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January 11, 2013
6:19 am

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrive for their news conference at the Pentagon on Thursday, January 10, 2013. (photo credit: Evan Vucci/AP)

Almost impossible to prevent Assad from using chemical weapons, US Army chief says

Pentagon has a variety of options for securing the weapons, including ground troops — if current Syrian regime ever cooperates

By Lolita C. Baldor

January 10, 2013
4:16 am

US President Barack Obama, left, stands with former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel in the East Room of the White House, after announcing Hagel's nomination for the post of defense secretary. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Hagel attempts to set the record straight on Iran, Israel

Obama’s pick for defense secretary says he supports tough international sanctions — and possible military action — against Tehran

November 8, 2012
5:35 pm

Then-prime minister Ehud Olmert meets with Barack Obama in Jerusalem in 2008 (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

An insult to Obama

By suggesting that Obama might punish Israel for Netanyahu’s ostensible intervention in the US elections, the prime minister’s critics are demeaning the president as well

By David Horovitz

November 4, 2012
6:29 pm

Iron Dome system in action as it intercepts rockets fired from Gaza in October 2012 (photo credit: Flash90/File)

Israel successfully tests upgraded Iron Dome with longer interception range

New system can stop medium-range missiles held by Syria and Hezbollah; defense minister says whole country will have missile protection within a few years

By Times of Israel staff

October 30, 2012
5:20 pm

Martin Dempsey, second from right, and other officials at the Iron Dome battery site on Tuesday. (photo credit: Courtesy US Embassy Tel Aviv, via Twitter)

Dempsey calls Iron Dome ‘great success’

Top US general in country to oversee joint drill

By Stuart Winer

October 29, 2012
8:36 pm

President Shimon Peres (right) talks with US military chief Martin Dempsey during their meeting at the presidential compound in Jerusalem on Monday. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US military chief meets with Peres, lauds military partnership

President tells Martin Dempsey that US-Israel cooperation lends ‘important strength to deter danger and to face our enemies’

By AP and Ilan Ben Zion

October 28, 2012
11:35 pm

Defense Minister Ehud Barak, right, meets with Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey in Tel Aviv on Sunday (photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry/Flash90)

US army chief lands in Israel to oversee military drill

US-Israel security partnership ‘deeper and stronger than recent years,’ says Barak after meeting with Martin Dempsey

By AP and Ilan Ben Zion

October 27, 2012
1:47 am

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Panetta: Military lacked early info on Benghazi attack

Commanders chose not to put soldiers’ lives at risk based on insufficient real-time information, says defense secretary, laments ‘Monday morning quarterbacking’

By Donna Cassata and Lolita C. Baldor

October 14, 2012
6:56 pm

US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, left, and IDF Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz saluting during Dempsey's visit to Israel in January. (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

US chief of staff will likely visit Israel this month

Martin Dempsey expected to be on hand for conclusion of joint training exercise ‘Austere Challenge 12′

By Asher Zeiger

September 13, 2012
2:19 am

Martin Dempsey (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

General asks anti-Islam preacher not to back film that sparked riots in Libya, Egypt

Martin Dempsey tells Terry Jones support for ‘Innocence of Muslims’ could inflame tensions and trigger violence

September 10, 2012
11:16 am

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, in July (photo credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL/FLASH90)

Disappointing Israel, Clinton says US won’t set deadlines for Iran

Netanyahu has been hoping Obama will specify ‘red lines’ that, if crossed by Iran, would prompt US military action

By Ron Friedman and Times of Israel staff

September 10, 2012
1:24 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama meet at the White House, May 2011. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/Government Press Office/Flash90)

Breaking down the Iran debate

A who’s who of the prominent figures involved, including Netanyahu, Barak, Obama and Romney

September 7, 2012
6:32 pm

Defense Minister Ehud Barak in the cockpit of an F-16 along with former Air Force commander Ido Nehoshtan (Photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/ Ministry of Defense/ Flash 90)

‘Grave consequences’ if Israel fails to act against Iran, Barak indicates

While PM calls for ‘red lines’ from US to avoid Israeli attack, defense minister suggests Israel must strike before it’s too late

By Times of Israel staff

September 6, 2012
8:45 pm

Netanyahu and Obama meet at the White House in 2011. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/Government Press Office/Flash90)

If Obama comes through with promised assurances, ‘Israel will not attack Iran’ — TV report

Sources tell Channel 10 that Netanyahu regards an Israeli strike as ‘less and less likely’

By Times of Israel staff

September 6, 2012
12:20 pm

Admiral Winnefeld, left, a former F-14 Navy fighter pilot, with Secretary of Defense Panetta in 2011 (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

America’s second-highest ranking army officer visits Israel for Iran, security talks

Vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff meets Barak; will be followed here next week by general who will oversee October’s joint missile defense exercise

By Mitch Ginsburg

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