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Two defense officials told CNN that the Pentagon will imminently unveil a new task force specifically investigating military UFO sightings.

For all its energy and bravado, the left’s vaunted efforts to block Trump’s construction of the border wall have largely been a failure.

Trump appointed Tata to a senior policy role, after Senate Democrats and Republicans fought his nomination into the top policy job.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced at a Pentagon briefing Wednesday that approximately 11,900 United States troops will leave Germany, reducing the U.S. troop presence from approximately 36,000 to 24,000.

Trump tweeted Friday morning that Inhofe (R-OK) “will not” be changing the names of military bases named after Confederate generals.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday touted securing the support of half of the Senate Democrats for his amendment to defund the Pentagon by 10 percent and invest in “distressed communities” instead.

Esper issued guidance on Friday that effectively banned the public display of the Confederate flag on Pentagon properties.

Newly released records appear to show that many Silicon Valley companies including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have thousands of previously-unreported contracts with the U.S. military and law enforcement, including ICE and the FBI.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth said she will continue to hold 1,123 military promotions until she gets answers on Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s promotion.

Department of Defense officials are said to be drafting a policy that would ban the display of the Confederate flag in Pentagon work environments.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced Thursday that she would block the promotions of 1,123 senior military officers until Defense Secretary Mark Esper promises that he will promote Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who is believed to have communicated with the “whistleblower” that sparked Trump’s impeachment.

The Trump administration recently appointed Simone Ledeen as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, the first woman in the position for at least 10 years.

Republicans are backing Trump against allegations a Russian intelligence unit offered bounties to the Taliban for troops in Afghanistan.

Media outlets have pounced on old, controversial tweets from Tata. However, these same outlets have ignored controversial remarks from Biden.

The generals supported Trump when he enabled them to fight and win, now they attack him for upending their status quo of control.

Esper on Friday ordered National Guard troops in Washington, DC, to disarm and wear soft caps instead of helmets, an official said.

McEnany voiced tepid support for Esper, after he stated Wednesday that he did not support invoking the Insurrection Act.

Trump is not happy with Defense Secretary Mark Esper for comments opposing using active-duty military forces to quell violent riots.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters at a briefing Wednesday morning that he was not aware he would be accompanying President Trump to St. John’s church for a “photo op” on Monday.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Pentagon takes rare step of putting military police on alert to go to embattled Minneapolis.

Concerns about China acquiring the DNA of American service members prompted the Pentagon to issue an advisory late last year.

Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a defense intelligence veteran and former Trump National Security Council aide, is headed back to the Pentagon to serve as deputy assistant secretary of defense for counternarcotics and global threats.

The Department of Defense enacted a new policy medically disqualifying potential recruits who have been hospitalized for COVID-19.

The Pentagon has approved 30,000 more military families to go ahead with their move to a location due to new assignments.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday slammed Senate Democrats who penned a public letter on April 27 accusing the Pentagon of slow and disjointed efforts to protect the military from coronavirus.

Pentagon calls on China to allow the international community access to early coronavirus patients, researchers, and scientists.

The Pentagon has stayed silent on why it gave a multimillion-dollar contract to a firm that sent U.S. taxpayer money to a lab in Wuhan.

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) told Breitbart News this weekend that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would rather investigate President Donald Trump again than focus on the actual origins of the Chinese coronavirus and U.S. tax dollars that went to the Wuhan Institute of Virology from which intelligence officials increasingly believe the virus leaked.

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) is investigating a multimillion-dollar Pentagon biological warfare research grant that went to a New York firm that sent taxpayer money to a lab in Wuhan, China, from which U.S. intelligence officials believe the COVID-19 coronavirus, which is plaguing the world, may have leaked.

Grenell shoots down more media reports claiming the intelligence community gave President Trump an early warning about the coronavirus.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper is deciding whether to take the Navy’s recommendation to reinstate Navy Capt. Brett Crozier as the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt — the aircraft carrier that was sidelined in Guam with a coronavirus outbreak — after the service concluded its investigation into his actions on Friday.

The Pentagon said Trump’s tweet instructing the Navy to shoot down and destroy gunboats from Iran harassing its ships “important.”

Pentagon leaders on Wednesday at a briefing laid out plans for testing troops for the coronavirus while remaining operational.

The Navy said it is “fully aware” and remains “operationally ready” in response to a Chinese deployment of a carrier strike group.

Defense officials said they are seeing a “surge” in spear phishing related to the coronavirus pandemic, as more people telework from home.

The Pentagon said an ABC News report that said a military intelligence unit wrote a report on the coronavirus in November is not accurate.