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Top defense and military officials waded into politics on Wednesday, slamming “anti-LGBTQ” legislation at an official Department of Defense Pride Month event at the Pentagon.

A veteran of the U.S. intelligence community who specialized in tracking UFOs has turned whistleblower, telling Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General that the Department of Defense has in its possession intact and partially intact “non-human” craft.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin lauded the “service, commitment, and sacrifice” of LGBTQ+ troops and personnel in a statement released Thursday to make the beginning of Pride Month.

A planned “child-friendly” drag queen show on Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada has been canceled after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) demanded answers from Pentagon leaders as to why it was happening when they claimed they did not support them on bases.

Gaetz is demanding to know from Austin and Milley why there are still drag queen shows and story hours still happening on military bases.

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) reacted to the Department of Defense overvaluing the amount of aid it has sent to Ukraine by $3 billion by stating that the discovery probably won’t have any material

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) stated that the Biden administration should have notified Congress about the $3 billion overvaluation of Ukraine aid when the error was discovered two months ago, we still don’t actually

Rubio and Daines on Wednesday introduced a bill that would ban the Pentagon from spending taxpayer funds on drag queen performances.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador bragged that the Pentagon asked for permission to track an Asian balloon through Mexican Airspace and he denied it.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott mocked President Joe Biden’s deployment of 1,500 military troops to the border who will have no authority to stop migrant crossings. The Biden administration announced the military would do paperwork and other administrative tasks.

Kash Patel, former chief of staff at the Pentagon and former deputy director of National Intelligence, is suing the Department of Defense (DOD) for “obstructing and infringing” on his right to publish unclassified information in his upcoming book,” according to a complaint exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.

A U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) official said on Tuesday there was no evidence that a mysterious balloon detected off the coast of Hawaii on April 28 belongs to China, or any other hostile foreign power.

Pentagon officials are “quietly cheering” popular conservative media figure Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News, according to a report.

President Joe Biden on Saturday ordered the evacuation of U.S. embassy staff in Khartoum, Sudan, amid worsening fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, a rival paramilitary force.

Pentagon leaders at a meeting on Friday with Western allies supporting Ukraine did not address pessimistic assessments contained in leaked Pentagon documents about the war effort and instead tried to paint an upbeat picture of the coming counteroffensive.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared Thursday in Kyiv, Ukraine, the day before meeting with the defense leaders from the U.S. and other Western nations in Germany, that Russian aggression “must be stopped.”

Senators expressed frustration after receiving a classified briefing from top Biden administration officials on the Pentagon leaks.

A former defense official testified Tuesday that Afghans released into the U.S. had been found in the DOD’s biometrics databases to have emplaced IEDs.

A Department of Defense assessment of locations proposed to build offshore wind farms on the Atlantic coast found several areas to be “highly problematic” due to their proximity to U.S. military training sites, Bloomberg reported on Monday, publishing a Pentagon map of the areas in question.

The Pentagon is not sure how many more leaked documents exist on the internet, its deputy press secretary revealed Monday.

There was at least one additional Chinese spy balloon incident during the Biden administration’s watch, according to leaked classified Pentagon documents obtained by the Washington Post.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) will file a privileged resolution on Monday to force President Joe Biden to reveal how many American troops are deployed in Ukraine, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.

Patel questioned the evolving narrative around the Pentagon leaks and if the 21-year-old Air National Guard reservist acted alone.

The suspected Pentagon leaker, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was arrested on Thursday, according to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The New York Times revealed the name of the leader of an online gaming group where classified Pentagon leaks first reportedly appeared.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) stated that due to lack of competition, defense contractors “can virtually almost charge us anything they want.” And even though contractors often raise the price

The Pentagon appears to be in full damage control mode after the discovery of leaked intelligence that revealed closely guarded details regarding the Ukraine War as well as potentially politically embarrassing assertions about close allies.

A letter from the Missouri Attorney General to Secretary of Defense Gen. Austin inquires about support for transgender medicine among Doctors associated with the DoD. 

A spokesman for the Pentagon has denied that a damaged American “nuclear bomb” patched up with tape has been pictured in the Netherlands.

Although he is taking some shots from Democrats and the media, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) remains committed to his hold on general and flag officer nominations on the U.S. Senate floor over a Biden Defense Department policy that allows military resources to be used for elective abortions.

Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is taking heat from Senate Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), for his hold on general and flag officer nominations on the chamber floor in response to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s policy to allow military resources to be used to provide abortion.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin told House lawmakers during a hearing Wednesday he has “no regrets” on the disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Gaetz grilled Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on drag queen story hours and drag queen shows being hosted at U.S. military bases.

The Biden Pentagon on Thursday defended its recently-established policy to use American taxpayer money to pay for troops’ travel and accommodations when seeking abortions, in response to Republican arguments that it violates the Hyde Amendment.

The Pentagon dismissed the idea of sending advanced U.S. fighter jets to Ukraine in a recent letter to a bipartisan group of senators, saying the move would be cost prohibitive and take too long to be beneficial for Ukrainians as they continue their war with Russia.