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  1. Report: After 8 Years of Obama, Depletion of Navy's Aircraft will take Years to Recover https://redstate.com/prevaila/2017/02/07/report-8-years-obama-depletion-navys-aircraft-will-take-years-recover-n67475
    On January 31, he laid out a three phase plan which included a Pentagon submission for a 2017 budget amendment request.…
  2. BREAKING. Secretary Of the Army Nominee Is Out But Is There More To the Story? https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/02/04/breaking-secretary-army-designate-vincent-viola-withdraws-nomination-n67383
    . … A former Pentagon official and close friend said Mr. … (I say “we think” because I just noted that this article, Mattis clashing with Trump transition team over Pentagon staffing, is by … Perhaps the Pentagon lawyers had no reason to try all that hard because the SecDef wasn’t all that crazy about the pick to begin with…
  3. Trump's Putin Fan Boys Are Upset At US Army Deployments To Poland https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/02/04/trumps-putin-fan-boys-upset-us-army-deployments-poland-n67378
    titled Is Trump Being Sabotaged By The Pentagon? … But he is being undermined by the Pentagon.…
  4. Obama Staffers Are Crying Because Their Ridiculous Plan To Attack ISIS Was Laughed At https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/02/04/obama-plan-attack-raqqa-n67354
    read deeper you find that the planning for this operation didn’t really get underway until December: For two years inside the Pentagon … The Pentagon pushed for an immediate decision, warning that if the Kurds did not receive the equipment by mid-February, their offensive…
  5. Democrats In Congress Are Suddenly Concerned About Presidential Exercise of War Powers https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/02/21/democrats-congress-aumf-n68159
    Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and obtained by POLITICO, comes as the Pentagon is considering options for ramping up its nearly three-year…
  6. Report: Trump Allowed Boeing CEO to Listen in on Calls About Lockheed Martin's F-35 Contract https://redstate.com/jimjamitis/2017/02/16/report-trump-allo…oeing-ceo-listen-calls-lockheed-martins-f-35-contract-n67943
    About a dozen Pentagon officials were alerted to the calls after they occurred, the people said. … election, Trump has emphasized his experience in real estate negotiations as evidence he can get taxpayers a better deal on expensive Pentagon…
  7. Mattis To NATO: "Americans cannot care more for your children’s future security than you do” https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/02/15/mattis-to-nato-americans-n67915
    Last Friday, there was this report: German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen met US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the Pentagon…
  8. Obama Holdovers Leak Secret Program To Counter North Korean Nukes https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/03/04/obama-holdovers-leak-secret-program-counter-north-korean-nukes-n68613
    as the propaganda wing the the Obama Legacy Protection program we know why: Three years ago, President Barack Obama ordered Pentagon…
  9. SJWs Set Their Sights On Damaging Trump's National Security Adviser https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/03/03/sjws-set-sights-damaging-trumps-national-security-adviser-n68578
    The irony being that if McMaster had asked the Pentagon for permission he would have undoubtedly received it.…
  10. Trump Plans To Break Obama Precedent And Require Military Commanders To Command Again https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/03/01/trump-break-obama-precedent-n68499
    The White House is considering delegating more authority to the Pentagon to greenlight anti-terrorist operations like the SEAL Team…
  11. The Yemen Raid Is Making Everyone Associated With It Look Much Worse https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/02/28/yemen-raid-everyone-look-bad-n68439
    Although Pentagon officials have said the raid produced “actionable intelligence,” senior officials who spoke to NBC News said they…
  12. Trump Increases Military Ability To Conduct Anti-Terror Operations https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/03/14/trump-increases-military-ability-conduct-anti-terror-operations-n69073
    Already, President Trump has granted a Pentagon request to declare parts of three provinces of Yemen to be an “area of active hostilities … Trump is also expected to sign off soon on a similar Pentagon proposal to designate parts of Somalia to be another such battlefield-style…
  13. Trump Unleashes CIA To Hunt Down Terrorists https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/03/14/trump-unleashes-cia-hunt-terrorists-n69047
