Latest "COVID-19 Pentagon" stories

President Donald Trump looks to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper during a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2019.

Democrats blast Esper firing as national security risk

Congressional Democrats have unloaded on President Trump for abruptly firing Defense Secretary Esper.

2 years ago

Democrats face internal ‘fight’ on defense spending, says Smith

The Democratic split over the size of future defense budgets will come to a head in the new Congress, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., predicted Tuesday.

2 years ago

SECDEF: Majority of Roosevelt sailors with COVID-19 are asymptomatic

"What’s disconcerting is a majority of those, 350 plus, are asymptomatic."

By Diana Stancy Correll

3 years ago

COVID-19 threat isn’t going to end anytime soon, say Pentagon leaders

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley is confident the U.S. and the military will quash the virus eventually.

By Diana Stancy Correll

3 years ago

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