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| WASHINGTON, May 5, 2009 - The U.S. military will continue its efforts to help thwart acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia, but merchant-ship-supplied security is the best short-term defense, a senior Defense Department official told Capitol Hill legislators. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 5, 2009 - The United States’ maritime supremacy allows the Defense Department to slow production of sea-based defense systems and shift money to boost unconventional warfare capabilities, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 5, 2009 - Chinese fishing vessels closed in on and maneuvered near the USNS Victorious in international waters in the Yellow Sea, Pentagon officials reported. |
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| CAIRO, May 5, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates praised Egypt as a key U.S. ally during a trip to the Middle East and said progress on a wide range of security issues in the region will require Egypt’s “full participation and leadership.” |
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| CAIRO, May 5, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates emphasized on the first day of his trip to the Middle East that the United States will keep its Arab allies informed of any talks it enters into with Iran. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2009 - Getting the defense budget right for servicemembers and their families will be the measure of success, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2009 - A report broadcast by the Arab news network Al Jazeera about U.S. servicemembers trying to convert others to a different religion, a practice known as proselytizing, in Afghanistan, is just plain wrong, U.S. defense leaders said. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2009 - The type of “hybrid warfare” that defense experts predict the United States is increasingly likely to face will pull the military in two directions, the Defense Department’s top policy official said. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2009 - U.S. military strategic focus is shifting from Iraq to Afghanistan even though U.S. troop presence continues in Iraq. |
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| EN ROUTE TO CAIRO, May 4, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is traveling to Egypt and Saudi Arabia for sessions aimed at reaffirming ties with the important regional powers that both have strong military-to-military relationships with the United States. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 3, 2009 - The recent push by Taliban forces to take more ground in Pakistan has served as a wake-up call for the government there, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 1, 2009 - President Barack Obama welcomed two dozen American servicemembers as newly naturalized citizens of the United States at a White House ceremony. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 1, 2009 - The al-Qaida terrorist network and its affiliate members continue to pose the greatest danger to the United States and its allies, a senior U.S. State Department official says. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 1, 2009 - The Pakistani government finally is beginning to respond to the threat that Taliban extremists pose inside the country, the secretaries of State and Defense told the Senate Appropriations Committee. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 - There is strong support on Capitol Hill for Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ procurement-reform efforts at the Pentagon, President Barack Obama told reporters at a White House news conference. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 - “On your mark. Get set. Go!” With those words and the wail of an air horn that he held overhead, President Barack Obama kicked off the third annual Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she appreciates the partnership that has developed between her department and the Defense Department, and that she looks forward to further collaboration in the months ahead. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates asked the Senate to pass the fiscal 2009 supplemental funding request it’s considering by Memorial Day. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, attended a ceremony here last night honoring several giants of military, government, industry and the arts. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - President Barack Obama addressed changes in security policy, challenges in Pakistan, torture policy and progress in Iraq, during a wide-ranging White House news conference. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - With a deteriorating situation in Pakistan, now is the time to strengthen the U.S.-Pakistan military partnership to boost counterinsurgency efforts, the undersecretary of defense for policy said. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - Taliban and al-Qaida operatives in Afghanistan and Pakistan pose “the single most direct threat” to U.S. national security interests, President Barack Obama said during a town hall meeting at Fox High School in Arnold, Mo. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - Defense Department officials should center strategy on smarter, more pragmatic engagement and closer cooperation with other U.S. government agencies and foreign allies, a top Pentagon official told a group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - The last of five defendants found guilty in a terror plot to kill soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J., were sentenced, with four to serve the rest of their lives behind bars and one sentenced to 33 years in prison. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - President Barack Obama has nominated a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation for a senior civilian position at the Pentagon. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s nominees for assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs and general counsel of the Department of the Army told senators that they look forward to supporting the Defense Department and troops if confirmed. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009 - The United States could be nearing a deal with the Kyrgyzstan government to extend U.S. access to Manas Air Base, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters.
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009 - U.S. defense leaders are “clearly pleased” to see the Pakistani military take action against increasingly emboldened Taliban forces, and have offered additional support if Pakistan’s government will accept it to promote a sustained effort. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009 - Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the author of the military’s counterinsurgency manual, explained the principles that led to success in Iraq and how they apply to the fight in Afghanistan.
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009 - The White House expressed regret over a photo opportunity involving Air Force One that stirred up confusion and fear in New York City. |
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