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Ron Boxall, the Joint Staff's director for force structure, resources and assessment, brief reporters on the president's fiscal 2021 defense budget request at the Pentagon, Feb. 10, 2020. (navytimes.com)
Christopher C. Miller served as acting US secretary of defense from November 9, 2020, to January 20, 2021. (presstv.ir)
Miller who served as acting US secretary of defense from November 9, 2020, to January 20, 2021 wrote in "Soldier Secretary," a memoir released this week, that the US military-industrial complex has now become a "hydra-headed monster" with "virtually no brakes on the American war machine. (presstv.ir)

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios. (axios.com)
Miller's move, which stunned officials throughout the Pentagon, was the biggest eruption yet of animus and mistrust toward the Biden team from the top level of the Trump administration. (axios.com)
Fury at the Biden team among senior Pentagon officials escalated after the Washington Post published a story on Wednesday night revealing how much money would be saved if Biden halted construction of Trump's border wall. (axios.com)
Sund told the subcommittee, "After I received approval to call in the National Guard I then had to beg the Pentagon officials to send us help. (wsws.org)
Pentagon officials argue that both would be pivotal to ramping up the defense-industrial base and military aid to Ukraine, which are bipartisan priorities. (armytimes.com)
We … have been acting as vigilant Americans should act in a time when government officials are suspected of high crimes and treason. (aclu.org)
The Pentagon blocked members of President Joe Biden's incoming administration from gaining access to critical information about current operations, including the troop drawdown in Afghanistan, upcoming special operations missions in Africa and the Covid-19 vaccine distribution program, according to new details provided by transition and defense officials. (yahoo.com)
The effort to obstruct the Biden team, led by senior White House appointees at the Pentagon, is unprecedented in modern presidential transitions and will hobble the new administration on key national security matters as it takes over positions in the Defense Department on Wednesday, the officials said. (yahoo.com)
This story is based on conversations with 10 Pentagon and Biden officials involved in the transition, most of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations. (yahoo.com)
Outgoing acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller has maintained publicly that he is committed to ensuring a smooth transfer of power, and Defense Department officials say the Pentagon has worked hard to complete the Biden team's requests for information and interviews in challenging conditions due to the pandemic and a hyper-partisan environment. (yahoo.com)
Pentagon officials under President Donald Trump refused to provide information about current operations, particularly in the special operations realm, because they are "predecisional. (yahoo.com)
Macgregor's appointment is the latest in a series of sweeping changes at the Pentagon that has put defense officials on edge and fueled a growing sense of alarm among military and civilian officials, who are concerned about what could come next. (cnn.com)
Four senior Pentagon officials have been fired or have resigned since Monday, including Defense Secretary Mark Esper who was fired in a tweet by President Donald Trump, Esper's chief of staff and the top officials overseeing policy and intelligence. (cnn.com)
That's how much money the Pentagon could save over five years if only it reformed its back-office functions, according to a McKinsey & Co. study Pentagon officials last year allegedly "buried. (govexec.com)

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, sits next to Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on January 2. (rferl.org)
Patrick Shanahan has taken over the helm of the Pentagon, as U.S. President Donald Trump attacked his Defense Department predecessor, pointing to what he said was a lack of success in Afghanistan. (rferl.org)
I am pleased to announce that our very talented Deputy Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan, will assume the title of Acting Secretary of Defense starting January 1, 2019. (wcpo.com)
Amid all that, and more, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan stepped down this week and Esper, the man tapped to replace him on an interim basis appears to face legal hurdles that could initially prevent him from serving more than about six more weeks. (apnews.com)
As the situation grew more dangerous this week, the acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, stepped down, saying he wanted to spare his family a public airing of domestic problems linked to his messy divorce nearly a decade ago. (apnews.com)
Patrick Shanahan, who is Acting Secretary of Defense, is doing a great job! (thenationalnews.com)
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan listens as President Trump speaks during a signing event for Space Policy Directive 4 in the Oval Office last month. (kpbs.org)
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is under investigation by the Pentagon's Office of Inspector General because of allegations he improperly advocated on behalf of his former employer, Boeing Co. (kpbs.org)
In response, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on June 6 approved a plan to strip Turkey from the F-35 program. (defensenews.com)

