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Agencies reviewing security clearance, classified info policies in wake of damaging leaks

After 21-year-old Jack Teixeira was arrested for allegedly leaking classified info, the Pentagon is looking at what it can do to prevent similar situations in the future.

Defense

DoD takes on suicide with monumental independent committee

Navy

Pentagon to shut down leaking fuel tank facility in Hawaii

Defense

DoD considering requiring booster vaccines for troops

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Punishments start for troops who refuse vaccines

Defense

DoD bringing back advisory groups, excited about innovation steering group potential

Defense

Coast Guard restricting travel for unvaccinated as it prepares to mandate shots

John Kirby

Defense

DoD will seek to require COVID-19 vaccine for all troops by mid-September at the latest

John Kirby

Federal Newscast

Pentagon easing more COVID-19 restrictions within the building

In this Feb. 9, 2021 photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group host the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. By the thousands, U.S. service members are refusing or putting off the COVID-19 vaccine, as frustrated commanders scramble to knock down internet rumors and find the right pitch that will convince troops to take the shot. Some Army units are seeing as few as a third agree to the vaccine, others are higher. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP)

Defense

DoD expects full force vaccination by summer, more than 30% of troops refusing shot

A sign is shown at a COVID-19 vaccine site in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Counties in California and other places in the U.S. are trying to ensure they vaccinate people in largely Black, Latino and working-class communities that have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. San Francisco is reserving some vaccines for seniors in the two ZIP codes hit hardest by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Defense

DoD outpaces public in vaccine efficiency, says vaccine is safe for nearly all adults

Lloyd Austin

DoD Reporter's Notebook

New review may give Pentagon rare chance to reinvent its advisory committees

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Defense

Pentagon will review the efficiency and need for advisory boards, fires nearly all members

Joe Biden

Federal Newscast

Pres. Biden looks to puts a hold on any midnight regulations from the Trump administration