Senate Panel Authorizes US Strike on Syria A U.S. Senate panel has approved a measure allowing President Barack Obama to order a military strike against Syria.
Carter Apologizes for Secret Anthrax Shipments to South Korea Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has apologized for the Army's secret shipment of anthrax samples to close ally South Korea.
Dugway Under Scrutiny Again Over Handling of Deadly Toxins The DoD's IG has found a new set of problems in the way the Army's Dugway Proving Ground handles deadly toxins, such as Sarin...
Pentagon Finds Army Possibly Sent Live Anthrax to 51 Labs, 17 States The military shipped supposedly inert anthrax samples that may have been live over the last 10 years to at least 51 labs.
US Rules Out Hitting Syrian Chemical Sites The Pentagon has ruled out hitting Syrian chemical weapons stockpiles or sending troops to secure the sites after a strike.
CentCom: No Evidence of ISIS Using Mustard Gas Against Kurds The U.S. has yet to find solid evidence that ISIS used mustard gas against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, CentCom said...
Power: UN Ineffective on Syria, US Must Act America's ambassador to the United Nations stepped out front today to make the case for a U.S. strike against the forces of...
US Commander: Initial Tests Show ISIS Used Mustard Gas Initial field tests have indicated that Islamic militants may have used mustard gas in an Aug. 11 attack on Kurdish peshmerga...
White House Mum on Rebel Chem Weapons Use While wrestling with the case for a Syria attack, the White House is not commenting on reports that rebels released the gas.
US Military Ordering Troops in Iraq to Dust Off Chemical Weapon Suits The U.S. military has ordered its nearly 3,500 troops stationed in Iraq to reacquaint themselves with their chemical weapons...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...
