PENTAGON, THE

building accommodating the U.S. Dept. of Defense. Located in Arlington, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., the Pentagon is a five-sided building consisting of five concentric pentagons connected to each other by corridors and covering an area of 34 acres (13.8 hectares). Completed in 1943, it was intended to consolidate the various offices of the U.S. War Dept., now the Dept. of Defense. One side of the vast building was damaged by a terrorist attack (Sept. 11, 2001) in which a hijacked airplane was intentionally crashed into the Pentagon. As a result of the crash and subsequent fire 189 people were killed, including the passengers and crew of the jetliner. The attack was coordinated with a similar one on the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

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The Pentagon Papers: National Security or the Right to Know
Book by Susan Dudley Gold; Benchmark Books, 2004
Subjects: Freedom Of The Press--United States, New York Times Company--Trials, Litigation, Etc, Pentagon Papers, Security Classification (Government Documents)--United States, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States
...agrees to hear the two cases involving the Pentagon Papers. It continues the injunctions...The Nixon administration delivers the Pentagon Papers to Congress. Daniel Ellsberg...and one count of conspiracy in the Pentagon Papers case. Tuesday, ,June ?9 9...
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The Troubled Path to the Pentagon's Rules on Media Access to the Battlefield: Grenada to Today
Book by Pascale Combelles-Siegel; Strategic Studies Institute, 1996
Subjects: Armed Forces And Mass Media--United States, Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983--Press Coverage, Persian Gulf War, 1991--Press Coverage
...Committee on Governmental Affairs, Pentagon Rules on Media Access to the Persian...the news organization agreed with the Pentagon, that the report violated the ground...Committee on Governmental Affairs, Pentagon Rules on Media Access to The Persian...
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Presidential Secrecy and Deception: Beyond the Power to Persuade
Book by John M. Orman; Greenwood Press, 1980
Subjects: Deception, Executive Privilege (Government Information)--United States, Presidents--United States, United States--Politics And Government--1945-1989
...York: A New York Times Book, 1971 ; and The Pentagon Papers New York: New York Times-Bantam...1973 : Ellsberg, Papers on the War; The Pentagon Papers Gravel ed. ; The Pentagon Papers New York: New York Times-Bantam...
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The 9/11 Conspiracy: The Scamming of America
Book by James H. Fetzer; Open Court, 2007
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Miscellanea, Terrorism--United States, World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)--Miscellanea
...would expect, this is evidently what Pentagon officials tell their employees. April Gallop, who was working in the Pentagon on 9/11, has reportedly said that...when she was first assigned to the Pentagon, she was told that it was the best...
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The Political Performers: CBS Broadcasts in the Public Interest
Book by Michael D. Murray; Praeger Publishers, 1994
Subjects: Press And Politics--United States, Press--United States--Influence, Public Opinion--United States, Radio Journalism--United States, Television Broadcasting Of News--United States
...of "CBS Reports: The Selling of the Pentagon", CBS News, February 23, 1971; "The Selling of the Pentagon: A Postscript," CBS News, March 23...and "Perspective: The Selling of the Pentagon," CBS News, April 18, 1971. 2...
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The Pentagon, a History: The Untold Story of the Wartime Race to Build the Pentagon-And to Restore It Sixty Years Later
Journal article by Kevin J. Weddle; Parameters, Vol. 39, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Pentagon, a History: The Untold Story of the Wartime Race to Build the Pentagon - and to Restore It Sixty Years Later (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...that ensured that the Pentagon would be built. Groves...picked to oversee the Pentagons construction. But the true father of the Pentagon, as Vogel carefully...in this drama. The Pentagons story from the buildings...other services to the Pentagon along with the infamous...
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Medical Surveillance of Search Dogs Deployed to the World Trade Center and Pentagon: 2001-2006
Journal article by Cynthia M. Otto, Amanda B. Downend, George E. Moore, Joanne K. Daggy, D. Lauren Ranivand, Jennifer A. Reetz, Scott D. Fitzgerald; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 73, 2010
Subjects: Morbidity--Comparative analysis, Natural immunity--Comparative analysis, Search and rescue dogs--Physiological aspects, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001
...Deployed to the World Trade Center and Pentagon: 2001-2006. by Cynthia M. Otto...2007; Reissman Howard, 2008). The Pentagon attack site was smaller and lacked the...site and over 8,000 responders at the Pentagon, an estimated 250-300 canines responded...
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Inside the Pentagon Papers
Journal article by Thomas W. Mcshane; Parameters, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Inside the Pentagon Papers (Book)--Book reviews
Inside the Pentagon Papers. by Thomas W. McShane Inside the Pentagon Papers. Edited by John Prados and Margaret Pratt...College. The Supreme Courts 1971 decision in the Pentagon Papers case, New York Times Co. v. United States...
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Pentagon 9/11
Journal article by Earl W. Burress Jr.; Air Power History, Vol. 57, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Pentagon 9/11 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...ISBN: 9-78016078328-9. Pentagon 9/11 was commissioned by...Extremist attack which struck the Pentagon on Sepember 11, 2001. The...a brief discussion of the Pentagons history and presents a series...steps necessary to return the Pentagon to operational status. They...
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House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
Journal article by Bruce Harding; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 32, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power (Book)--Book reviews
...up working in the Pentagon for over 20 years...director of the Pentagons Defense Intelligence...Entrance foyer of the Pentagon and its restless eyes stare at all Pentagon workers who pass...youthful past as the Pentagons invisible boy...
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Renovation of Pentagon Includes Tighter Security
Magazine article by Harold Kennedy; National Defense, Vol. 88, December 2003
Subjects: Defense spending, Department of Defense, Military readiness, National security, Pentagon-Washington DC, Renovation & restoration
...83 million. The Pentagon is one of the largest...plan to upgrade the Pentagons deteriorating, asbestos...city streets. To help Pentagon employees prepare to...was held in July. Pentagon police, along with...chemical agent. As the Pentagons ability to provide its...
