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1 month ago | portside.org | John Ismay |Azmat Khan

Hegseth Cuts Pentagon Work on Preventing Civilian Harm Published March 5, 2025 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is moving to terminate Pentagon offices and positions that focus on preventing and responding to civilian harm during U.S. combat operations, according to three defense officials.

1 month ago | myheraldreview.com | John Ismay |Azmat Khan

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is moving to terminate Pentagon offices and positions that focus on preventing and responding to civilian harm during U.S. combat operations, according to three defense officials. Employees at the Pentagon’s Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response office, which deals with policy matters related to limiting the risk to noncombatants across the armed forces, were informed Monday that their office would be closed, the officials said.

1 month ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | John Ismay |Azmat Khan |Paul Berger |John Hardie

Quotes of the Day:"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."–Martin Luther King, Jr."Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity."– Thomas J.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | John Ismay |Azmat Khan

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is moving to terminate Pentagon offices and positions that focus on preventing and responding to civilian harm during U.S. combat operations, according to three defense officials. Employees at the Pentagon's Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response office, which deals with policy matters related to limiting the risk to noncombatants across the armed forces, were informed on Monday that their office would be closed, the officials said.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | John Ismay |Azmat Khan

1 day agoMarch 4, 2025, 10:02 p.m. ET The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it could sell hundreds of federal properties around the country, including offices for the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Officials at the General …