Members of the Pentagon press gallery leave the building after handing in their press credentials. Photo: AP PHOTO

Dozens of journalists who cover the US Defence Department have vacated their offices in the Pentagon and returned their credentials as new restrictions on press access took effect.

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The Defence Department had set a Tuesday deadline for news outlets to either sign a new Pentagon access policy or lose access to press credentials and Pentagon workspaces.

At least 30 news organisations, including Reuters, declined to sign the new policy, citing a threat to press freedoms an

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