WASHINGTON – The Pentagon and the Navy are reviewing security procedures worldwide in the wake of last week’s tragic shootings at the Washington Navy Yard, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday, with the aim of enhancing prevention of and response to any future such incidents.
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 9, 2013 – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was in a briefing at a NATO International Security Assistance Force facility here today when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the Afghan Defense Ministry just before 9 a.m. local time.
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 8, 2013 – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel landed here today on his first trip as the Defense Department’s leader to thank U.S. troops and to see for himself “where we are in Afghanistan.â€
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2013 – Issuing perhaps their strongest warnings yet, Pentagon leaders yesterday said the budget impasse threatens to create a military readiness crisis.