
Ellen Mitchell
Defense Reporter at The Hill
Defense reporter for @thehill. Previously @POLITICOPro, @InsideDefense & @ALcomMobile. Can probably find me @ Capitol or Pentagon drinking a carton of milk.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Ellen Mitchell
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee has warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that he could be “on the hook” for hundreds of millions of dollars for having accepted a luxury jet from the Qatari government. In a letter sent Wednesday, Rep.
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3 weeks ago |
thehill.com | Ellen Mitchell
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee has warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that he could be “on the hook” for hundreds of millions of dollars for having accepted a luxury jet from the Qatari government. In a letter sent Wednesday, Rep.
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3 weeks ago |
thehill.com | Ellen Mitchell
Transgender active-duty service members must decide whether to leave the military on their own or be forced out by Friday under a deadline imposed by the Pentagon last month. The 30-day deadline, announced last month by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is a life-altering decision that those interviewed by The Hill said is nearly impossible to make. “It’s crushing,” said Cmdr. Emily “Hawking” Shilling, who has served in the Navy for almost two decades.
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3 weeks ago |
thehill.com | Ellen Mitchell
It will “probably” cost hundreds of millions of dollars for the Pentagon to transform a luxury Qatari jet into Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday. Meink said it will likely cost less than $400 million to retrofit the Boeing 747 aircraft, the first price estimate given by the Trump administration since the U.S. military accepted the gift from Qatar last month. Under questioning from Rep.
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3 weeks ago |
thehill.com | Ellen Mitchell
President Trump has picked the next three military officers to lead U.S. forces in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Pentagon has announced. Trump is nominating Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich as commander of U.S. European Command (Eucom), Vice Adm. Brad Cooper to lead U.S. Central Command (Centcom) and Air Force Lt. Gen. Dagvin Anderson to head U.S. Africa Command (Africom). The announcements for Cooper and Anderson were made on Wednesday and on Thursday for Grynkewich.
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