An entry in the Dec. 9 Daily Report erroneously stated who called for an investigation into a coalition airstrike on ISIS fighters in a hospital in Mosul, Iraq. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, requested the investigation. The original entry has been updated.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