Shanahan, Trump's choice to replace Mattis on an interim basis, was confirmed as Mattis' No. 2 in the Pentagon last year by an overwhelming margin that came after a confirmation process that included a clash with the late Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain. (wcpo.com)
Frustrated by lack of influence and disheartened by U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetoric, Department of Defense civilians are heading for the door, leaving key positions unfilled in a Pentagon increasingly run by active-duty or retired military officers. (foreignpolicy.com)
In explosive congressional testimony that has been buried by the news media, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund accused US Army Lieutenant General and current Director of the Army Staff Walter Piatt, as well as former acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, of preventing D.C. National Guard troops from assisting outnumbered police and protecting Congress during Donald Trump's January 6, 2021 coup. (wsws.org)
In an ongoing battle over President Trump's border wall, the Pentagon is authorizing the transfer of $1 billion from planned military readiness projects to build fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. (immigrationimpact.com)
The recognition that so many sacrifices were ultimately made in the service of a lie, as in Iraq, or to further a delusion, as in the neoconservatives' utopian fantasy of a democratic Middle East," writes Miller, who became President Donald Trump's acting defense secretary. (presstv.ir)
The moves will likely only add to the sense of chaos within the Pentagon following Trump's firing of Esper, which came two days after his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, was projected as the winner of the presidential election - a conclusion that Trump has refused to accept. (cnn.com)

McCusker raised concerns about plans to suspend Pentagon funding for Ukraine, that ultimately became the core of the impeachment case against President Donald Trump. (navytimes.com)
Former US Secretary of Defence James Mattis, who bade farewell to the Pentagon in December last year, told the US military to "hold fast" after he quit over a series of fundamental differences with President Donald Trump. (thenationalnews.com)
The Pentagon chief of staff Kevin Sweeney has resigned from his position less than a month after US President Donald Trump announced that American forces would leave Syria. (thenationalnews.com)

Trump installed Miller, a longtime Special Forces operative and Trump loyalist, as acting head of the Pentagon to replace Mark Esper, whom he removed two days after the media called the 2020 election for Biden. (wsws.org)
This was part of a broader purge, in which Trump placed far-right supporters in top Pentagon positions as part of the conspiracy to overturn the election. (wsws.org)
It gives me more flexibility," Trump has said of the many people in acting leadership jobs, not always by his choice. (apnews.com)
Trump immediately named Esper as the new acting secretary, but because of limitations laid out in court decisions and legislation governing how top vacancies are filled, he may only be able to serve for six weeks. (apnews.com)
But people involved with the transition, both on the Biden team and the Pentagon side, gave POLITICO a more detailed picture of what was denied, saying briefings on pressing defense matters never happened, were delayed to the last minute, or were controlled by overbearing minders from the Trump administration's side. (yahoo.com)

Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning said in a statement that "the secretary of defense serves at the pleasure of the President. (wcpo.com)
Chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Esper's position had been that the Navy's disciplinary process should be allowed to "play itself out objectively and deliberately. (kpax.com)
A Pentagon spokesman confirmed Wednesday that retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor "will be serving as a Senior Advisor to the Acting Secretary of Defense. (cnn.com)

Staffers received a briefing from the acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs on Thursday. (armytimes.com)
Slotkin knows the Pentagon well, having served as an acting assistant secretary of defense. (lansingcitypulse.com)

In another setback for the Pentagon, the official performing the duties of the job Brown was to take, Stacy Cummings, is expected to depart in the coming weeks, Politico reported Friday. (defensenews.com)

