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US, German Defense Ministers Meet as Differences Emerge over Tanks for Ukraine

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will press Germany's new Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on Thursday to allow for the transfer of German-made tanks to Ukraine, US officials said, as the two countries remained at loggerheads over the issue. Germany will allow German-made tanks to be sent to Ukraine to help…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.S., German defense ministers meet as differences emerge over tanks for Ukraine

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will press Germany's new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Thursday to allow for the transfer of German-made tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said, as the two countries remained at loggerheads over the issue.

Reuters

Pentagon looks to shift dynamic in Ukraine war, without Abrams tanks

The United States aims to break the dynamic of grinding warfare and near-frozen front lines in Ukraine with newly announced military capabilities that it hopes will breath fresh momentum into Kyiv's battle against Russian forces, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday.

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Pentagon Can't Account for $220 Billion of Gear Given to Contractors

The actual total is probably higher according to the Government Accountability Office's new report.

Reason

Pentagon UAP Report: The DoD has investigated more than 500 UFO cases

The AARO continues its investigations of unidentified aerial phenomena across government agencies.

Inverse

Commentary: The US can afford a defense spending cut

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to beg, plead and deal to get his current job. One of the agreements struck on the House floor with the most conservative faction of the Republican caucus was a promise to keep the next spending bill at levels that were agreed to in fiscal…

Chicago Tribune

Pentagon sends U.S. weapons stored in Israel to Ukraine

It's part of a U.S. stockpile that's pre-positioned in warehouses on Israeli soil as part of an agreement between the countries.

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In our bloated military, some go hungry

We pour overwhelming sums of money into the U.S. military — and thousands of service members remain "food insecure"

Salon

Expanded U.S. training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany

The U.S. military's new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces began in Germany on Sunday. Until now the Pentagon had declined to say exactly when the training would start.

WEKU

Expanded US training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the U.S. military’s new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces has begun in Germany

The Independent UK

Congress barely dents scourge of hunger in military

WASHINGTON — A recently enacted income supplement for low-ranking U.S. troops, put in place primarily to alleviate food insecurity in the ranks, will help fewer than 1% of the estimated scores of thousands of hungry U.S. military families, according to Pentagon figures.

Tribune News Service

Cutting Government Back to Last Year's Size Shouldn't Be 'Impossible' or 'Severe'

Taking stock of the utterly unserious fiscal policy discourse in Washington.

Reason

The Pentagon got hundreds of new reports of UFOs in 2022, a government report says

The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, formed last year, is focusing on some 171 cases — including some in which objects "appear to have demonstrated unusual flight characteristics."

WEKU

Experts baffled by 171 new UFO reports

"In the absence of being able to resolve what something is, we assume that it may be hostile," DOD official warns

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Evening Standard

US government logs more than 500 UFO reports last year with hundreds unexplained

While many of the sightings were caused by drones or balloons, hundreds remain unexplained

Irish Mirror

United States Government claims UFOs pose threat after receiving 510 reports of flying object sightings

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office is solely focused on receiving and analysing reports of unidentified objects

Roll Call

Congress barely dents scourge of hunger in military - Roll Call

Congress and the Pentagon have struggled to reduce hunger and food insecurity in the military, reaching only a fraction of those in need.

Wales Online

510 reports of UFO'S in US listed in declassified intelligence reports

The US Government says whatever the objects were they 'may have posed a threat'

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UFO Reports Rise to 510, Not Aliens but Still a Threat to US

The US has now collected 510 reports of unidentified flying objects, many of which are flying in sensitive military airspace. While there’s no evidence of extraterrestrials, they still pose a threat, the government said in a declassified report summary released Thursday. Last year the Pentagon opened an office, the All-domain…

Reuters

Russia's troubles in Ukraine likely caused leadership shakeup: Pentagon

The Pentagon said on Thursday that Russia's persistent troubles in Ukraine likely led to latest shake-up in military leadership, and urged Moscow to end the war instead turning to new generals to oversee the nearly year-long invasion.

Tribune News Service

Congress trims funding for Pentagon ‘chem-bio’ programs

WASHINGTON — The latest defense spending law would subtract about 7% from the president’s request for numerous Pentagon chemical and biological defense programs on the grounds that they need to be more effectively executed.

The Independent UK

Late Pentagon chief Ash Carter to be honored at service

President Joe Biden and other past and present U.S. officials are honoring the late defense secretary, Ash Carter, who opened the way for women to fight in combat and for transgendered personnel to serve

Tribune News Service

Congress tightens screws on Chinese tech purchases, collaboration

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers added new restrictions and limitations late last year on Chinese entities trying to buy U.S. high-tech companies as well as a ban on collaboration between American and Chinese government agencies in several technology sectors.

The Guardian - US

Washington is shrieking at the prospect of a defense budget cut. But would it really be so bad?

Instead of seeing this as an opportunity to course-correct the copious funding allocated to the Pentagon, the White House came out swinging

Roll Call

Congress trims funding for Pentagon 'chem-bio' programs - Roll Call

With the Pentagon about to release its biodefense posture review, Congress is cutting funding for biological and chemical defense programs.

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