    Obama administration’s policy of limiting the spy agency’s paramilitary role and reopening a turf war between the agency and the Pentagon … The Pentagon, however, must publicly report most airstrikes. … Mr. … Anders said the Pentagon should be used for such strikes because it is more publicly accountable to policy makers, members of Congress…
  14. Trump Appoints Social Conservative to HHS Civil Rights Office and Heads Explode https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/03/25/trump-appoints-social-conservative-hhs-civil-rights-office-heads-explode-n69611
    After the Pentagon lifted its ban on openly transgender service, Severino wrote a post called “Pentagon’s Transgender Policy Defies…
  15. The Military Nude Photo Scandal Just Got More Complicated https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/03/18/military-nude-photo-scandal-just-got-complicated-n69232
    The Pentagon announced on Friday that a joint military task force has been formed to investigate the origins of the nude photo sharing…
  16. So A Russian Spy Ship Is About 50 Miles Off The U.S. Coast Right Now https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/03/16/russian-spy-ship-50-miles-off-u-s-coast-right-now-n69176
    Back in February a Pentagon spokesperson, Captain Jeff Davis, said that they haven’t gone so far as to drift into U.S. territorial … For now, I suppose we’ll have to settle with believing the Pentagon knows what they’re talking about.…
  17. The Dam Breaks At Defense. Six Top Level Defense Officials Nominated. https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/03/16/dam-breaks-defense-six-top-level-defense-officials-nominated-n69175
    seeming stalemate developing between Secretary of Defense James Mattis and the White House over senior staff appointments in the Pentagon…
  18. Boeing VP Nominated to Deputy Defense Secretary Post https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/03/16/boeing-vp-nominated-deputy-defense-secretary-post-n69170
    Shanahan is the vice president of Boeing, and joins five other nominees for Pentagon posts announced by the White House today.…
  19. Mattis Loses One Personnel Fight But Seems Poised To Win the War https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/03/16/mattis-loses-one-personnel-fight-seems-poised-win-war-n69167
    The ongoing war between Secretary of Defense James Mattis and the White House over staffing the Pentagon is looking very much like … He had nominated Anne Patterson to be undersecretary for policy, arguably the second most powerful position in the Pentagon. … subordinates and having a team loyal to you and your vision is a very important thing, especially in an organization like the Pentagon…
  20. House Oversight Committee Looking Into Michael Flynn's Recently Disclosed Payments From Russian Companies https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/04/03/house-oversight-co…flynns-recently-disclosed-payments-russian-companies-n70016
    “We have paperwork that’s due from the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department today, but we may be doing something later…
  21. Intelligence Community Continues to Fire Blanks at Mike Flynn https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/04/01/intelligence-community-continues-to-fire-blanks-at-mike-flynn-n69935
    Flynn was one of the top US spies and the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which provides information to the Pentagon…
  22. Has Trump Walked Away from a Dirty, Shady, Crony Capitalist, Union Giveaway He Previously Endorsed? https://redstate.com/rs_insider/2017/03/30/trump-walked-away…y-crony-capitalist-union-giveaway-previously-endorsed-n69859
    Or perhaps they figured out thatthe Pentagon hates Shuster’s scheme because they’re worried it could impact their use of airspace,…
  23. How to Tell Climate Change Is Really out of Favor at Department of Energy https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/03/30/tell-climate-change-really-favor-department-energy-n69835
    When I was a staff officer in the Pentagon we were forbidden to ever describe any Army program or exercise as having “failed.”…
  24. SHOCKER. Russia Lies out of Its Butt About Syrian Gas Attack and Looks Ridiculous https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/04/14/shocker-russia-lies-butt-syrian-gas-attack-look-ridiculous-n70595
    #Syria pic.twitter.com/pXYW3vJTBH — Syrian Girl 🇸🇾 (@Partisangirl) April 4, 2017 Pentagon MIT Engineer Ted Postol just published…
  25. Pentagon Pushes Back, Says No Pre-Emptive Strike Planned for North Korea https://redstate.com/joesquire/2017/04/13/pentagon-pushes-back-says-no-pre-emptive-strike-planned-north-korea-n70569
    Fox News and others are now reporting that the Pentagon is pushing back heavily against this claim. … Pentagon pushing back on NBC report, call it "extremely dangerous." https://t.co/BLnoPHnhj9 — Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) April…