Results for Pentagon

  1. Report: Mystery Billionaire Who Donated $130 Million to Pay Troops Identified https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/10/25/report-mystery-billi…re-who-donated-130-million-to-pay-troops-identified-n2195491
    extremely generous gift, there are some questions about the legality of using the funds while Schumer continues his tantrum:The Pentagon … nbsp;“The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of service members’ salaries and benefits,” said Pentagon…
  2. The Worst News Outlet of the Week - Who Dominated in Dysfunctional Coverage? https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/10/20/the-worst-news-ou…of-the-week-who-dominated-in-dysfunctional-coverage-n2195279
    Then there was upheaval at the Pentagon as dozens of news outlets walked off due to new press regulations instituted by War Secretary … After the outrage at the Pentagon, their longtime intelligence correspondent suggested this would lead to hit-pieces on Pete Hegseth…
  3. A General Dilemma the War Department Must Remedy https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2025/10/25/a-general-dilemma-the-war-department-must-remedy-n2195439
    elected leaders and their appointees at the War Department to exercise lawful authority to break up the unaccountable cabal of Pentagon…
  4. Morning Minute: Ballroom Blitz https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/10/24/morning-minute-n2195432
    If you can’t stand the Hegseth heat, get out of the Pentagon.'…
  5. Kirby Pleads for Sympathy From Americans Because It's 'Hard' for the Pentagon to Be Transparent With Us https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2024/01/10/kirby-pleads-for-sy…was-hard-for-the-pentagon-to-be-transparent-with-us-n2168518
    In his rambling gobbledegook of an answer, he said that the Pentagon was struggling with "...how hard it was for them to be fully transparent…
  6. Army Colonel J6 Witness: 'Milley Is the Don Barzini of the Deep State' https://redstate.com/mccabe/2024/01/10/army-colonel-j6-witness-milley-is-the-don-barzini-of-the-deep-state-n2168511
    However, Milley leveraged his staff in the Pentagon and exploited his relationships with other generals he mentored and favored for … He said that despite this delay, Milley told reporters the Pentagon reacted to the Capitol Hill protests with sprint speed.  … on notice three days before J6; he said all 10 former secretaries of defense posted an op-ed in The Washington Post warning the Pentagon…
  7. The White House's Attempt to Whitewash Lloyd Austin's AWOL Makes Things Worse https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/09/the-white-houses-att…to-white-wash-lloyd-austins-awol-makes-things-worse-n2168509
    For four days last week, no one in the White House, State Department, the Intelligence Community, or most of the Pentagon knew that … The service chiefs, service secretaries, and other senior Pentagon staff found out two hours before the public announcement. … BACKGROUND: Pentagon Review of SecDef Austin's AWOL and Lies to Be Led by One of the Coverup Leaders White House Says SecDef Austin's…
  8. 'Not Optimal': John Kirby Acknowledges SecDef Austin's Failure to Notify WH of Condition Is a Problem https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/01/09/not-optimal-john-ki…tins-failure-to-notify-wh-of-condition-is-a-problem-n2168494
    That wasn't a Pentagon assessment; that was the wording chosen by the two doctors.  … GUTIERREZ: But isn't it misleading for the Pentagon to put that forward?  … KIRBY: You'd have to talk to the Pentagon and the doctors. Gabe, I'm not a physician.…
  9. NEW: SecDef Lloyd Austin's 'Elective' Surgery Was for Prostate Cancer Diagnosed in December https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/01/09/new-secdef-lloyd-au…rgery-was-for-prostate-cancer-diagnosed-in-december-n2168493
    RELATED: Pentagon Review of SecDef Austin's AWOL and Lies to Be Led by One of the Coverup Leaders News first broke regarding Austin's … he'd been hospitalized for several days and an apparent round of "Who's on First" had unfurled as to the chain of command at the Pentagon … Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder held a press conference on Tuesday about Austin's unannounced hospital visit.…
  10. Pentagon Review of SecDef Austin's AWOL and Lies to Be Led by One of the Coverup Leaders https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/09/pentagon-review-of-s…ol-and-lies-to-be-led-by-one-of-the-coverup-leaders-n2168476
    The service chiefs and other senior Pentagon staff were told Friday afternoon about two hours before the public announcement. … Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said Monday that Austin’s chief of staff, Kelly Magsamen, was out with the flu early last…
  11. Democrats Play Dodge As Republicans Demand SecDef Lloyd Austin Resign https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/01/08/democrats-and-others-are-signaling-sec-def-lloyd-austin-needs-to-go-n2168430
    It drew a formal admonishment from the Pentagon press. The issue may have died there, but the subterfuge further grew the story. … This seems much more serious than elective surgery – the line the Pentagon press officers are sticking with. … But some officials speculated a senior aide at the Pentagon is likely to lose their job over the brouhaha.…
  12. Joint Chiefs Chairman Knew Austin Was Hospitalized and Didn't Tell the White House or the Service Chiefs https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/07/joint-chiefs-chairma…tin-was-hospitalized-and-didnt-tell-the-white-house-n2168408
    He has not done a press conference in the Pentagon since last July, although he regularly briefs the press during his travels.…
