(ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 JUN 13) … Richard Lardner and Donna Cassata WASHINGTON – Another round of military base closings has hit a dead end. The Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee … More »
(POLITICO 06 JUN 13) … Leigh Munsil and Juana Summers The House Armed Services Committee spent all day Wednesday marking up next year’s annual defense policy bill, but it didn’t … More »
(NATIONAL DEFENSE 30 MAY 13) … Dan Parsons Under any form of sequestration, the Defense Department will be unable to balance its books without downsizing the Navy’s carrier fleet and … More »
(MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS 22 MAY 13) … James Rosen WASHINGTON – A funny thing happened on the way to a predicted disaster: The Pentagon is learning to live with the automatic … More »
(BREAKING DEFENSE 21 MAY 13) … Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. House Armed Services seapower chairman Randy Forbes promised a “rebirth” of oversight in my interview with him last week, and … More »
(POLITICO 14 MAY 13) … Darren Samuelsohn Sequestration went from wait-and-see to here-it-is Tuesday when the number of furloughed federal workers hit an eye-popping 820,000. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told … More »
(POLITICO 12 MAY 13) … Darren Samuelsohn Sequestration was supposed to be a meat ax slashing large chunks of the federal budget, but Congress is poised to turn it into … More »
(SEAPOWER 09 MAY 13) … Richard R. Burgess ARLINGTON, Va. – Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., said the debilitating effects of the budget sequestration on readiness are “reprehensible” and dangerous to … More »