Shanahan, who has been serving as deputy defense secretary, worked his first day in office as acting defense secretary on January 2 as the replacement for Jim Mattis, who resigned as defense chief on December 20, saying his policies were not fully "aligned" with the president. (rferl.org)
citation needed] The first Director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency was John N. Jester Jr., who previously served as the Pentagon police chief. (wikipedia.org)
The fact that the chief of police responsible for the legislative branch of government was repeatedly denied assistance by the Pentagon is indefensible," he concluded. (wsws.org)
In testimony before Congress on September 19, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund held up a memo issued by then-acting Secretary of Defense Miller that disarmed National Guard troops and forbade them from deploying to the Capitol. (wsws.org)
Former acting Pentagon chief Christopher C. Miller said the United States must hold senior American military leadership accountable for the failed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (presstv.ir)
And the latest one, Army Secretary Mark Esper, who takes over Sunday, might only be able to serve as acting Pentagon chief for less than two months under the rules, requiring yet another short-term boss before it's all sorted out. (apnews.com)
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa was presented a guard of honour with 21 gun salute at Pentagon. (com.pk)
According to ISPR, the Army Chief had discussion session with Acting Secretary of Defence Richard V. Spencer and CJCS. (com.pk)
The Times , citing an unnamed official, said on Thursday that Vice President Mike Pence and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney had reached out to Webb. (thenationalnews.com)
Most recently, acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney has said the money was released after a budgetary review, though sources tell CNN there is no evidence a review took place. (wral.com)
Tapped to present the Pentagon's side of the story-and take flak from the lawmakers-was acting Deputy Chief Management Officer David Tillotson III. (govexec.com)

The likely delay in filling the job comes at an inopportune time for President Joe Biden, who focused his Pentagon budget proposal on divesting legacy weapons systems in favor of research and development. (defensenews.com)
Biden openly decried the treatment his aides were receiving at the Pentagon in December, calling it "nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility" after meetings were canceled ahead of Christmas. (yahoo.com)
Tensions between the Pentagon and the Biden agency landing team emerged almost the moment the General Services Administration authorized the transition to begin in late November after an initial delay following the election. (yahoo.com)

WASHINGTON - Elaine McCusker, who has been serving as the Pentagon's acting comptroller for 18 months, has resigned, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced Tuesday. (navytimes.com)
FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, Secretary of the Army Mark Esper speaks to soldiers and family members in Ft. Bragg, N.C. It's a difficult time for the Pentagon to be without a permanent U.S. defense secretary. (apnews.com)
Inside the Pentagon, lawyers are debating how to get Esper through what would be a difficult legal and congressional confirmation process. (apnews.com)
Esper is slated to take over as acting defense secretary at midnight Sunday, then head out Tuesday to a meeting of NATO defense ministers. (apnews.com)

While we are focused on ongoing operations, Acting Secretary Shanahan told the team to remember: China, China, China,' a Pentagon official said. (rferl.org)
In a letter to Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan, lawmakers accused the department of allowing "political interference and pet projects to come ahead of many near-term, critical readiness issues facing our military. (immigrationimpact.com)
Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan admitted giving up this privilege was a "downside, which will hamper us" in the future. (immigrationimpact.com)

2,400 lives lost,' Lute added, blaming the deaths of U.S. military personnel on bureaucratic breakdowns among Congress, the Pentagon and the State Department. (politico.com)
Morelle asked Sund if he was aware at the time of an extraordinary memorandum issued by acting Secretary of Defense Miller 48 hours before the attack on Congress. (wsws.org)
The Pentagon gave the greenlight without consulting Congress, angering Democratic lawmakers. (immigrationimpact.com)

Aaron Mehta was deputy editor and senior Pentagon correspondent for Defense News, covering policy, strategy and acquisition at the highest levels of the Defense Department and its international partners. (navytimes.com)
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, who serves as a key gatekeeper for Pentagon nominees and policy, told Defense News that the job of undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment ― which involves the tricky balance of affordability, modernization and cohesion between systems ― is "a critical job. (defensenews.com)
Pentagon spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell confirmed the report for Defense News, said the department had succession plans in place and that its acquisition work would go unhindered by Brown's withdrawal. (defensenews.com)

