Bipartisan bill, authored by Reps. Walz, Miller, and Duckworth, now moves to the Senate Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Today, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (Clay Hunt SAV) Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was introduced in July by Representatives Tim Walz (D-MN), House[Read More…]

Beuhring, Kuwait–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: General, thank you. Please be seated. To have an armor guy introduce an infantry guy is pretty good. It doesn’t get better than that. And I want to thank General Graves and General Terry and all of your leaders for what[Read More…]

Invites the Public to Drop Off Winter Clothing, Canned Food and Personal Items at State Facilities in Five Cities Through December 19 CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014.  Governor Pat Quinn today launched the Warm Our Heroes holiday collection drive for Illinois veterans and their families and invited people across the state[Read More…]

KUWAIT–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: All right, folks, just like we’ve done this before. The secretary won’t have an opening statement. We’ll just go right to a couple of questions. We don’t have a whole lot of time, as usual, so we’re probably only going to take about[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. Supreme Foodservice GmbH, a privately held Swiss company, and Supreme Foodservice FZE, a privately-held United Arab Emirates (UAE) company, pleaded guilty today to major fraud against the United States and agreed to resolve civil violations of the False Claims Act, in connection with a contract to[Read More…]

Gamberi, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2014. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Everybody got a chair? If you don’t want to sit down, stand up. Or sit down. This is not a lecture. Nobody’s going to be graded. First I want to thank you all. Thank you for giving me some time today[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, Ali Hussain Shaabaan, Omar Mahmoud Faraj, Abdul Bin Mohammed Abis Ourgy, Mohammed Tahanmatan, and Jihad Diyab from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Uruguay. As directed by the president’s Jan.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 6, 2014. Yesterday, by order of the President of the United States, U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a mission in Yemen to rescue a U.S. citizen, Luke Somers, and any other foreign nationals held hostage with him by Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) terrorists. There were compelling[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014.  Earlier today, President Obama announced that he will nominate Ashton Carter to succeed me as secretary of defense. Ash is a patriot and a leader. I strongly support his nomination. Over a distinguished career of public service, Ash has served eleven secretaries of defense. He has[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Matthew R. Ammerman, 29, of Noblesville, Indiana, died Dec. 3, in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from small arms fire while conducting a clearing operation. He[Read More…]