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The chairman and ranking members of the House Intelligence Committee yesterday reintroduced legislation that would provide liability protections to American businesses to enable them to share cyber threat information with […]

Frustrated Republicans argued yesterday Pentagon officials are partly responsible for the pending “sequestration” budget reductions, because they did not spell out the cuts’ dire consequences until this year. Pentagon leaders […]

Pentagon leaders and senators lamented the impact potential “sequestration” budget reductions would have on the defense industry yesterday, as Democrats and Republicans continued to clash over proposals to stop the […]

A divided Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) voted 14-11 last night to advance Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary to the Senate for a vote this week, when Republicans […]

President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued his long-awaited Executive Order on cyber security, directing the federal government to share classified and unclassified threat information with critical infrastructure organizations while also […]

President Barack Obama called during his State of the Union address for Congress to avert looming “sequestration” budget cuts in part though “bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform.” Republicans skeptical of Obama’s […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will vote today on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary and, barring Republican opposition, he could be confirmed by the full […]

Senate Democrats unveiled some of their proposals for stopping “sequestration” yesterday, as Congress prepared for a week of debate on the looming budget cuts that could start in less than […]

The defense-industrial base will still have ample contracting opportunities–despite the Pentagon’s shrinking budget–in areas such as cybersecurity and new innovations, analysts say. The defense industry is no doubt facing challenging […]

Pentagon leaders told Democrats yesterday that actions the military is taking now to soften the blow of potential budget cuts scheduled for next month could be reversed if politicians agree […]