Pentagon press secretary Patrick Ryder

Pentagon Disputes China’s Claim to Have ‘Ejected’ US Warship From Disputed South China Sea Waters
The Pentagon disputed China’s claim to have “essentially ejected” a U.S. Navy cruiser from a disputed area of the South China Sea this week, and…
Pentagon: Threatened Turkish Incursion Into Syria Will Harm Anti-ISIS Drive and Destabilize Region
With Turkish leaders warning of an imminent military ground operation into northern Syria, the Pentagon said on Tuesday U.S. forces deployed there…