Read more Pentagon stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/240/pentagon.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:39:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73775/feds-point-fingers-in-hasan-missteps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI and the Pentagon are fighting off accusations that someone dropped the ball on Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. Department of Defense officials say that the FBI never notified them that Hasan had been in contact with extremist imam Anwar al-Aulaqi, while the FBI's defenders say that his...http://www.newser.com/story/73775/feds-point-fingers-in-hasan-missteps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 5:43:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72820/us-secretly-speeds-pakistan-military-aid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pakistani government keeps insisting that the US has little to no role in its offensive in Taliban-controlled border regions—but out of sight, Washington has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars worth of arms and equipment to the country's forces this year. President Obama himself intervened at one point...http://www.newser.com/story/72820/us-secretly-speeds-pakistan-military-aid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 6:42:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72624/brits-hold-up-hackers-extradition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican authorities keen to get their hands on a man accused of the biggest military hack in history are going to have to wait. British authorities have "stopped the clock" on the extradition of Gary McKinnon while lawyers examine new medical evidence, say officials. McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, a...http://www.newser.com/story/72624/brits-hold-up-hackers-extradition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 2:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72078/military-frustrated-by-slow-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's ongoing review of Afghan strategy is frustrating military officers used to a different commander-in-chief's style, say past and present top brass. Some fear that the long deliberations over Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops signal weakness and indecision to the enemy, while others fear the president is...http://www.newser.com/story/72078/military-frustrated-by-slow-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 3:54:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71522/pentagon-downplays-13k-surge-in-afghan-support-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen does 21,000 equal 34,000? When the Pentagon is counting. The 21,000 additional troops President Obama approved for Afghanistan earlier this year have been accompanied by 13,000 extra support troops, bringing the total number in Afghanistan to nearly 68,000. Pentagon and White House officials have...http://www.newser.com/story/71522/pentagon-downplays-13k-surge-in-afghan-support-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 7:53:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71291/let-mcchrystal-make-his-case-to-congress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama may not want to hear from Gen. Stanley McChrystal, but Congress certainly does, writes Peggy Noonan, and he should let them. Staying on in Afghanistan and withdrawing are both unappealing options that could have dire consequences, and even though the Pentagon doesn't want to do it, the country...http://www.newser.com/story/71291/let-mcchrystal-make-his-case-to-congress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 1:39:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70891/sign-of-change-pentagon-essay-rebukes-ban-on-gays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA persuasive essay arguing against the military's ban on gay soldiers is raising hope among activists that a watershed moment is near. It's not so much because of the essay's familiar arguments—that "Don't Ask Don't Tell" hurts morale and violates civil rights—but because of its publication in a...http://www.newser.com/story/70891/sign-of-change-pentagon-essay-rebukes-ban-on-gays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Oct 2009 10:26:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69999/who-leaked-to-woodward-good-luck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe question du jour in Washington is who leaked Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s report advocating an increased troop presence in Afghanistan to Bob Woodward, Ben Smith writes on Politico. But the outcome of this tried and true “capital parlor game” is far from certain. Some Beltway insiders think the leak is...http://www.newser.com/story/69999/who-leaked-to-woodward-good-luck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 11:50:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69962/pragmatic-style-makes-gates-white-house-heavyweight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDefense Secretary Robert Gates has bridged the gap between the Bush and Obama administrations and become a major player in reshaping national security policy in the process, officials tell the New York Times . His pragmatic style—as seen in his decision to ditch the missile defense system he signed off...http://www.newser.com/story/69962/pragmatic-style-makes-gates-white-house-heavyweight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 1:26:25 CDT