Tag: Department of Defense

US Defense Department Briefing

U.S. Defense Department Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder holds a briefing at the Pentagon at 2:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 15. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: rumble.com/c/EpochTV…


LIVE NOW: Unpacking the Pentagon’s 2022 China Military Power Report

Michael Chase, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for China at the Department of Defense, and Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs at the Department of Defense, will discuss the department’s annual report about China’s Military Power in a forum hosted by American Enterprise Institute at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 8….


Unpacking the Pentagon’s 2022 China Military Power Report

Michael Chase, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for China at the Department of Defense, and Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs at the Department of Defense, will discuss the department’s annual report about China’s Military Power in a forum hosted by American Enterprise Institute at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 8….


Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft Awarded $9 Billion Cloud Deals: Pentagon

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle have been awarded lucrative cloud contracts valued at up to $9 billion in total, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Dec. 7. The contracts were awarded to the four tech companies to help build the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), which will replace the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) and effectively streamline…


Roy Leads House GOPers Demanding DOD Stop Paying Abortion Travel Expenses

Forty House Republicans, led by Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, are demanding that the Department of Defense (DOD) shut down a fund it set up to pay the travel expenses of service members seeking abortions. “The United States military is facing a historic recruiting crisis as a result of ‘wokeness’ and its strategically foolish COVID…


Nicolas Chaillan: The CCP Is Using TikTok to Manipulate Americans and Gather Data for AI Weapons

TikTok is one of the Chinese regime’s most powerful weapons of mass manipulation and misinformation, argues Nicolas Chaillan, former chief software officer of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. TikTok was the most downloaded app globally and in the United States in 2021. The Chinese regime is using TikTok to manipulate Americans—particularly the younger…


Internal Pentagon Report Says China Is Main Beneficiary of Key US Technology Research Efforts

A confidential internal Department of Defense report concludes that “China, not the United States, is the ultimate beneficiary of DoD and other [U. S. Government] research investments,” according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). “Washington is spending billions of your tax dollars every year to hypothetically achieve technological dominance over communist China, but the ultimate beneficiary of that…


Capitol Report (July 26): Trump Returns to Washington, Pence Competes for Spotlight

Former President Donald Trump is back in Washington for the first time since leaving office, as a potential 2024 rival gives a speech on the same day. What are their messages to the American people? Law and order and border security are two key issues that will drive voters to the voting booth this November….


Trump Lawyers Demand Intelligence Agencies Punish Ex-employees Who Claimed Russians Were Behind Hunter Biden Laptop

The former employees at the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies should be punished for claiming stories about emails on a computer belonging to President Joe Biden’s son were part of a Russian scheme, lawyers for former President Donald Trump said. Top officials at the CIA, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI),…


US Forces Conducted Fewer ‘Freedom of Navigation’ Patrols Near China in Fiscal 2021: Report

The U.S. military carried out fewer “freedom of navigation operation” patrols near China in fiscal 2021 than it did the year prior, although the number missions rose overall, according to a Department of Defense report published on April 1. The report states that during the period from Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021, U.S….