https://news.ketelle.co.uk/entities/pentagon Stories involving Pentagon, told neutrally, with how each side covers them. en-gb https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/elon-musk-appointed-to-lead-pentagon-s-project-meridian-on-future-warf https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/elon-musk-appointed-to-lead-pentagon-s-project-meridian-on-future-warf Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:50:52 +0100 Politics Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian, a 120-day study of future warfare co-led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich. Coverage differs mainly on how much weight to give possible conflicts of interest. (3 outlets: 0 left · 2 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/pentagon-announces-new-autonomous-warfare-command-under-defense-secret https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/pentagon-announces-new-autonomous-warfare-command-under-defense-secret Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:11:12 +0100 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new four-star command for autonomous and robotic warfare in his State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico. A commander is yet to be chosen. (4 outlets: 0 left · 2 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/hegseth-to-cut-20-percent-of-admiral-and-general-posts-at-pentagon https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/hegseth-to-cut-20-percent-of-admiral-and-general-posts-at-pentagon Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:41:07 +0100 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a State of the Force speech at Quantico to announce a 20% reduction in general and admiral posts, doubling a 2025 target. Right-leaning outlets stress bureaucracy-cutting; left-leaning ones call it a purge. (18 outlets: 8 left · 3 centre · 7 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/pentagon-data-breach-exposes-sensitive-data-on-nearly-3-million-people https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/pentagon-data-breach-exposes-sensitive-data-on-nearly-3-million-people Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:52:05 +0100 US A Defense Manpower Data Center system was accessed without authorisation between October 2025 and July 2026, exposing Social Security numbers and other records of about 2.8 million living people and nearly 300,000 deceased people, a Pentagon official said. (4 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/us-completes-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq-as-militia-disarmament-is-dela https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/us-completes-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq-as-militia-disarmament-is-dela Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:37:41 +0100 World The Pentagon said on 30 September that all US forces had left Iraq, ending the 12-year anti-ISIS mission under a 2024 deal. Baghdad has moved its militia disarmament target to June 2027, and outlets differ on the security risk. (32 outlets: 12 left · 10 centre · 10 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/hegseth-freezes-tenured-civilian-hiring-at-military-academies https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/hegseth-freezes-tenured-civilian-hiring-at-military-academies Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:29:48 +0100 Politics Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo on 29 September directing the service academies to stop appointing civilians to tenured posts, saying tenure works against the warfighting mission. Coverage places it within his wider overhaul of military education. (3 outlets: 2 left · 1 centre · 0 right)