The Pentagon acknowledges that it is still preparing a detailed five-year plan.

The Pentagon has acknowledged only one incident in which a large number of soldiers may have been exposed to chemical weapons.

In its letter to gulf war veterans, the Pentagon did not acknowledge that the exposure had damaged their health.

"The plan hasn't been developed as far as we'd like," a senior Pentagon official acknowledged today.

But a Pentagon official acknowledged that such a step would probably have derailed the air strike before it began.

But it was the first time the Pentagon acknowledged a possible cause after years of ruling out others, including gas attacks.

Just last month, the Pentagon acknowledged that the military has hired many translators since 9/11 without full background checks.

After the 1991 war, the Pentagon acknowledged that it had anticipated at least 10,000 allied casualties.

The Pentagon has acknowledged that the raids were conducted in error.

But yesterday the Pentagon revised its position and acknowledged that the plane had stayed within the official air corridor.