Mattis initially said he would be leaving the Pentagon at the end of February. (rferl.org)
Mattis' retirement announcement on Thursday led much of Washington, including key Republicans, to express alarm about the change in leadership at the Pentagon. (wcpo.com)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (center) speaks alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford (center left) and other senior Defense Department leaders as he holds a meeting with Indonesia Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Aug. 28. (foreignpolicy.com)
Shanahan has served as acting secretary since Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation late last year. (kpbs.org)

According to a 2017 government report , the Pentagon has already spent $11.5 billion on environmental cleanup of closed bases and estimates $3.4 billion more will be needed. (commondreams.org)

Still, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., and fellow Democrats plan next week to call up the Pentagon nominees individually on the chamber floor in hopes of catching the Republicans off guard, or at least forcing them to come to the floor to object, according to a Senate Democratic aide. (armytimes.com)

It wasn't until California lawmakers began hearing from hard-pressed soldiers that the Pentagon realized what was happening and ordered it stopped. (nbcnews.com)

In a speech titled "Rewiring the Pentagon: Charting a New Path on Innovation and Cybersecurity," Carter plans to announce the formation of a new unit based in Silicon Valley designed to improve the Pentagon's interaction with nondefense tech companies. (fedscoop.com)

United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Okinawa hosted RDML Darin K. Via as he wrapped up his first tour to the Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) region as Acting Surgeon General. (navy.mil)

In one incident, the Pentagon abruptly canceled the transition team's meeting with Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, which had been scheduled for just before Christmas. (yahoo.com)
An ardent opponent of the US military's presence in Afghanistan who once called for the use of lethal force against illegal immigrants and has made a litany of racist comments has been made a senior adviser at the Pentagon. (cnn.com)

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Approximately 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel work in the Pentagon. (cnn.com)

The Pentagon Force Protection Agency provides a comprehensive protective intelligence analysis capability, which includes threat analysis, threat investigation, and criminal intelligence services to protect Pentagon facilities, employees and senior DoD personnel. (wikipedia.org)
The Director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency is a Senior Executive Service position within the Office of the Director of Administration and Management. (wikipedia.org)
These holds are hamstringing an organization at a time when we have a pacing challenge in China, an acute threat from Russia," a senior defense official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of negotiations between the Pentagon and Capitol Hill. (armytimes.com)
A senior Pentagon official confirmed Webb's name had been circulating at the White House, the Times reported. (thenationalnews.com)
Michael Rubin is a former Pentagon official and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Specialisation in Iran, Turkey, and South Asia. (beijingnews.net)

As of 2004[update], the Pentagon Force Protection Agency employed 482 police officers. (wikipedia.org)
Since the establishment of the Pentagon Police, two officers have died in the line of duty. (wikipedia.org)

Carter will also announce the establishment of a Pentagon branch of the U.S. Digital Service. (fedscoop.com)

The book "Soldier Secretary" offers an insight into the life of an American soldier who rose to the top of the Pentagon as he grew increasingly indignant about the US military-industrial complex's hunger for death and destruction abroad. (presstv.ir)

Elaine McCusker, left, acting undersecretary of defense (comptroller) and Navy Vice Adm. (navytimes.com)
Pentagon planners say that without service-level, workforce-focused personnel in place like Franklin Parker, the pick to be assistant secretary of Navy manpower and reserve affairs, and Agnes Schaefer, nominated to the same role for the Army, the services are less equipped to tackle difficult issues like sexual assault and recruiting shortfalls. (armytimes.com)
Gallagher, speaking Sunday on "Fox & Friends," alleged the Navy was acting in retaliation. (kpax.com)

Levine's announcement came three months after Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the Pentagon to stop grabbing-back those bonuses, which were improperly awarded during the Bush Administration when it was struggling to find soldiers willing to fight in two unpopular wars. (nbcnews.com)

