MILITARY/PENTAGON/SOMALIA: “President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to remove most of its about 700 troops in Somalia working to assist the East African nation’s military with its long battle against al-Shabab terrorists, the Pentagon announced Friday [Dec. 4, 2020]. Most of the troops to be removed from Somalia will be relocated to neighboring countries, […]
Category: Pentagon
8/17/2020
HEALTHCARE/MILITARY/PENTAGON: “A proposal by Pentagon officials to slash Military Healthcare by $2.2 billion dollars has been firmly and totally rejected by me. We will do nothing to hurt our great Military professionals & heroes as long as I am your President. Thank you!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2020 4:30 pm […]
7/26/2019
DEFENSE/PENTAGON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great morning at the Pentagon yesterday. Congratulations to our new Defense Secretary, Mark @EsperDoD! https://t.co/zqtA4XytJA” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 26, 2019 1:17 pm […]
7/25/2019
DEFENSE/PENTAGON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beautiful Welcome Ceremony at the Pentagon this morning for our new Secretary of Defense, Mark @EsperDoD! https://t.co/qYDkjmqnOd” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2019 12:04 pm […]
7/18/2019
BUSINESS/PENTAGON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Thursday [7-18-19] that he was looking ‘very seriously’ at intervening in the hard-fought commercial battle for a $10 billion Pentagon cloud computing contract for which Amazon, a company he has frequently attacked, is seen as the leading contender. For the president to weigh in on the award of […]
7/17/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/PENTAGON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon will send an additional 1,100 active-duty troops and 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to assist in securing the United States border with Mexico, the Defense Department announced on Wednesday [7-17-19], in a move that would significantly expand the American military presence there. The deployment would increase the number […]