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US Armed Forces

Chaos In Pentagon: Defense Secretary Denounces Statement On Troop Withdrawal From...

7.01.2020 On January 6th, an unsigned letter from Brig. Gen. William Seely III, the Marine Corps officer who commands the U.S. coalition against ISIS...

Fifth Pentagon official announces resignation in seven days

By Ellen Mitchell 12/18/19 The Defense Department’s senior adviser for international cooperation earlier this week left the Pentagon, marking the fifth top official in seven days...

Gar Alperovitz on the Decision to Nuke Japan

Aug 28, 2019 Historian Gar Alperovitz shares the history of America’s use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Contrary to what most of...

Top Israeli Expert: US Can’t Defeat Iran in a Conventional War;...

May 22, 2019 Yakov Kedmi, political figure (Israel) on the Middle East conflict: "In this war of Persians against Arabs, the Persians will win. And...

Pentagon warns Israel on Iraq

Pentagon Opposes Israeli Attacks on Iraq By Jason Ditz Posted on August 27, 2019 The Pentagon has issued a new statement this week disavowing any involvement...

Esper named new US acting defense secretary after Shanahan withdraws

Esper named new US acting defense secretary after Shanahan withdraws June 18, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, June 18 his pick for defense...

Pentagon fires Guantanamo prison commander for calling attention to US crimes

By Bill Van Auken 30 April 2019 The Pentagon has announced the abrupt firing of the commander of the infamous US prison camp at the...

After Mattis’s Resignation, a President Unbound

By Mark Landler December 21, 2018 For most of his tumultuous 23 months in office, President Trump has tried to shake off anyone who would restrain...

An Empire of Bases Poisons Water, Threatening Its Own Collapse

By Pat Elder, December 15, 2018 Per-flouro octane-sulfo-nate or PFOS, and Per-flouro-octa-noic acid or PFOA, are the active ingredients in the foam routinely used to train soldiers...

Gen. Dunford: US Troops Won’t Deny Immigrants Entry to US

By Jason Ditz Posted on November 6, 2018 Speaking at Duke University on the thousands of ground troops sent to the US border with Mexico,...