The Latest Breaking News from Pentagon

Spending negotiations appear headed for another stopgap bill

Congress is on course to pass a third government funding stopgap, as negotiations on a 12-bill omnibus package continue at a snail’s pace.

Roll Call · Feb 3, 2022

‘Nervous’ wandering chicken caught at US Pentagon security checkpoint

Hen was found running loose near the US Department of Defense headquarters on the outskirts of Washington DC

The Guardian - US · Feb 3, 2022

Joe Biden on crime: ‘The answer is not to defund the police’ – as it happened

President meets New York City mayor Eric Adams two weeks after fatal shooting of two NYPD officers – follow all the day’s politics news

The Guardian - US · Feb 3, 2022

Ukraine crisis: US to deploy more troops to Eastern Europe

Pentagon stresses US forces are not going to Ukraine, but to bolster security of NATO nations in Eastern Europe.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2022

US deploys more troops to eastern Europe amid Ukraine standoff

The United States announced on Wednesday the deployment of several thousand troops to bolster NATO forces in eastern Europe as the leaders of Germany and France flagged trips to Moscow to address Western fears of an invasion of Ukraine.

France 24 · Feb 2, 2022

Ukraine crisis: Biden to deploy more US troops to eastern Europe

More than 3,000 troops headed to Germany, Poland and Romania after talks between Washington and Moscow fail to ease tensions

The Guardian - US · Feb 2, 2022

Biden directs Pentagon to send thousands of troops to Eastern Europe "in the coming days"

The president had previously said troop deployments to Eastern Europe would only occur if Russia invaded Ukraine.

Axios · Feb 2, 2022

Joe Biden sending more troops to eastern Europe over Ukraine and Russia war fears

US President Joe Biden is sending more than 3,000 extra troops to eastern Europe amid ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia, the Pentagon has said

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2022

U.S. sending nearly 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe in coming days

President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of nearly 3,000 American troops to eastern Europe in the coming days amid a standoff with Russia over Ukraine in what the Pentagon said on Wednesday was signal of U.S. readiness to defend NATO allies.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

Biden says ‘ending cancer as we know it a White House priority. Period’ – as it happened

President’s proposal aims to cut US cancer death rates in half – follow all the day’s politics news

The Guardian - US · Feb 2, 2022