Pentagon Confirms Its Floating Pier to Gaza Has Broken Apart
The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that a $320 million floating dock to the Gaza Strip that was announced with great fanfare by President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address has been blown to pieces and will be taken down for at least a week for repairs. Four U.S. warships that had been occupying […]
Pentagon must provide air defense for Kurds
As tensions rise across the Middle East, one of America’s most stable and reliable regional allies, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is in danger. Hostile nation states and extremist militias threaten our democratic way of life and the safety of U.S. troops and diplomats on our soil. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters alone are ill-equipped to handle […]
Austin will undergo procedure, transfer Pentagon powers
The Pentagon announced Friday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin would temporarily cede authority to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks while he undergoes a medical procedure. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said in a statement that the non-surgical bladder procedure was “planned, elective and minimally invasive” and would be performed at Walter Reed […]
Pentagon Tacitly Admits Biden’s Gaza Pier Stunt Is A Total Failure
It didn’t take long for the Pentagon to all but confirm that the temporary Gaza port constructed at the behest of President Biden is turning out to be a total disaster. The admission came during a Tuesday press conference, in which Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon’s spokesman, told reporters that none of the 569 […]
None of the 569 metric tons of aid delivered to US-built pier has reached Palestinians, some ‘intercepted’ by looters, Pentagon says
More than 569 tons of humanitarian aid has arrived in the Gaza Strip over a U.S.-built floating pier, but none of it has been delivered to Palestinian civilians, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The structure was built by the US military to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn region and was completed last Thursday. However, […]
Pentagon admits the US-built pier to Gaza is failing to provide aid
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said Tuesday that the department estimates that none of the more than 500 tons of aid from the U.S.-built pier reached the people of Gaza. The U.S. pier was authorized by President Joe Biden’s administration to distribute more aid within the war zone, on top of the aid brought […]
US military will complete withdrawal from Niger by mid-September: Pentagon
U.S. troops ordered to leave Niger by the West African ruling regime will complete their withdrawal by mid-September, Pentagon and Nigerian defense officials announced Sunday. The schedule was the result of four days of talks between defense officials from both countries in the capital Niamey, a joint statement said. Niger’s decision to remove U.S. troops […]
Sen. Roger Marshall demands Pentagon probe all tax-funded gain-of-function research in China
Sen. Roger Marshall shoves Pentagon inspector general friday’s letter Investigating all U.S. taxpayer-funded gain-of-function research in China, as well as “undisclosed and undisclosed pathogens and to investigate specimen collections. Mr. Marshall (R-Kansas) sent a letter to Pentagon Inspector General Robert Storch, calling for $50 million in Pentagon grants received by Chinese agencies for pandemic pathogen […]
Pentagon announces $400 million military aid package for Ukraine
A $400 million military aid package announced by the Pentagon on Friday will provide surface-to-air missiles, artillery shells and other much-needed weapons and equipment to thwart Russian advances into war-torn northeastern Ukraine. It will be provided to Ukraine. Friday’s package is the third round of aid for Kyiv since Congress approved $60 billion in additional […]
Pentagon undecided on how to proceed with paused bomb shipment to Israel
Israeli tanks and fighter jets hit more targets in Rafah FOX News Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Greg Palcott reports on Israel’s operation in Rafah amid the humanitarian crisis and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to President Biden on the U.S. weapons withholding in a “special report.” ing. Shipments of two types of precision bombs to […]