Congress

The Trump administration intends to nominate Lucas Polakowski, a former officer at U.S. Strategic Command, to be the top civilian in the Pentagon’s program to counter weapons of mass destruction. […]

Legislation to create a bipartisan legislative commission to review national counterterrorism policy amid domestic and international threats and against a dynamic backdrop of domestic challenges and global political, military and […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to hold individual subcommittee markups and a full committee markup of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill June 8-10, the committee said May […]

A bipartisan contingent of House members last week sent a letter to congressional leaders requesting their support for funding in future COVID-19 relief legislation for state and local governments to […]

Given ongoing delays in getting the Air Force’s KC-46 tanker aircraft to be used in operational missions, several senators last week asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide regular […]

The Senate confirmed Kenneth Braithwaite as the next Secretary of the Navy via voice vote May 21. Braithwaite, who previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Norway, succeeds Thomas Modly, […]

Marshall Billingslea, President Trump’s new pointman on arms control, warned Thursday that if Congress slows down the ongoing U.S. nuclear modernization plan, it would undercut arms control negotiations with Russia […]

The Senate is expected to vote to confirm a number of nominees for Defense Department and other national security positions this week, including the next Secretary of the Navy, Majority […]

Mike Garcia, a former Navy pilot and defense industry player, was sworn in as the new representative of California’s 25th district in a May 19 ceremony on Capitol Hill. Garcia, […]

The future location of the U.S. military’s newest combatant command is once again open for contenders across the country, as the Air Force announced May 15 a revised approach for […]