Tag: Pentagon
Israel ‘came out far ahead,’ senior US officials say of Iran attack
Senior Biden administration officials said on Sunday that Israel “came out far ahead” in its “exchange” with Iran. The Jewish state did so after “spectacular success” in intercepting Iran’s drone and missile barrage on...
Few modern, professional militaries have contended with what Israel does, Pentagon says
Sabrina Singh, the deputy Pentagon press secretary, was asked at a Monday briefing about an Israeli operation at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. “They claimed they went after militants. Other organizations on the ground saying...
Pentagon identifies deceased reserve soldier tied to Jerusalem embassy
The U.S. Department of Defense identified Lt. Col. Orlando Bandeira, 54, of Tampa, Fla., as the U.S. employee connected to the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, who was found dead in his apartment on March 4.
Bandeira was...
U.S. defense secretary: No ‘all out-conflict’ between Israel, Hezbollah
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addressed the media on Thursday in his first press conference following his initially undisclosed medical incapacitation earlier this month.
Alternating between questions about his personal health and the widening crisis in...
Austin ordered strike on Houthis from hospital, White House says
U.S. President Joe Biden convened his national security team on Jan. 9, following one of the largest Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, during which U.S. and UK forces shot down nearly 20 drones...
House passes annual defense bill with key Israel provisions
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday for fiscal year 2024. The NDAA includes several provisions designed to support Israel and counter Iran.
The annual defense spending bill passed...
A profession where results don’t matter
Should we really care whether Colin Kahl becomes undersecretary of defense for policy? Some friends of Israel think that defeating his nomination for the third-ranking civilian post in the Pentagon matters a great deal...
Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as US secretary of defense, Haines to intelligence
The U.S. Senate confirmed Lloyd Austin on Friday as U.S. secretary of defense.
Austin, a general who retired in 2016 and needed a congressional waiver due to a law that requires retired military personnel to...
Biden picks Dana Stroul to lead Pentagon’s Mideast desk
U.S. President Joe Biden has picked Dana Stroul to lead the Pentagon’s Middle East desk, reported Al-Monitor.
Stroul, currently a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, was a senior official on the U.S. Senate...
Pentagon changes course, keeps US aircraft in Mideast amid Iranian threat
Reversing course, Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has ordered a U.S. aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East due to Iranian threats against U.S. President Donald Trump and other U.S. government officials.
In...