The Pentagon has asserted that, as the invasion of Iraq began, Halliburton was the only company able to provide services with the required speed and secrecy.

Throughout the war in the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon repeatedly asserted that the military campaign was running according to plan.

The Pentagon asserts its longstanding policy precludes coverage of special operations missions, a position that is intended to keep secret the military tactics used by elite soldiers.

The Pentagon asserts the planes were threatened by Libyan aircraft that locked on their radars, a preliminary to firing missiles.

But the Pentagon did not assert it was the same explosives that the atomic energy agency had under seal.

At a briefing, the Pentagon asserted that it would continue to seek and damage command centers that the Milosevic Government controls.

Relating B-1 rates to those of older and often less complex aircraft, the Pentagon asserted, "is not valid."

Despite the intelligence about vehicles carrying senior Iraqi officials to the center, the Pentagon asserted that the raid was not an effort to kill President Hussein.

The Pentagon asserts that he was "prepared to fight in the front line against allied forces."

Although the law prescribes an all-or-nothing choice, a Pentagon official asserted: "Any statute can be changed.