After twenty years of covering the U.S. military, I turned in my Pentagon press credential today.

My photo will soon come down from the wall outside the briefing room, where it’s hung among so many much more talented colleagues who’ve chronicled the story of American defense for decades.

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That’s all that changes; My commitment to covering the men and women of the U.S. military and the institution they serve remains exactly the same.

The Pentagon has introduced a new policy requiring journalists to sign a memo

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