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Fighting for a Pentagon Memorial
Magazine article by Andricka Hammonds; Soldiers, Vol. 61, September 2006
Subjects: Design, Fund raising, Memorials & monuments, Pentagon-Washington DC, Project finance, Site planning, Terrorism, Victims of crime
Fighting for a Pentagon Memorial by Andricka Hammonds FIVE years...11, 2001, victims rallied to create a Pentagon memorial. "Its my mission that the crewmembers, passengers and Pentagon employees who died in the Sept. 11 attack...
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Building the Pentagon
Magazine article by R. Alton Lee; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 121, January 1993
Subjects: Pentagon (Building)--Design and construction, United States. Department of Defense--Buildings and facilities
Building the Pentagon. by R. Alton Lee Three times the size...material shortages of World War II. THE PENTAGON already had become a legend before it...Arlington Experimental Farm. The original Pentagon pattern was retained for a number of...
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Getting the Facts Straight: A Growing Number of People Have Been Led to Believe That an Airliner Did Not Hit the Pentagon on 9/11. However, in This Case the "Official Version" of Events Is Irrefutable
Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 20, August 23, 2004
Subjects: Witnesses--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001
...an Airliner Did Not Hit the Pentagon on 9/11. However, in This...Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon achieved notoriety following...official explanation of the Pentagons damage--that the hijacked...that 125 persons died at the Pentagon and that an airplane carrying...
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Fighting the Fire at the Pentagon; Chief Edward P. Plaugher's Antiterrorism Plan, and the Virginia Fire Department That He Heads, Are Credited with Saving Many Lives at the Pentagon on Sept. 11
Magazine article by Timothy W. Maier; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, September 16, 2002
Subjects: Communication--Analysis, Fire fighters--Planning, Fire-departments--Reports, Intellectual cooperation--Usage, Pentagon (Building)--Analysis, Plaugher, Edward P.--Conduct of life, Terrorism--Prevention
Fighting the fire at the Pentagon; Chief Edward P. Plaughers antiterrorism...credited with saving many lives at the Pentagon on Sept. 11 by Timothy W. Maier...within two minutes of the attack on the Pentagon and almost the entire duty shift was...
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Tears Shed, Embraces Shared at 9/11 Events; Lives Lost at Pentagon Remembered
Newspaper article by Meredith Somers; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 12, 2011
Subjects: Anniversaries--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Memorials, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...Shared at 9/11 Events; Lives Lost at Pentagon Remembered. by Meredith Somers Byline...anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon began long before the more than 1,000...plane hit the southwestern facade of the Pentagon, killing 184 people. The only sounds...
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Pentagon Papers after 40 Years
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 15, 2011
Subjects: Nixon, Richard M., Pentagon Papers (Nonfiction work)--Reports, Whistle blowing--Reports, Whistleblowing--Reports
Pentagon Papers after 40 Years. WASHINGTON, DC...On Monday, that study, dubbed the Pentagon Papers, finally came out in complete...three dozen analysts pored over a trove of Pentagon, CIA, and State Department documents...
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Pentagon Papers Released
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 14, 2011
Subjects: News agencies--Reports, Pentagon Papers (Nonfiction work)--Reports, The Associated Press--Reports, Whistle blowing--Reports, Whistleblowing--Reports
Pentagon Papers Released. Byline: Associated...On Monday, that study, dubbed the Pentagon Papers, finally came out in complete...three dozen analysts pored over a trove of Pentagon, CIA and State Department documents with...
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Obamas to Mark 9/11 at Pentagon, N.Y., Pennsylvania
Newspaper article by David Boyer; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), August 3, 2011
Subjects: Memorial monuments--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Obama, Barack--Speeches, lectures and essays, President of the United States--Speeches, lectures and essays, Sepulchral monuments--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
Obamas to Mark 9/11 at Pentagon, N.Y., Pennsylvania. by David...Obama will attend ceremonies at the Pentagon, at the Manhattan site of the Twin...Center in Lower Manhattan, at the Pentagon and at Shanksville, Pa., where...
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Pentagon Tours Reveal Facility's Proud History
Newspaper article by Marge Fahey; The Washington Times, April 24, 2001
Pentagon tours reveal facilitys proud history by Marge...Housing the nations military headquarters, the Pentagon symbolizes the countrys strength and its resolve in times of crisis. The Pentagon is home to the Department of Defense and its...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pentagon The  - 35 results

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Pentagon, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PENTAGON, THE building accommodating...Washington, D.C., the Pentagon is a vast five-sided building...consists of five concentric pentagons connected to each other by...intentionally crashed into the Pentagon. As a result of the crash...
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Pentagon Papers
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PENTAGON PAPERS government study of U.S. involvement...former government employee who made the Pentagon Papers available to the New York Times...conduct. See the New York Times ed., The Pentagon Papers (1971); S. J. Ungar, The...
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Afghanistan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...country, U.S. missiles destroyed what was described by the Pentagon as an extensive terrorist training complex near Kabul run by...devastating terrorist assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon , which bin Laden was apparently involved in planning, prompted...
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Central Intelligence Agency
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...came under congressional investigation for its role in the Pentagon Papers case. The agency had provided members of the White...a personality profile of Daniel Ellsberg , defendant in the Pentagon Papers trial in 1973, and had indirectly aided the White House...
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Washington, D.C
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Representatives office buildings, the Supreme Court Building, the Pentagon (in Virginia), the Federal Bureau of Investigation building...was shaken in Sept., 2001, by a terrorist attack on the Pentagon and reports that the White House had been among the terrorists...
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