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The Daily Caller

New F-35B delivers extreme vertical takeoff

| Eva Cover

What lands on a dime and goes 1,200 miles per hour?

Hagel questioned about Defense Department's treatment of Christians in military

| Alex Pappas
Chuck Hagel

‘Protection of religious rights is pretty fundamental to this country’

Senate confirms Hagel for defense secretary

| Associated Press
Chuck Hagel

Four Republicans joined Democrats in backing Obama’s nominee

Levin says Republicans holding Hagel to different standard than other nominees

| Alexis Levinson
Chuck Hagel Military Service

Financial disclosure requirements wanted by GOP are beyond the norm, committee chairman says

Naval cuts jeopardize US war readiness, experts say

| Robby Soave
USS John C. Stennis

‘We are on the brink of creating a hollow force’

Rush Limbaugh proposes all-women battalions with 'synchronized menstrual cycles'

| Jeff Poor
Limbaugh125

Conservative talker decides he has a plan to prevent pregnancies among the military

Pentagon lifts ban on women in combat

| Caroline May
Leon Panetta

Women ‘have become an integral part of our ability to perform our mission’

Panetta opens combat roles to women

| Associated Press
Women in Combat

Decision could open more than 230,000 jobs, many in Army and Marine infantry units, to women

Facing budget cuts, Joint Chiefs scramble to push 'innovation' at Pentagon

| Paul Conner
US Afghanistan.JPEG

‘We must choose resource strategies that are not only innovative and collaborative, but also affordable’

Pentagon spokesman: Defense budget is 'a mess' [VIDEO] - AP

| Associated Press
US Afghanistan.JPEG

Ongoing budget talks and sequestration fears have terrorized the budget, spokesman says

Hagel in 2011: ‘I disagreed’ with Obama’s troop surge in Afghanistan - TheDC

| Nicholas Ballasy
Mideast Israel Hagel.JPEG

In December 2009, Obama decided to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan

Chuck Hagel defends his record on Israel, Iran

| Will Rahn
Then-Sens. Barack Obama and Chuck Hagel at the Amman Citadel in Jordan in July 2008.

Secretary of defense nominee hits back at critics

Hagel on sequester in 2011: 'The Pentagon needs to be pared down' - TheDC

| Nicholas Ballasy
Chuck Hagel gestures during a speech. AP.

SecDef nominee: There’s a ‘tremendous amount of bloat in the Pentagon,’ has to be ‘scaled back’

Allen West: 'I don’t think Mr. Hagel is the right person' to head Pentagon - TheDC

| Jamie Weinstein
Chuck Hagel and Allen West

‘Will he just be a rubber stamp for the president?’

White House defends Chuck Hagel, cautiously

| Neil Munro
Sen. Chuck Hagel. AP Images.

‘Sen. Hagel fought and bled for his country, he was an excellent senator, he served his country well’

Former Republican senator said to be Obama's top pick to replace Panetta - TheDC

| Will Rahn
Sen. Chuck Hagel. AP Images.

Chuck Hagel, known for his criticism of the Iraq War, may be nominated for defense secretary next month

Pentagon: Signing secession petitions won't affect your security clearance ... yet - TheDC

| David Martosko
Engraving of the 1861 bombardment of Fort Sumter.

Many government contracts require companies to task sensitive work to citizens who have undergone background checks

US energy boom undermines logic of Pentagon's alternative fuel subsidies

| Lachlan Markay

The Defense Department plays a key role in the Obama administration’s ‘green energy’ agenda.

McCain on serving as Defense Secretary: 'No, I am happy in the Senate' - TheDC

| Jamie Weinstein
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Leading GOP voice on foreign policy scoffs at notion of Defense cabinet posting in a Romney administration

Pentagon denies Assange and Wikileaks are enemies of the state - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
Britain Wikileaks Assange

‘We regard this as a law enforcement matter’