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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Last year Blue Origin joined SpaceX and ULA in the Pentagon's $5.6 billion National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, allowing the company to compete for contracts.
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Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
Days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte, an appointee of then-President George W. Bush, negotiated a resolution that called for governments to take on different counterterrorist activities.
—Abiodun Williams, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
Newsweek has emailed the Pentagon out of hours and the defense ministry in Beijing for comment.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
President Barack Obama’s efforts to close Guantánamo met with strong resistance from the Pentagon.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
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Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
Days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte, an appointee of then-President George W. Bush, negotiated a resolution that called for governments to take on different counterterrorist activities.
—Abiodun Williams, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
Newsweek has emailed the Pentagon out of hours and the defense ministry in Beijing for comment.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
President Barack Obama’s efforts to close Guantánamo met with strong resistance from the Pentagon.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
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“The Pentagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Pentagon. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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