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Army soldiers look at the border wall next to a surveillance vehicle during the visit to the U.S.-Mexico border by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Sunland Park, N.M., on Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) **FILE**

Pentagon has spent $2.64 billion on southern border since 2025: Report

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, prepare for takeoff, April 13, 2022, in Burlington, Vt. (Staff Sgt. Cameron Lewis/U.S. Air National Guard via AP) ** FILE **

Pentagon defends F-35 to lawmakers after questions from recent GAO report

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is viewed from the window of an airplane Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Pentagon orders partial shelter-in-place after air quality issue detected

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Letter to the editor: Don’t kill a program that strengthens America’s defense

In this Feb. 12, 2009, photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Pentagon releases second batch of once-classified UFO sightings

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A sign for The New York Times is displayed above the entrance to its building in New York on May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The New York Times sues the Pentagon a second time over Hegseth’s media restrictions

By Jocelyn Noveck - Associated Press

The Pentagon is seen from an airplane, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Federal judge finds Pentagon is violating court order to restore access to reporters

By Michael Kunzelman and David Bauder - Associated Press

This screenshot taken from social media site X shows a post about Easter by the Department of Homeland Security’s official account. (AP Photo)

‘He is risen’: Trump administration agencies post Easter messages celebrating Christ’s resurrection

By David Crary - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘It takes a lot of money to kill bad guys’: Hegseth on $200 billion ask for Operation Epic Fury

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters before looking at a display of multi-domain autonomous systems in the Pentagon courtyard, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Behind Replicator’s drone delays: A blueprint to fix Pentagon buying

By Ben Wolfgang and John T. Seward - The Washington Times

A large American Flag is unfurled on the Pentagon a day before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Arlington, Va., Wednesday, September 10, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Mike Griffin and Lisa Porter, Pentagon technology experts, resign

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 2, 2019, file photo, Secretary of the Army Mark Esper speaks during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump on June 18, named Esper as acting Defense Secretary. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mark Esper reaffirms Pentagon direction, priorities

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is interviewed about military sexual assaults on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2015. The spouses of service members and civilian women who live or work near military facilities are especially vulnerable to being sexually assaulted, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. said in a report. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pentagon accused of withholding information about sex crimes

By Richard Lardner - Associated Press

Then-President Jimmy Carter delivers his State of the Union message, Jan. 23, 1980. (AP Photo)

BRUCE FEIN: Inventing threats, protecting defense budgets

By Bruce Fein

FILE - This Sept. 17, 2013 file photo shows an armed officer who said he is with the Defense Department, standing near guard the gate at the Washington Navy Yard the day after a gunman launched an attack inside the Yard. An independent review triggered by the Washington Navy Yard killings last year says threats to Defense Department personnel and facilities increasingly are coming from within. It says the department must rethink its outdated security theory that suggests defending the perimeters can keep threats away. Instead, it says that terrorism, espionage and even physical threats are coming from trusted insiders. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Report: Pentagon must focus on insider threat

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary nominee Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his nomination. Democrats begin a drive this week to muscle a half dozen of President Barrack Obama's Republican-opposed nominees through the Senate after clamping shackles on traditional minority party rights in last month's power play against the GOP. Republicans, however, still have some tools for grinding the Senate's work to an excruciatingly slow crawl. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senate confirms Obama pick Jeh Johnson as Homeland Security secretary

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times