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Search results for "Pentagon cancels Tuesday press briefing with Caine, Hegseth"

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Pete Hegseth stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:
The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”
By Amy Sherman• May 6, 2025
John McCain stated on July 26, 2008 in a TV ad:
"He made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras."
By Robert Farley• July 29, 2008
X posts stated on March 20, 2025 in a post on X:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.”
By Madison Czopek• March 25, 2025
Sean Hannity stated on November 02, 2009 in a comment on his television show:
Guantanamo Bay detainees will get the H1N1 vaccine.
By Catharine Richert• November 11, 2009
John Bel Edwards stated on April 05, 2020 in a CNN interview:
Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”
By Miriam Valverde• April 8, 2020
Instagram posts stated on February 09, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Says U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, “There is nothing in the Constitution that says ordinary citizens have a right to see what we spend our tax dollars on.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 11, 2025
Pete Hegseth stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview:
"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• March 26, 2025
Facebook posts stated on July 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Herman Cain died of cancer, not COVID-19.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 31, 2020
Herman Cain stated on November 03, 2014 in a blog post:
"More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."
By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2014
Instagram posts stated on December 15, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“The Pentagon has confirmed that the mysterious drones appearing across the globe are NOT of earthly origin.”
By Jeff Cercone• December 16, 2024
Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2023
Brett McGurk stated on October 20, 2019 in an MSNBC appearance:
"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."
By Bill McCarthy• October 22, 2019
Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2024 in an Instagram post:
"The Pentagon reportedly failed to send absentee ballots to active military service members before the election.”
By Jeff Cercone• November 5, 2024
Donald Trump stated on March 04, 2025 in a speech to Congress:
"All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.”
By Amy Sherman• March 11, 2025
Markwayne Mullin stated on March 25, 2025 in a video on X:
“Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”
By Madison Czopek• March 28, 2025
Instagram posts stated on March 09, 2022 in a post on Instagram:
U.S. has biological weapons labs in Ukraine.
By Monique Curet• March 10, 2022
Herman Cain stated on June 13, 2011 in the Republican primary presidential debate in Manchester, NH:
Muslims tried to use Sharia law to influence court decisions in New Jersey and Oklahoma
By Willoughby Mariano• June 20, 2011
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:
"Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods.
By Jon Greenberg• August 20, 2012
Jay Nixon stated on August 17, 2014 in on ABC's "This Week":
"I've been here almost every day."
By Steve Contorno• August 18, 2014
Mark Kelly stated on October 06, 2020 in a debate:
Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.”
By Miriam Valverde• October 14, 2020

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