W.G. Dunlop
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Pentagon Correspondent for AFP. Previously lived in Iraq, the UAE and Lebanon and reported around the Middle East; also covered disinformation and edited on the English desk in the US | william.dunlop@afp.com
On Monday, Trump ordered Hegseth to "immediately create and begin training, manning, hiring, and equipping a specialized unit within the District of Columbia National Guard" that is "dedicated to ensuring public safety and order in the nation's capital."
August 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
On Monday, Trump ordered Hegseth to "immediately create and begin training, manning, hiring, and equipping a specialized unit within the District of Columbia National Guard" that is "dedicated to ensuring public safety and order in the nation's capital."
It is the second F/A-18 operating off the Truman to be lost in less than six months, after another was mistakenly shot down over the Red Sea by the USS Gettysburg guided missile cruiser late last year in incident that both pilots survived
A multi-million-dollar US warplane fell off the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier into the Red Sea on Monday in an accident that injured one sailor, the Navy says tinyurl.com/3kds8a85
April 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It is the second F/A-18 operating off the Truman to be lost in less than six months, after another was mistakenly shot down over the Red Sea by the USS Gettysburg guided missile cruiser late last year in incident that both pilots survived
A multi-million-dollar US warplane fell off the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier into the Red Sea on Monday in an accident that injured one sailor, the Navy says tinyurl.com/3kds8a85
April 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A multi-million-dollar US warplane fell off the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier into the Red Sea on Monday in an accident that injured one sailor, the Navy says tinyurl.com/3kds8a85
The deputy Pentagon press secretary has now done more news conferences for Take Your Kid to Work Day (1) than she has for actual journalists (0).
April 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The deputy Pentagon press secretary has now done more news conferences for Take Your Kid to Work Day (1) than she has for actual journalists (0).
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a top US admiral assigned to NATO, the latest in a string of senior officers -- including multiple women -- to be dismissed by President Donald Trump's administration tinyurl.com/3cvcn5nt
April 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a top US admiral assigned to NATO, the latest in a string of senior officers -- including multiple women -- to be dismissed by President Donald Trump's administration tinyurl.com/3cvcn5nt
Donald Trump announces that Boeing has been awarded the contract for the Air Force's next-generation stealth fighter plane, which the 47th US president said would be named the F-47 tinyurl.com/bddeaar7
March 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Donald Trump announces that Boeing has been awarded the contract for the Air Force's next-generation stealth fighter plane, which the 47th US president said would be named the F-47 tinyurl.com/bddeaar7
Colonel Bree Fram has served in the US military for 22 years, but she now faces possible dismissal from the Space Force under President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops tinyurl.com/myrr2wnh
March 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Colonel Bree Fram has served in the US military for 22 years, but she now faces possible dismissal from the Space Force under President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops tinyurl.com/myrr2wnh
Simoes said his termination letter "claimed that I don't have the... abilities, knowledge and or skills for the organization, which was blatantly false," noting that a recent quarterly review "had called me exemplary and exceeding expectations."
Hendrick Simoes served in the US Navy for 24 years, retiring last year and starting a new job as a civilian employee of the government -- only to be fired five months later as part of President Donald Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal workforce tinyurl.com/3z7yfbw9
March 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Simoes said his termination letter "claimed that I don't have the... abilities, knowledge and or skills for the organization, which was blatantly false," noting that a recent quarterly review "had called me exemplary and exceeding expectations."
Hendrick Simoes served in the US Navy for 24 years, retiring last year and starting a new job as a civilian employee of the government -- only to be fired five months later as part of President Donald Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal workforce tinyurl.com/3z7yfbw9
March 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hendrick Simoes served in the US Navy for 24 years, retiring last year and starting a new job as a civilian employee of the government -- only to be fired five months later as part of President Donald Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal workforce tinyurl.com/3z7yfbw9
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The United States has "paused" intelligence sharing with Ukraine after a dramatic breakdown in relations between Kyiv and the White House, CIA director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday ➡️ u.afp.com/S3XL
March 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The United States has "paused" intelligence sharing with Ukraine after a dramatic breakdown in relations between Kyiv and the White House, CIA director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday ➡️ u.afp.com/S3XL
President Donald Trump's administration aims to cut more than 70,000 jobs from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which oversees veterans' health care and other benefits, Secretary Doug Collins says tinyurl.com/bdz2snzv
March 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
President Donald Trump's administration aims to cut more than 70,000 jobs from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which oversees veterans' health care and other benefits, Secretary Doug Collins says tinyurl.com/bdz2snzv
The Pentagon's chief spokesman has directed the removal of online content including articles, photos and videos that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by the middle of next week, a memo released Thursday says tinyurl.com/bs848zv7
February 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Pentagon's chief spokesman has directed the removal of online content including articles, photos and videos that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by the middle of next week, a memo released Thursday says tinyurl.com/bs848zv7
The United States will remove transgender troops from the military unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a memo tinyurl.com/5n6m8a77
February 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The United States will remove transgender troops from the military unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a memo tinyurl.com/5n6m8a77
Trump said today that “we got rid of ISIS in three weeks.”
