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Officer dies after being stabbed in burst of violence …

Pentagon police officers walk near the facility’s Metro station, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photos/Sagar Meghani)

Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud-computing contract …

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Biden’s defense secretary orders review of military sexual …

Secretary of Defense nominee Lloyd Austin, a recently retired Army general, speaks during his conformation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)

Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin confirmed to lead Pentagon, …

Lloyd Austin, a recently retired Army general, speaks during his conformation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)

In rebuke to Trump, former Pentagon chiefs caution against …

In this Dec. 15, 2006, file photo, outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, shakes hands with Vice President Dick Cheney during an Armed Forces Full Honor Review for Rumsfeld at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

President Trump threatens to veto defense bill over China …

This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

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Pentagon to begin COVID-19 vaccinations on small …

Director of the Defense Health Agency Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place speaks to reporters during a press conference to discuss plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to members of the U.S. military, at the Pentagon on Dec. 9, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden’s Pentagon nominee, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, …

Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, the Biden administration's choice to be secretary of defense, speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. on Dec. 9, 2020. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)

Trump orders Pentagon to pull most American troops …

U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Martin, junior sniper, assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during unloading operations at an unidentified location in Somalia Sunday, June 28, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa via AP)

Biden likely to break barriers, pick woman to lead …

This Dec. 7, 2011 file photo shows former U.S. Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy, preparing for a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Assistant commandant of Marine Corps tests positive …

This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press)

U.S. outlines plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines …

In this July 30, 2020 photo, Kai Hu, a research associate transfers medium to cells, in the laboratory at Imperial College in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Department of Defense leaders downplay sexual assault …

This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press)