Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey gave a muted response Thursday to reports that cremated body parts of American servicemen have been sent to a landfill. “I don’t know what right looks like in that regard,” Dempsey said when asked during a press briefing at the…

By Adrianna McGinley In a rare collective appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee, all Service Chiefs testified against a proposal that would give the National Guard Bureau Chief a permanent seat on the Joint Chief of Staff. General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he…

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is calling for an independent investigation of the Air Force’s Inspector General (IG) following reports this week that the remains of fallen servicemen were mishandled at the Dover Air Force Base’s mortuary. In a report, the Office of the Special Counsel blasted the Air Force’s Inspector…

Details from newly released investigations reveal gross mismanagement of the remains of American servicemembers, including lost body parts and dismemberment without familial consent. The incidents took place at the Port Mortuary in Dover, Delaware, the arrival spot for American soldiers’ killed overseas. A statement from the U.S. Office Of Special…

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear power watchdog, believes that Iran’s nuclear capabilities may be more advanced than initially believed, according to a report in the Washington Post. The news comes the same week that the Agency is set to release a classified report to member nations detailing…

The U.S. military declined to tell reporters Thursday the rate at which American soldiers are being removed from the country. “The numbers of troops per week and the bases that will transition is not being released,” Gen. Thomas Spoehr said during a news conference. “We’re doing that to ensure the…

Operation Unified Protector entered its final day Monday, just over seven months after the mission officially began. Marking the occasion, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen landed in Libya to meet with members of the transitional government and congratulate the country for moving beyond the Gaddafi regime. “Your courage, determination…

By Adrianna McGinley Department of Defense and State officials faced stiff questions from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over the deployment of roughly 100 U.S. troops to central Africa in an effort to train African forces to combat the Lord’s Resistance Army, a known terrorist group in the region. Principal Deputy…

The U.S. will remove all remaining troops from Iraq by the end of the year, President Barack Obama announced Friday afternoon. “Today I can say that our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the holidays,” Obama said during a  short statement fom the White House briefing room The…

Citing a recent Pentagon report that shows fraud among Defense Contractors has cost the U.S.  $1.1 trillion throughout the past decade, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) argued Thursday that the Pentagon needs to adopt stronger system for fraud prevention. “The ugly truth is that virtually all of the major defense contractors…