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Seventeen years ago, the U.S. Department of Defense came under attack. American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon, killing all passengers onboard the plane and 125 people working in the building. VOA Pentagon correspondent
From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. Members of the group that took out Osama bin Laden is expected to be thanked personally by President Obama. The White House says the president plans to travel to Fort Campbell, Kentucky tomorrow to meet
By Meredith Buel Washington 11 September 2006 Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld led the memorial service to honor the 184 people who died five years ago, when terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon. Vice Presiden
By Al Pessin Pentagon 15 December 2006 President Bush and other dignitaries gathered at the Pentagon Friday to say farewell to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who will leave office on Monday. The president and others praised the often-controversi
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 08 September 2006 watch Pentagon Survivors report Americans will mark the anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks in many ways. Some will attend church services. Others will take part in marches and mem
By Jeff Swicord Washington, D.C. 18 December 2006 watch Religion report Separation of religion and state is one of the founding principles of American democracy. Recently that constitutional principle has been tested by several high profile events i
By Al Pessin Pentagon 31 October 2006 The U.S. Defense Department is taking a new approach in its battle against Islamist militants around the world - it is moving to expand its press operation. Officials say the goals are to counter terrorist propa
By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 January 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he will decide pretty quickly on a request from military commanders for 3,000 additional U.S. troops to help fight the Taliban and train Afghan forces. VOA's Al Pessin rep
By Al Pessin Pentagon 24 April 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has called the naming of Iraq's new top officials a 'thrilling' and 'enormous accomplishment' that could set the stage for fu
By Purnell Murdock Washington 25 February 2006 Iraqi forces of the 3rd Brigade, 1st division, march during a ceremony The U.S. Defense Department says the number of Iraqi security forces capable of ba
The Pentagon says it has no indication that Iran has reduced what a spokesman calls its meddling in Iraq, even though attacks by Iranian-backed militias are down significantly. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. Geoff Morrell (file photo) Pr
By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 June 2008 The Pentagon says reports that Taliban forces have taken over several villages in southern Afghanistan are false, and that any Taliban offensive in the area will be defeated. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentag
Afghanistan's Army is growing at a record rate, and now leads and helps plan nearly two-thirds of the country's military operations. Army Major General Robert Cone, the commander of the U.S. training program in Afghanistan, says Afghan soldiers are
U.S. defense officials responded cautiously Thursday to a report that Pakistan plans to give weapons to thousands of men in its western region so they can join the fight against militants who have taken refuge in the area. VOA's Al Pessin reports fr
The Pentagon says it has video of the incident in Afghanistan's Farah Province two weeks ago, in which a U.S. air strike apparently killed some Afghan civilians. But U.S. officials dispute the Afghan government claim that as many as 140 civilians we
By Al Pessin The Pentagon 16 November 2009 The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered top officials to review security measures following the shootings earlier this month at Ft. Hood in Texas, in which a U.S. Army officer killed 12
NOEL KING, HOST: In the past, if you wanted to know how many U.S. troops there were in war zones like Iraq or Afghanistan, you could find that information at a public Pentagon website that was updated every three months. But then, late last year, the
lieBy Al Pessin Pentagon 05 July 2006 The Defense Department says it detected all seven North Korean missile launches and determined quickly that they were not a threat to the United States or its territories. The Department also says the one long-r
A longtime al-Qaida operative was killed in a U.S. airstrike in early July while traveling near Sarmada, Syria, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Muhsin al-Fadhli was traveling in a vehicle when he was hit July 8. Sarmada is in Idlib province in the norther