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The Pentagon announced Tuesday that most of its civilian employees will be forced to take 11 furlough days starting in July, spurring angry calls from Republicans for Congress to intervene. […]

The likely next director of the White House budget office faced few questions about “sequestration” during her confirmation hearing Monday, perhaps signaling the debate over those budget cuts has died […]

The Pentagon is evaluating hundreds of locations for a potential East Coast missile defense site and will work this summer to select the few places that will be subject to […]

Prior to the terrorist bombings last month in Boston, federal authorities did not share any information they had with law enforcement authorities in the city or state that Russian intelligence […]

As the Coast Guard nears the end of its final rulemaking process for the deployment of biometric-enabled smart card readers to strengthen port security nationwide, a new government watchdog report […]

The Air Force defended its attempt to stop purchasing a variant of the Global Hawk drone before frustrated lawmakers Thursday. House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) member Jim Moran (D-Va.) quizzed […]

The Army has “huge” worries about how the defense contractors on which it relies will fare if sequestration budget cuts persist, its top civilian said. Army Secretary John McHugh told […]

The Pentagon is looking to cut more funding from its headquarters, defense agencies, and combatant commands as it scours its budget for cost savings, its No. 2 official said. Deputy […]

China is not being as open as U.S. officials would like it to e about its continued advancements in weaponry such as jet fighters and aircraft carriers, according to the Pentagon. […]

A top intelligence official said the U.S. government needs to shift resources from traditional warfare systems to those that counter cyber attacks, but lamented the public and Congress may not […]