Musk-Linked War Commission Worries Pentagon Officials
A new group is working with the U.S. military. The group has links to Elon Musk. People in the Pentagon are worried about it.
The Pentagon is the main office of the U.S. military. This new group is called a commission. A commission is a group that gives advice.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the army to use more robots in war. This plan is called robo-warfare.
The U.S. Army made a new command. This command will study robots and machines that work alone. Machines that work alone are called autonomous.
Some people say big donors from the Maga movement have too much power now. Donors are people who give money to political groups.
Maga means 'Make America Great Again.' It is linked to former President Donald Trump.
People inside the Pentagon are not happy. They worry that private people now control military plans.
This story comes from a report by Politico, a news website about U.S. politics.
Vocabulary15 words
- Pentagon
- the main office of the U.S. military
- commission
- a group that gives advice or makes decisions
- Hegseth
- a person who leads the U.S. military department
- robots
- machines that can do tasks by themselves
- robo-warfare
- fighting wars using robots and machines
- command
- a group in the army with a special job
- autonomous
- able to work alone without people
- donors
- people who give money to support someone
- Maga
- a political movement that supports Donald Trump
- Trump
- a former U.S. president
- Politico
- a news website about U.S. politics
- military
- the army, navy, and air force of a country
- army
- the part of the military that fights on land
- worried
- feeling nervous about something bad happening
- power
- the ability to control what happens
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1. A new commission linked to Elon Musk 2. Robots 3. True
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A new group is working with the U.S. _____. The group has links to Elon Musk.
People in the Pentagon are _____ about it.
This new group is called a _____.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the army to use more _____ in war.
This plan is called _____.
The U.S. Army made a new _____ to study robots.
Machines that work alone are called _____.
Some people say big _____ from the Maga movement have too much power.
Maga is linked to former President Donald _____.
This story comes from a report by _____.
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