pentagon announced a sweeping review of all of its advisory committees due to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s concern over last minute Trump appointees.
The Biden Pentagon indicated recently it may depart from the Trump administration’s peace agreement with the Taliban.
The left-wing media spread inaccurate accounts about President Donald Trump’s visit to Iraq where troops with MAGA hats greeted him.
Thursday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” network Military and Diplomatic analyst retired Rear Admiral John Kirby, who served as the spokesman for the State Department and the Department of Defense during the Obama administration, said President Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving call to the
The vaunted “echo chamber” that President Barack Obama’s aide Ben Rhodes created to sell the Iran deal was quiet on Monday, in the aftermath of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s revelations of new intelligence proving that Iran had lied to the world about its nuclear weapons program.
On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” CNN Military and Diplomatic Analyst and former State Department Spokesperson and Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) argued President Trump’s Davos speech had “a very small, I think, almost mean outlook,” on immigration. Kirby said, “I
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” CNN Military and Diplomatic Analyst Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.), who served as Spokesperson for the State Department and the Department of Defense during the Obama administration, stated that he is bothered that
State Department spokesman John Kirby and Associated Press (AP) reporter Brad Klapper clashed Wednesday in several testy exchanges about the Obama administration’s Syria policy.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” State Department Spokesperson Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) stated that the failure in Syria “is not on the leadership of the United States, or even other members of the international community.” Kirby said, “[I]t’s
Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” State Department spokesman John Kirby denied the allegation of a “quid pro quo” between the FBI and the State Department involving Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email while she was secretary of
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” State Department Spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) stated, “I wouldn’t debate the fact that there’s the potential for ISIS terrorists to try to insert themselves,” among Syrian refugees, and
Contents: Warplanes target and bomb humanitarian aid convoy near Aleppo in Syria; Led by the US, more people are openly expressing total disgust with Bashar al-Assad’s depravity
On Saturday night, a 20-year-old man was shot and killed while playing Pokemon Go in San Francisco’s Aquatic Park.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” State Department Spokesperson Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) stated that the $400 million secretly airlifted to Iran at the time Iran was releasing US prisoners was giving not a ransom, and
The State Department continues to hold off on administrative evaluation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of sensitive information. During a Tuesday press conference, Spokesman John Kirby repeatedly asserted that the department is not “lax” with classified information but would not weigh in on the FBI’s determination that “there is evidence of potential violations” by Clinton.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement declared a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed to death a 13-year-old Israeli-American girl while she was sleeping in her bed to be a “martyr.”
The U.S.-backed Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in northern Syria is aligned with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a terrorist organization, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told a Senate panel, echoing Turkey’s position on the relationship between the two groups.