  13. White House Says SecDef Austin's Job Is Not in Danger and That's a Problem https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/07/white-house-says-secdef-austins-job-is-not-in-danger-n2168400
    I am very glad to be on the mend and look forward to returning to the Pentagon soon. … White House and Pentagon aides insist that Austin’s job is not in jeopardy — at least not yet. … But some officials speculated a senior aide at the Pentagon is likely to lose their job over the brouhaha.…
  14. NEW UPDATED UPDATE: SecDef Austin Did Not Tell Biden's National Security Adviser He Was in the ICU https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/06/updated-update-secde…bidens-national-security-adviser-he-was-in-the-icu-n2168382
    This came as a shock to the Pentagon Press Corps and Congress. … NSC staffers were surprised it took the Pentagon so long to let them know of Austin’s condition. … He’s looking forward to him being back at the Pentagon.” Biden and Austin spoke this evening, the official said.…
  15. UPDATE: Congress Not Told SecDef Austin Was in the ICU and His Deputy on Vacation for the Last Week https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/06/update-congress-not…he-icu-and-his-deputy-on-vacation-for-the-last-week-n2168374
    Pentagon officials refused to describe Austin's condition or say what, exactly, prevented him from carrying out his duties this week … The Pentagon also would not release details about the procedure or when it took place, and it won't say whether Austin was taken to … Sometime before New Year's Day, Austin underwent some sort of "elective" surgery that the Pentagon is being very cagey about.…
  16. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Has Been Hospitalized for a Week and Just Told Congress Today https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/05/seccretary-of-defens…ospitalized-for-a-week-and-just-told-congress-today-n2168356
    Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for "complications" from an "elective medical procedure," the Pentagon … Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, declined to elaborate on the source of Mr. Austin’s medical issues, citing patient privacy. … When asked why the Pentagon had not informed Congress of Austin's status, the result was pure evasion.…
  17. Putin's War, Week 97. The Missile War Continues https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/04/putins-war-week-97-n2168280
    Maybe there is hope for the Pentagon.…
  18. Fed. Govt. Spent Millions on Diversity Training in 2023 - Here Is Some of the Tomfoolery You Paid For https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2024/01/03/fed-government-sp…in-2023-here-is-some-of-the-tomfoolery-you-paid-for-n2168238
    Americans are having trouble putting groceries on the table and the Pentagon wants to spend 114 million of our tax dollars on Diversity…
  19. DOD's 'Military Extremism' Investigation Is a Dud https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/03/dods-military-extremism-investigation-is-a-dud-n2168231
    "No matter what it is, it is … not an insignificant problem and has to be addressed," Kirby said during a press gaggle in the Pentagon…
  20. Explosions Rock Memorial Service for Iranian Terrorist Qasem Soleimani, Over 100 Killed https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/03/explosions-rock-memo…ranian-terrorist-qasem-soleimani-at-least-75-killed-n2168232
    President Trump ordered the attack and apparently surprised the Pentagon and State Department as least as much as it did Soleimani, … perhaps more because Defense and State had time to reflect upon the events (NYT Claims Top Pentagon Officials Were 'Flabbergasted'…
  21. Matt Gaetz Supports Anti-Vax Mandate 'Declaration of Military Accountability' in X-Space https://redstate.com/mccabe/2024/01/02/matt-gaetz-supports-a…e-declaration-of-military-accountability-in-x-space-n2168183
    Military Accountability Green said vax opponents started to see success in the federal courts, but when the fiscal year 2023 Pentagon…
  22. Happy New Year: CBS News' Catherine Herridge Has a Sobering Prediction to Start Off 2024 https://redstate.com/tladuke/2024/01/01/happy-new-year-cbs-n…erridge-has-a-sobering-prediction-to-start-off-2024-n2168149
    They were able to bring down the Twin Towers, damage the Pentagon, disrupt an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and damage…
  23. Super Bowl Sunday Night News Drop: John Kirby Promoted, Now WH National Security Communications Adviser https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/02/11/sunday-super-bowl-ni…ted-now-wh-national-security-communications-adviser-n2169976
    sounds like he will have direct access to President Biden: Kirby, who in past years has served as the top spokesperson at both the Pentagon…
  24. Trump Says Not So Fast, Taylor—'No Way' Swift Will Endorse Joe Biden https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/02/11/trump-says-not-so-fastno-way-taylor-swift-will-endorse-joe-biden-n2169972
    RedState has been pointing out how silly the Taylor conspiracy “controversies” actually are: Pentagon, Triggered by Taylor Swift Psyop…
  25. UPDATED: SecDef Lloyd Austin Rushed to Hospital With 'Emergent Bladder Issue,' Says Pentagon https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/02/11/breaking-secdef-l…hospital-with-emergent-bladder-issue-says-pentagon-n2169967
    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reportedly been taken by his Secret Service detail to a hospital Sunday afternoon, the Pentagon … Patrick Ryder (@PentagonPresSec) February 11, 2024The statement, from Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. … (EDITOR'S NOTE: This piece was edited post-publication to remove an incorrect reference to the Pentagon as Foggy Bottom.…