Kristina Wong

Report: 9/11 victims’ remains dumped in landfill

A Pentagon report revealed Tuesday that unidentifiable remains of an unknown number of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks had been dumped accidentally in a landfill.

February 28, 2012

Attacking Iran’s nuke sites may only slow progress

Former high-ranking defense officials and regional experts say that neither the U.S. nor Israel can stop Iran from producing a nuclear weapon.

February 27, 2012

Retired general: U.S. can’t stop Iran from making nukes

A former high-ranking military official says the U.S. does not have the ability to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

February 24, 2012

Panetta meets with Jordanian military leaders

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta met Thursday with a Jordanian delegation led by Lt. Gen. Mashal al-Zaben, the chairman of Jordan's joint chiefs, and Lt. Gen. Prince Feisal bin Hussein.

February 23, 2012

ISAF official: Reintegrating Afghan insurgents ‘working’

The effort to reintegrate former insurgents into Afghan society is working, the British Royal Marine officer in charge of the program said Wednesday at the Pentagon.

February 22, 2012

Pentagon: Four Air Force operators killed in Djibouti plane crash

The Pentagon announced Monday the deaths of four Air Force special operators whose utility plane crashed Saturday in the East African nation of Djibouti.

February 20, 2012

Pentagon details troop cuts in Europe

The Pentagon on Thursday described how the new, smaller defense spending plan will affect the military's presence in Europe.

February 16, 2012

Panetta reiterates ‘red lines’ on Iran

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta on Thursday reiterated the Pentagon's limits for Iran's nuclear program and the Islamic republic's aggression in the Persian Gulf during a House Appropriations Committee hearing.

February 16, 2012

First lady advocates for military spouses at Pentagon

First lady Michelle Obama visited the Pentagon on Wednesday to urge state governments to help the spouses of military service members.

February 15, 2012

Panetta, Forbes trade barbs over budget cuts

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta engaged in a testy back-and-forth with Rep. J. Randy Forbes over cutting $487 billion from the Pentagon's budget over the next decade during a House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday.

February 15, 2012

Xi Jinping welcomed by 19-gun salute

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta welcomed Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Tuesday with a 19-gun salute and an honor guard of 350 troops in an ceremony never before bestowed on a foreign vice president at the Pentagon.

February 14, 2012

General ‘concerned’ over Taliban prisoner transfer

President Obama's top military adviser expressed concern Tuesday over the possibility of releasing five Taliban detainees from the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

February 14, 2012

Pentagon proposes pay raise in austerity budget

Military personnel will get a 1.7 percent pay raise next year in what is "otherwise a time of austerity," the Defense Department said Monday.

February 13, 2012

Navy names ship after Gabrielle Giffords

The Navy on Friday announced it would name a combat ship after former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who resigned from Congress last month to recover from a grievous gunshot wound she suffered in January 2011.

February 10, 2012

Air Force chief: Cutting units is painful but necessary

The Air Force's top officer said Thursday that cutting seven squadrons and 10,000 troops over the next decade will be painful but necessary.

February 9, 2012

U.S.’s Africom trains host nation’s forces to battle terrorism

U.S. Africa Command has been quietly battling terrorism on the African continent, relying heavily on special forces. But amid a shrinking Pentagon budget and increased use of special forces in Afghanistan under a new military strategy, Africom may have fewer resources to counter a growing terrorism threat.

February 8, 2012