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Ellsberg was famous for exposing government deception on the US war in Vietnam and advocated for whistleblower rights.

Daniel Ellsberg, the defense analyst whose unauthorized release of the top-secret Pentagon Papers triggered court battles over freedom of the press and led to calamity for the presidency of Richard M. Nixon, has died.

Ellsberg's release of what were called the "Pentagon Papers" hastened the end of the Vietnam war, prompted a landmark Supreme Court ruling and contributed to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.

The Pentagon's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts loom as a contentious issue as lawmakers prepare to mark up the NDAA next week.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in both chambers are looking to rewrite the ethics and lobbying rules that affect Pentagon officials, retired brass, executives with U.S. defense contractors and even foreign governments.

Barely three years into his military career, Jack Teixeira allegedly exposed his country’s most sensitive intelligence gathering operations. Now the Pentagon is being forced into a reckoning on who should have access to America’s secrets. Bevan Hurley reports

Warren's bill would impose stricter rules on former Defense Department officials who go to work for defense contractors.

That poisonous orange haze in New York was the 9/11 moment for climate change — or at least it should have been

Later this year, the Pentagon aims to launch Navigation Technology Satellite-3, which could help make the nation's vital GPS architecture more robust.

The State Department says the U.S. will deliver a new package of military aid to Ukraine, that totals up to $325 million, and will include a wide range of rockets, missiles and other munitions aimed at bolstering the counteroffensive against Russia that is in its early stages

Hopes have been dashed for an imminent end to a Senate standoff that has delayed the promotions of more than 200 military officers and could delay the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff