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The Pentagon is investigating a report alleging that more than $92 million in bonuses – supposed to be given to soldiers and civilians who referred enlistees – were actually given to military recruiters who were not eligible for the bonuses, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, once the top commander in Iraq and then Afghanistan, will leave the Pentagon Wednesday for the halls of the CIA next week.

Booz Allen Hamilton is a massive American consulting firm that does a substantial amount of work for the Pentagon. This means they've got a lot of military business on their servers -- which Anonymous hacked. Today they've leaked it.

The House has passed a $649 billion defense spending bill that boosts the Pentagon budget by $17 billion....

A new study puts a price tag of more than $193 million for the Pentagon to implement the policy of removing gays and lesbians from military service over a six-year period.

A Pentagon study being released Tuesday says gay troops could serve openly without hurting the military's ability to fight.

The Supreme Court on Friday denied a request to lift the Pentagon's ban that prevents openly gay men and women from serving in the military, rejecting a request by a gay rights group.

Someone launched a missile near Los Angeles Monday night and as of Tuesday morning, the Pentagon still doesn't know who.

A local television station showed video of the launch spotted around 5 p.m. captured by a traffic helicopter around sunset.

At least three service members discharged for being gay have begun the process to re-enlist after the Pentagon directed the military to accept openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation s history.

The Pentagon said on Tuesday it has told military service recruiters they must accept applications from gays and lesbians, given a judge's decision to strike its ban on openly-serving homosexuals.