Topic: Michele Flournoy

Top woman at Pentagon to step down: Panetta

The most senior woman to have ever served at the Pentagon, Michele Flournoy, plans to step down from her policy post to spend more time with her family, officials said Monday.Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, "has today announced her intention to ...

Rogue WMDs major threat to US: Pentagon official

The risk of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists is the gravest threat facing the United States, a Pentagon official has said.Asked about the existential threats against Washington, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy said there were ...
Pentagon officials tell Congress things are looking up, even though violence is getting worseThere are encouraging signs and momentum in the once-stalemated war in Afghanistan, two top Pentagon officials said Wednesday, but things may get worse before they get much better."I'm cautiously ...

Option of striking Iran never off the table: Pentagon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military action against Iran remains an option even as the United States pursues diplomacy and sanctions to halt the country's nuclear program, the Pentagon said on Wednesday."We are not taking any options off the table as we pursue ...
The United States hopes the 7,000 additional troops promised by NATO allies will arrive in Afghanistan by the first half of 2010, a top defense official said on Monday. "In terms of the force flow, the goal is to get them all ...

Obama to decide on more troops for Afghan war

President Barack Obama faces a decision later this year whether to send an additional 10,000 US troops to Afghanistan, defense officials said, amid an escalating war against Islamist insurgents.A top general and senior Pentagon official disclosed on Wednesday for the first time ...