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© Getty Images Happy Wednesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. During a House hearing on the Armed Forces’ response to COVID-19, Rep. Mike Rogers “I think our initial look — and this is of course very early data — is acceptance rates are somewhere in the two-thirds territory, and of course it varies by different groups,” Taliaferro said. No system in place: Pentagon officials had previously insisted that it did not...

  ROLLOUT UPDATE: Pentagon, FEMA to set up vaccination teams in Texas, NYC Several hundred service members have already been sent to FEMA sites in Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., with more sites to be set up in Texas and New York in roughly a week, followed by the Virgin Islands in early March, U.S. Northern Command head Air Force Gen. Glen Vanherck told reporters on Tuesday. Up to 3,700 troops “are allocated to prepare to deploy,” Vanherck said. “They haven’t been given a tasking to deploy at this time.” The details: The goal is to administer millions of vaccines to areas hit har...

© Getty Images Happy Friday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.   The man, who made it past the flight line and entered a C-40 aircraft assigned to the 89th Airlift Wing, was detained by security forces on the base, according to an Air Force statement released on Friday.  “Everybody’s taking this very seriously,” top Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters. New IG probe: Acting Air Force Secretary John Roth an...

But he also stressed Thursday the United States would continue defending Saudi Arabia against attacks. “Saudi Arabia faces missile attacks, [drone] strikes and other threats from Iranian supplied forces in multiple countries,” Biden said. “We're going to continue to support and help Saudi Arabia defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and its people.” What US has been doing: The United States has been providing logistics and military support to a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition in Yemen’s civil war, as well as billions of dollars in weapons sales. Last week, the State ...

Overnight Defense: Biden announces end to US support for offensive operations in Yemen | Pentagon orders mask-wearing indoors and out | Military COVID deaths mounting Ellen Mitchell © Getty Images Overnight Defense: Biden announces end to US support for offensive operations in Yemen | Pentagon orders mask-wearing indoors and out | Military COVID deaths mounting Happy Thursday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. TH...