the Pentagon
noun
1
: the building in Washington, D.C., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense
2
: the leaders of the U.S. military
There was disagreement between the President and the Pentagon over the new military budget.
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Experts Weigh In One meeting was reportedly held with U.K.'s Secretary of Defense John Healey in the Pentagon on March 6 and discussions included the United States' decision to withdraw from sharing military intelligence with Ukraine amid their war with Russia, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Details of the budget proposal should reveal whether the Pentagon, and particularly the Space Force, will prevail in a climate of government downsizing.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
Zoom in: Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and ranking member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) asked the Pentagon's inspector general to investigate how The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffery Goldberg ended up in a group chat in which details of a military attack on the Houthis was shared.
—Stef W. Kight, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
That conversation took place in the days leading up to the Pentagon’s strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen who have been attacking ships in the Red Sea.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Details of the budget proposal should reveal whether the Pentagon, and particularly the Space Force, will prevail in a climate of government downsizing.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
Zoom in: Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and ranking member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) asked the Pentagon's inspector general to investigate how The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffery Goldberg ended up in a group chat in which details of a military attack on the Houthis was shared.
—Stef W. Kight, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
That conversation took place in the days leading up to the Pentagon’s strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen who have been attacking ships in the Red Sea.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
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