The Pentagon&#39;s Troubling Role
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arely two months before the presidential vote, Missouri&#39;s secretary of state has suddenly announced that he will allow military voters from his state - one of the most pivotal in the election - to e-mail ballots from combat zones to the Defense Department
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The Pentagon is still struggling to get a handle on the unprecedented number of contractors now helping run the nation's wars, losing millions of dollars because it is unable to monitor industry workers stationed in far-flung locations, according to a congressional report.
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The Pentagon&#39;s investigation into the actions of a former Air Force official who admitted giving preferential treatment to Boeing Co.
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What the Bush administration had hoped would be a triumphant achievement is clouded by doubts, even within the Pentagon, about whether a missile defense system that is on its way to costing more than $100 billion will work.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday that the mission of private security contractors guarding individuals in Iraq is fundamentally at odds with the broader U.S. military objective of stabilizing Iraq, and that changes would be required to reconcile them.
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The Pentagon says the political uproar over the disclosure of a secret military intelligence group is overblown and based on misinformation about the group's makeup and mission.
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The turf war over control of intelligence spending pits the Pentagon and its Capitol Hill allies against advocates of a new national intelligence director, according to lawmakers and staff aides.
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Critics say the top ranks of commanders are filled with "Rumsfeld men." Now the man who replaced Rumsfeld, Robert Gates, must decide how many need to be replaced
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The U.S. Congress is investigating  the military's expanding intelligence role to see if the  Pentagon is meeting its legal obligation to inform lawmakers of  its activities, congressional officials said on Friday.
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The Pentagon, mindful of potential  threats to U.S. security emerging from Africa, is considering  creating a new military command responsible for the continent,  defense officials said on Wednesday.
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For a U.S. military increasingly dependent on sophisticated satellites for communicating, gathering intelligence and guiding missiles, the possibility that those space-based systems could come under attack has become a growing worry -- and the perceived need to defend them ever more urgent. And...
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Senator Norm Coleman says he&#39;s &quot;deeply troubled&quot; about whether the Pentagon has done enough to provide armored vehicles to troops in Iraq.
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Pentagon assessment says long tours keep military from improving ability to respond to new crisis.
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The secretary of defense is under increasing fire over his curt response to a soldier&#39;s question. BY DREW BROWN. WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has always been a lightning rod for controversy
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Frictions between US diplomats and military officials add to on-the-ground woes as surge begins.
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An examination of cases of fatal domestic violence and child abuse indicate wartime pressures have complicated the Pentagonâs efforts to change their current system.
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WASHINGTON -- The government&#39;s top Defense and intelligence officials urged caution Tuesday in overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence hierarchy in response to a damning report from the 9/11 Commission.