pentagon
pen ti gon
- n a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
- n the United States military establishment
- n a five-sided polygon
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News & Articles
- Pentagon official testifies at Manning's trial
A Pentagon official says a video of a U.S. Apache helicopter attack leaked by Pfc. Bradley Manning revealed sensitive information that could help enemies plan deadlier assaults.
June 12, 2013 - Greene County Messenger - Pentagon Releases Report on Sequestration Cuts’ Effects
The Pentagon sent to Congress today a report that provides new details about the effects of $37 billion in sequestration cuts through Sept. 30.
June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg - Pentagon, Army Say East Coast Missile Defense Site Not Needed
The Pentagon and Army officials who head missile defense agencies told a Senate committee chairman that a missile interceptor site on the U.S. East Coast isn’t needed to improve U.S. defenses against Iranian missiles.
June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg
Quotes
- Matt Maupin in USA Today
I told them when we'd go up to the Pentagon, whether he walks off a plane or is carried off, you're not going to leave him in Iraq like you did those guys in Vietnam,Maupin said. - Barack Obama in AFP
A top US official told AFP that McChrystal had been ordered to attend a meeting on Wednesday "to explain to the Pentagon and the commander in chief his quotes in the piece about his colleagues". - Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington Post
While details of the decision are not fully clear, "it is troubling that the Bush administration would award the second-largest Pentagon contract in our nation's history to a team that includes a European firm that our government is simultaneously...