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Bombshell whistleblower report flags Trump DoD pick for drunken strip club antics

The New Yorker's Jane Mayer has uncovered a bombshell whistleblower report that documents several instances of Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth being "repeatedly intoxicated on the job" during stints running two nonprofit advocacy groups. Mayer's coverage is based not only on the whistleblower report, but also on corroborating accounts from several of Hegseth's former colleagues who depict the Fox …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump DOD secretary pick Hegseth paid off sexual assault accuser: report

Salon

Former Fox News host and nominee to Donald Trump's Cabinet Pete Hegseth paid off a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, per a report from the Washington Post. The sexual assault accusation from 2017 quickly resurfaced, with Trump transition team members admitting that it caught them by surprise. A statement from Hegseth's attorney received by the Post …

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1 year, 7 months ago

India, U.S. close in on jet engine deal, conclude roadmap for Defence Industrial Cooperation

The Hindu

India and the U.S. have agreed to initiate negotiations for a ‘Security of Supply’ arrangement and a ‘Reciprocal Defence Procurement’ agreement which will promote long-term supply chain stability as defence sources said on Monday that the deal for assembling the General Electric GE-414 jet in India is “almost done” with expectations that it could be concluded during the upcoming visit …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Defence Diary: Modi Govt Must Use Extra Time to Tie Loose Ends Before Appointing Gen Rawat’s Successor

News 18

It’s exactly two months since India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat died in a tragic helicopter crash near Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor, along with his wife and 12 other Armed Forces personnel. There was some clarity when the government announced Gen Rawat as India’s first CDS, around the time he was to retire as the Indian Army chief, …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Sidney Powell believed QAnon theory that Haspel was detained in Germany destroying election evidence

Daily Mail

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer Sidney Powell called a top Pentagon official in the aftermath of the 2020 election to warn him that CIA Director Gina Haspel was stuck in Germany after traveling to the country on a secret election-related mission. 'Kraken' lawyer Sidney Powell was pursuing a conspiracy theory that a server located in Germany held evidence that thousands …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Unprecedented: US Military attacks Tucker Carlson for policy disagreement

Op India

The past few days have been extraordinary in American politics. The US Military under Joe Biden has launched a comprehensive propaganda campaign against Tucker Carlson after the Fox News talk show host voiced his disagreement over matters of policy. It’s a mockery of the US military.” “While China’s military becomes more masculine … our military needs to become, as Joe …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Pentagon deputy inspector general resigns, becomes latest watchdog to exit administration

CNN

Washington CNN — A top internal watchdog at the Pentagon, Glenn Fine, submitted his resignation Tuesday, more than a month after President Donald Trump effectively removed him as chairman of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a group of independent watchdogs tasked with overseeing $2 trillion in emergency coronavirus funding. One Pentagon official told CNN that Glenn Fine, the Defense Department’s …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Pentagon watchdog finds Defense Department behaved appropriately but doesn’t rule on White House influence over controversial cloud contract

CNN

Washington CNN — The multi-billion Pentagon cloud computing contract that has been fought over by tech behemoths Amazon and Microsoft, with the latter coming out on top, was handled appropriately and was in compliance with regulations, according to a Defense Department Inspector General report published on Wednesday. “When we sought to interview Secretary Esper and Deputy Secretary Norquist, the DoD …

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4 years, 9 months ago

Due to coronavirus, Pentagon halts domestic travel for military

CNN

CNN — The Pentagon announced Friday that members of the armed services, Defense Department civilian employees and their family members who are living on or serving at military properties can no longer travel domestically starting Monday, to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. “The continuing spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus necessitates immediate implementation of travel restrictions for domestic Department …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Defense Secretary Mark Esper On Iran

NPR

Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Defense Secretary Mark Esper On Iran Enlarge this image toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Susan Walsh/AP Defense Secretary Mark Esper talks with All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro at the Pentagon about the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and about the constitutional authority to strike Iranian proxies in Iraq and Iran on its home …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Pentagon awards controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft in Amazon snub

CNN

CNN — Microsoft has won a hotly contested contract to provide cloud computing services to the Defense Department, besting Amazon in a months-long competition in which President Donald Trump threatened to intervene. A Defense Department official who recently departed and is familiar with the discussions of the contract told CNN that Trump’s animosity toward Amazon and Bezos was well known …

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