WASHINGTON ― Pentagon leaders fear the chance of advancing a slate of critical department nominations this year is dwindling amid ongoing opposition on Capitol Hill , and they're warning that delays could cause significant hardship for military operations in the months to come. (armytimes.com)
Last week a Washington-based government watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), filed a formal complaint with the IG, alleging Shanahan promoted Boeing over competitor Lockheed Martin in discussions with Pentagon staff. (kpbs.org)
This picture taken 26 December 2011 shows the Pentagon building in Washington, DC. (cnn.com)

Miller said in an interview with The Hill that there is an urgent need for accountability in the upper ranks of the Pentagon. (presstv.ir)

Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller. (axios.com)

We can't get off the fossil fuel treadmill until we stop our military from acting as the world's protector of Big Oil. (commondreams.org)
Here the Pentagon set up luxury resorts as military bases for brass and visiting "dignitaries" while those fighting the war starved and died in numbers unseen since the darkest days of World War II. (veteranstoday.com)
Pentagon spokesperson Sue Gough said it is "understandable" for there to be limits on what sensitive and classified information the department can provide to the incoming team, including related to future military operations. (yahoo.com)

The Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) is a federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) charged with protecting and safeguarding the occupants, visitors, and infrastructure of The Pentagon, the Mark Center Building, the Defense Health Agency headquarters, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and other assigned DoD-occupied leased facilities within the National Capitol Region. (wikipedia.org)

The Pentagon has authorized more than 25,000 National Guard troops to secure the inauguration, and the FBI is vetting all Guard members. (cbsnews.com)
Under oath, Sund said that after the Capitol Police Board granted his request to appeal to the Pentagon for National Guard assistance at 2:09 pm on January 6, it took over three and a half hours for troops to actually arrive. (wsws.org)

In late 2022, Chris Bargery became acting Director after Daniel P. Walsh left the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. (wikipedia.org)

The Pentagon Force Protection Agency liaises with other federal law enforcement and intelligence communities and conducts threat assessments and investigations for protective details while they are in the National Capital Region. (wikipedia.org)

Thomas "Buzz" Rempfer, a 43-year-old Connecticut native, is hoping he is nearing the end of nearly a decade's perpetual and unprecedented battle with the Pentagon over the legality, safety and effectiveness of mandatory anthrax vaccinations. (veteransforcommonsense.org)

The process is in place," said acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Peter Levine. (nbcnews.com)

At a Feb. 19 press briefing, Pentagon public affairs head Jonathan Hoffman said McCusker is "still the president's nominee. (navytimes.com)

Bargery is responsible for providing a full range of services to protect people, facilities, infrastructure and other resources at the Pentagon Reservation and in DoD-occupied facilities in the National Capital Region. (wikipedia.org)
PPD's role is to provide law enforcement and protective security services for The Pentagon and other Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) activities in the National Capital Region. (wikipedia.org)
Due to the increase in COVID-19 cases and positive test cases in the National Capital Region, the Pentagon Reservation will move to Health Protection Condition Bravo Plus (Bravo+) effective 5 a.m. (health.mil)

In that role, and then acting as the full comptroller, she played a critical role in the department's audit process , as well as the development of the FY20 and FY21 budgets . (navytimes.com)
Shanahan is only the third person ever to serve in the role of acting secretary of defense and has been in that position longer than any other. (kpbs.org)

In response to the report, OSBP Acting Director J. Scott Baum disagreed with the findings and declined to address the recommendations, the IG's office said. (military.com)

The Pentagon responded almost immediately with a recommendation to release the money. (wral.com)

To free up billions of Pentagon dollars for investing in critical environmental projects and to eliminate the environmental havoc of war, movements for a livable, peaceful planet need to put 'ending war' at the top of the 'must do' list. (commondreams.org)

MADRID (AP) - Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez 's chances of forming a new coalition minority government following an inconclusive election in July were greatly boosted this week after reaching an agreement with a tiny party he surely hoped he would never have to rely on. (wfla.com)

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