But Mosul was not recaptured until July 2017, more than six months after Trump took office, and the last ISIS bastion in Syria was not retaken until March 2019.
In total, the war lasted nearly five years.
But Mosul was not recaptured until July 2017, more than six months after Trump took office, and the last ISIS bastion in Syria was not retaken until March 2019.
In total, the war lasted nearly five years.
February 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Trump said today that “we got rid of ISIS in three weeks.”
But Mosul was not recaptured until July 2017, more than six months after Trump took office, and the last ISIS bastion in Syria was not retaken until March 2019.
In total, the war lasted nearly five years.
But Mosul was not recaptured until July 2017, more than six months after Trump took office, and the last ISIS bastion in Syria was not retaken until March 2019.
In total, the war lasted nearly five years.
President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping shakeup of the Pentagon, firing top officers and moving to lay off thousands of civilian workers as he seeks to align the US military with his priorities tinyurl.com/ycw66ra9
February 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping shakeup of the Pentagon, firing top officers and moving to lay off thousands of civilian workers as he seeks to align the US military with his priorities tinyurl.com/ycw66ra9
President Donald Trump has fired top US military officer General Charles "CQ" Brown, part of a major shake-up of the armed forces' leadership tinyurl.com/yhu29tu6
February 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
President Donald Trump has fired top US military officer General Charles "CQ" Brown, part of a major shake-up of the armed forces' leadership tinyurl.com/yhu29tu6
The US Defense Department will cut its civilian workforce by at least five percent starting next week, the Pentagon said Friday, as President Donald Trump continues slashing the government payroll tinyurl.com/357w2bss
February 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The US Defense Department will cut its civilian workforce by at least five percent starting next week, the Pentagon said Friday, as President Donald Trump continues slashing the government payroll tinyurl.com/357w2bss
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued guidance prohibiting Pentagon resources from being used to mark months celebrating people of different ethnic backgrounds, describing doing so as divisive to the military tinyurl.com/h62b3sac
February 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued guidance prohibiting Pentagon resources from being used to mark months celebrating people of different ethnic backgrounds, describing doing so as divisive to the military tinyurl.com/h62b3sac
NYT, NBC, NPR and POLITICO have been told to vacate their office space at the Pentagon by Feb. 14 and will be replaced by New York Post, OANN, Breitbart and HuffPost respectively
February 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
NYT, NBC, NPR and POLITICO have been told to vacate their office space at the Pentagon by Feb. 14 and will be replaced by New York Post, OANN, Breitbart and HuffPost respectively
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Ukraine believes North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line have been "withdrawn" after suffering heavy losses, a military spokesman told AFP on Friday. https://u.afp.com/SZbz
January 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ukraine believes North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line have been "withdrawn" after suffering heavy losses, a military spokesman told AFP on Friday. https://u.afp.com/SZbz
The Pentagon has quietly scrapped a policy that assisted troops who needed to travel to receive reproductive health care including abortions, a US defense official says tinyurl.com/49z39ahd
January 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Pentagon has quietly scrapped a policy that assisted troops who needed to travel to receive reproductive health care including abortions, a US defense official says tinyurl.com/49z39ahd
New coat of paint for the wall where retired general Mark Milley’s portrait hung at the Pentagon before it was removed on the day that Trump took office
January 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New coat of paint for the wall where retired general Mark Milley’s portrait hung at the Pentagon before it was removed on the day that Trump took office
WHO chief says he was about to board a plane at the Sanaa airport when it was hit by aerial bombardment on Thursday, as Israel struck the airport and other areas in Yemen
December 26, 2024 at 5:03 PM
WHO chief says he was about to board a plane at the Sanaa airport when it was hit by aerial bombardment on Thursday, as Israel struck the airport and other areas in Yemen
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Israeli air strikes pummelled Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, a day after the latest attacks on Israel by Iran-backed Huthi rebels.
u.afp.com/5Faq
u.afp.com/5Faq
December 26, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Israeli air strikes pummelled Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, a day after the latest attacks on Israel by Iran-backed Huthi rebels.
u.afp.com/5Faq
u.afp.com/5Faq
The United States doubled the number of troops it has in Syria as part of operations against the Islamic State group to around 2,000 earlier this year, the Pentagon says tinyurl.com/unmpb8b8
December 20, 2024 at 3:10 PM
The United States doubled the number of troops it has in Syria as part of operations against the Islamic State group to around 2,000 earlier this year, the Pentagon says tinyurl.com/unmpb8b8