“Pentagon” on The Daily Caller

Evidence outlined in a Pentagon contractor report suggests that financial subversion carried out by unknown parties, such as terrorists or hostile nations, contributed to the 2008 economic crash by covertly using vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system. (more)

On Thursday the Pentagon announced the winner of a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force. (more)

During a White House address on Wednesday, President Barack Obama alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced the violence in Libya as “outrageous” and “unacceptable.” But what does that mean? (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon can live with a smaller budget this year than the Obama administration originally requested, but the total — not counting war costs — cannot be less than $540 billion, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. (more)

More than four years after leaving office, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is arguing the war in Iraq was worthwhile, and says he’s not sorry sorry about the decisions he made there and in Afghanistan, reports ABC News. (more)

Everyone agrees that there’s a lot of waste in Washington. Unfortunately, no one seems able to agree on what that waste is. One man’s pork project is another man’s lifeblood. When it comes to government spending, we have the equivalent of NIMBY, or Not In My Back Yard, except it’s Not In My District — no waste here. That’s why the self-imposed earmark moratorium is a minor miracle. But earmarks are only a snowflake hovering over the tip of the spending iceberg. (more)

Ohio Democrat Rep. Dennis Kucinich sent a letter Friday requesting a meeting with Bradley Manning, the imprisoned Army private who allegedly stole classified government documents that were eventually published by the website Wikileaks. (more)

Some leaders of Tea Party groups say there are no “sacred cows” when it comes to spending cuts in Washington, and the traditionally Republican Party-protected Department of Defense budget is no exception — while other leaders in the grassroots movement say they are wary of cutting funds necessary to protect the nation. (more)

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is brushing off an effort to recruit him to run for president. (more)

Family members of a Pentagon official found dead in a Delaware landfill said they feel like detectives working on the case are not being forthcoming with them. (more)

This year the military may again find itself in the middle of another debate over social policy like last year’s debate over “don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal — that of women in combat. (more)

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has eased pressure on Japan over the huge American military bases in the country, while asking for Tokyo’s help with North Korea. (more)

The continuing WikiLeaks controversy has focused needed attention on a number of important issues: whether, for example, Julian Assange was justified in releasing classified information in order to make government more accountable, whether the release of the information put U.S. intelligence sources and methods at risk, and whether the legitimate need for secrecy in certain government activities occasionally provides cover for government activities that public officials would have trouble justifying if they took place in the open. (more)

The Pentagon will have to cut spending by $78 billion over the next five years, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday, forcing the Army and Marine Corps to shrink the number of troops on active duty and eventually imposing the first freeze on military spending since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (more)

The familiar passage from the Scriptures says: “And he gave him the name Jesus.” (Matt. 1:25). This name-giving was done in the confines of the stable in Bethlehem, of course. Naming the name of Jesus in that sheltered place would presumably have been permitted under the new guidance for “freedom of worship.” (more)

Some folks are alleging that Tehran and Caracas have inked a deal that will establish a joint ballistic missile base in Venezuela, where Iranian missiles, potentially capable of reaching the United States, would be stationed. (more)

The Senate should reject any stand-alone amendment overturning the 1996 congressional law preventing gays from serving in the military. Why? (more)

With House Democrats now serving up a standalone bill to repeal “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT), the debate is once again at the fore — and the Pentagon’s survey of active duty military personnel remains central to the debate. (more)

WikiLeaks has declared war on America. Will President Obama be our commander-in-chief or a conscientious objector? With the third and most recent release by WikiLeaks of classified information — sensitive State Department communications — Attorney General Eric Holder “opened an investigation.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it was “an attack on America’s foreign policy interests” and an attack on the “international community.” So far, however, President Obama has been AWOL. He has shown little interest in WikiLeaks, and he has given little indication how he will respond to this blatant breach of U.S. national security. (more)

Senator Scott Brown, Republican of Massachusetts, said on Friday that he now supported the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding gay soldiers, after a Pentagon report this week concluded that allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly would not pose risks to the battle readiness of troops. (more)