Stock photo / Getty Images Climate Change Named a National Security Threat, Biden Executive Order Forces This Policy on the US Military 'There is little about what the Department does to defend the American people that is not affected by climate change.' By C. Douglas Golden March 14, 2021
Fact Check Covers for Biden Forgetting Defense Sec's Name: He May Have Been Doing a Folksy Ad Lib Snopes showed why fact-checkers can’t be taken seriously after it covered for Biden, who this week forgot the name of his Defense secretary. By Kipp Jones March 12, 2021
Jose Luis Magana / AP National Guard Troops Finally Learn When They'll Be Able to Leave DC 'There's no incidents to report. Things are safe and secure right now,' a Pentagon spokesman said. By Erin Coates February 17, 2021
Pete Marovich - Pool / Getty Images Flashback: Obama Defense Sec Thought Biden Had 'Issues with the Military' Obama's first secretary of defense warned that Joe Biden has nearly always been wrong on issues of foreign policy and national security. By Garion Frankel February 10, 2021
Manuel Balce Ceneta - Pool / Getty Images Biden's Defense Secretary Issues Military-Wide Stand Down Order After Meeting with Senior Leaders The order comes less than a month after some veterans and current service members participated in the incursion into the Capitol. By Jared Harris February 5, 2021
Sarah Silbiger / Getty Images Biden's Department of Defense Declares Climate Change Is a Top Priority 'We know first-hand the risk that climate change poses to national security because it affects the work we do every day.' By Jack Davis January 28, 2021
Brendan Smialowski / AFP ia Getty Images Defense Officials Confirm Trump Is Still Commander in Chief, Refuse to Participate in Military Coup to Oust Him 'They cannot remove the president from the chain of command. That would amount to a military coup, the officials said.' By Kipp Jones January 9, 2021
Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images Capitol Police Turned Down Help from Trump Administration Twice Because the Force Thought It Would Look Bad: Report A report from The Associated Press revealed two separate Cabinet-level departments approached the Capitol Police about offering support. By C. Douglas Golden January 9, 2021
Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images No Mention of Trump as Acting Secretary of Defense Turns to Pence and Congress Before Rolling Out National Guard The secretary made news when issuing a statement about National Guard deployment by mentioning who he consulted with first. By C. Douglas Golden January 7, 2021
Pablo Martinez Monsivais - File / AP Every Living Former Secretary of Defense Signs Letter Issuing a Serious Warning to Trump The former Pentagon chiefs warned against the use of the military in any effort to change the outcome. By The Associated Press January 3, 2021