Military facing defense missile shortage
Just months before President Trump's war on Iran began, the Pentagon was warned of critically low missile defenses and continues to face challenges. Charlie D'Agata reports.
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Just months before President Trump's war on Iran began, the Pentagon was warned of critically low missile defenses and continues to face challenges. Charlie D'Agata reports.
The U.S. will send several hundred Army soldiers to train and conduct exercises with Latin American military forces, The New York Times reports. Officials said it is part of an effort to fight drug trafficking in the region. Eric Schmitt, senior national security correspondent for The New York Times, joins CBS News to discuss his story.
President Trump said on social media that Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution will not be livestreamed after bipartisan backlash. CBS News' Nancy Cordes reports.
Last week, the Pentagon had said the execution of the ex-Army major convicted of killing 13 in 2009 would be livestreamed.
Trump administration officials are now leaning against livestreaming the Fort Hood mass shooter's execution, sources say.
House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked by CBS News chief Washington analyst Robert Costa about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to live stream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Speaker Johnson, joining with other prominent Republicans, is against that idea.
Archbishop for the U.S. Military Timothy Broglio said Catholic service members assigned to the firing squad that will execute the Fort Hood shooter should ask to be excused.
In a stunning announcement, the Pentagon says it will livestream the military execution of the man who carried out the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. Jon Gould, dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, joins CBS News to discuss.
The Pentagon has confirmed that it plans to livestream the firing squad execution of the man convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, joins "The Takeout" with his reaction.
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Questions are emerging about the Pentagon's decision to execute the Fort Hood shooter by firing squad. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.
Former U.S. Army officer Nidal Malik Hasan was convicted of shooting and killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. Now, the U.S. military plans to execute him by firing squad and livestream it. Charlie D'Agata has more.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad will be public. CBS News national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports. Then, legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins with analysis.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad will be shown publicly on Dec. 3, and a Pentagon official later told CBS News the U.S. military plans to livestream it. Hasan is the ex-Army major who was convicted of the 2009 killing of 13 people at Fort Hood. Charlie D'Agata reports.
The USS Abraham Lincoln returned home to San Diego on Thursday after a more than 10-month deployment that took it to the Middle East. CBS News national security contributor Joe Zacks joins "The Takeout" to unpack the latest developments in the Iran war.
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis talks to Major Garrett about his regret voting to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, his midterm predictions, the Iran war and more.
The USS Abraham Lincoln docked at its homeport in the San Diego Bay on Thursday after its deployment to the Middle East nearly one year ago. CBS News' Eleanor Watson and Carter Evans report. Then, Ret. Navy Vice Adm. Robert Murrett joins with analysis.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina was under intense pressure to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, and after wavering, he ultimately voted yes. In his new book "How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents," Tillis says that decision hasn't aged well. Tillis joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
President Trump returns to Texas to stump for Paxton in San Antonio; new videos show Iranian attacks on U.S. military base in Kuwait.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined his vision for the future of the U.S. military and warfare in a speech last week that pushed for the use of more drones and technology. This comes as the U.S. enters its eighth month in the war with Iran. Ben Kohlmann, assistant secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, joins CBS News to discuss.
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, who has been campaigning for others in his party this election, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he's seen "a lot of energy" among voters. "People are frustrated and they're fed up with Washington D.C. right now, and they know that this president is not addressing, you know, any of the needs that affect them and their families," Kelly said.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a speech on Wednesday that the Pentagon is eliminating roughly 1 in 5 generals and admirals during the second Trump administration through firing or position cuts.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke on what he called "PT at the Pentagon" on the day the U.S. military announced the completion of its troop pullout from Iraq. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a speech Wednesday to military members and enlisted officers that the Pentagon has eliminated roughly one in five generals and admirals in the second Trump administration.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered institutions like the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy in Annapolis to stop granting tenure to civilian faculty, in his latest change to military higher education.