Defense
U.S. strikes at terrorist targets in Afghanistan
The Bush administration on Sunday launched what promises to be a long and delicate military campaign against Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban forces, which have long supported the al Queda terrorist network believed responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
Defense
Agencies on high alert; Homeland Security Office goes into operation
In the wake of the military strikes over the Columbus Day holiday weekend, federal agencies went on heightened alert as former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge took the helm of the White House Office of Homeland Security.
Homeland Security
Pulling Together
At the Pentagon, generals and privates, executives and laborers found themselves side by side on a front line none could previously have imagined.
Defense
As search for missing continues, Pentagon mobilizes for war
Search and rescue teams worked around the clock over the weekend to recover bodies of the 188 people believed to have died last week when terrorists commandeered American Airlines Flight 77 and crashed it into the Pentagon.
Defense
Pentagon personnel mourn fallen comrades, begin rebuilding
Soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and Defense civilians gathered to honor those killed in the attack on the Pentagon, then returned to the job of shoring up the facility and preparing an assault on terrorism.
News
190 presumed dead in Pentagon attack; military readies next move
As the estimated death toll in the attack on the Pentagon climbed to 190, the Defense Department moved to help in lower Manhattan and prepared for a possible U.S. military response.
News
Pentagon rescue efforts continue as hundreds feared dead
Hundreds of Pentagon employees may have been killed when a hijacked airplane slammed into the massive building Tuesday morning.
News
Bush tours Pentagon devastation; casualty figures remain unclear
As President Bush toured the Pentagon and visited military service members and Defense civilians involved in search and rescue efforts, Pentagon officials continued to hope that casualty figures in the terrorist attack on the building Tuesday would be lower than initailly reported.
Defense
Pentagon officials pledge to overhaul personnel policies
By next spring the Pentagon hopes to have the framework for a strategic human resources plan that could dramatically change the nature of career military service, for both uniformed and civilian employees.
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