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Leading Republicans and Democrats on the House panel that weighs in on annual funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday called into question proposed cuts in the […]

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) will take over the Senate Armed Services AirLand subcommittee beginning March 28, the committee announced Tuesday, with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) having to step down due […]

A Defense Department official rejected the notion that the Quadrennial Defense Review did not meet its mandatory requirements and therefore should be rewritten, as House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck […]

Even before the Defense Department released its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), lawmakers had already threatened to reject it–and they followed through on their threats as soon as the report was […]

As congressional committees continue to dissect the defense budget request for the next two months, a few key pieces of information are still being compiled: chiefly, the Overseas Contingency Operations […]

For the second day in a row, the defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff brought their 2015 budget request to Capitol Hill, only to have lawmakers […]

The Senate on Thursday confirmed by voice vote Gil Kerlikowske, John Roth and Suzanne Spaulding to fill the vacant positions of Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, Inspector General and under […]

One day after the Pentagon released its budget request for fiscal year 2015, a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing highlighted the difficulties of long-term planning in an uncertain fiscal environment: […]

The Defense Department will submit its Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress either with the budget request on March 4 or shortly thereafter, though the report will not quite meet its […]

Sequestration would have a “dangerous” effect on the U.S. Strategic Command and its ability to defend the country, STRATCOM Commander Adm. Cecil Haney and members of the Senate Armed Services […]