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Tom Bowman

Tom Bowman

Pentagon Reporter at NPR/National Public Radio

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  • English
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  • Politics

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Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth risked the safety of U.S. forces with use of Signal

A forthcoming inspector general report finds that had intel shared by Hegseth been intercepted by an adversary, it would have endangered servicemembers, according to a source who viewed the findings.
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U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'bo...

Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
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The EU indicates it won't accept the U.S.'s Russia-Ukraine peace deal

The U.S. has proposed a peace plan for Russia and Ukraine, but the EU has already indicated it won't accept the deal.
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Hegseth orders troops to watch his speech decrying a ‘woke’ military

During the speech last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lectured senior military officials on the "warrior ethos," focusing on fitness and grooming standards, and calling out "fat generals."
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News organizations refuse to comply with restrictive new Pentagon p...

NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman is turning in his press pass, but won't stop reporting. Major news organizations are rejecting a restrictive new policy around covering the Department of Defense.
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Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
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NPR obtains memo about deploying Illinois Guard in Chicago

In a memo obtained by NPR, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lays out details on the proposed deployment of Illinois National Guard to Chicago.
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Trump says U.S. military should be used to fight the 'enemy within'

President Trump told top U.S. commanders Tuesday that he plans to use American cities as a training ground for the U.S. military to fight what he called the "enemy within."
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What Trump and Hegseth told top military commanders in unusual Quan...

President Trump defended the use of troops in U.S. cities while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told military commanders about new physical fitness and grooming requirements for uniformed personnel.
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Hegseth summons military top brass to unusual meeting, agenda unclear

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of general and admirals from across the globe to a meeting in Virginia.  But there's no word on why the highly unusual meeting has been called.
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Trump says U.S. military struck a boat allegedly carrying drugs fro...

The U.S. military struck a Venezuelan boat for the second time Monday, killing three people. President Trump says the vessel was carrying drugs to the United States.