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Cyber security legislation is still important but the number one legislative priority this year for the Obama administration is immigration reform, the Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said yesterday. Despite […]

Now that the long-dreaded sequestration cuts have started, the focus in the contentious military-budget-cutting debate shifts to the House as it plans to weigh a plan to make the cuts […]

The impact of existing and looming budget cuts facing the Defense Department from an ongoing budget resolution and sequestration in FY ’13 alone would have a severe impact on some […]

The long-feared “sequestration” budget cuts may officially start constricting Pentagon spending today, after Democrats and Republicans in the Senate rejected each other’s plans yesterday to prevent or lessen the blow […]

The nominee for the Pentagon position of deputy acquisition chief heard plenty of complaints about the struggling F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program during his Senate confirmation hearing yesterday. Senators John […]

Time has almost run out for Congress to stop across-the-board budget cuts from starting by day’s end Friday, though last-ditch efforts to stop them will be made at the White […]

The National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), which builds and maintains Navy ships, has informed hundreds of workers that they could start losing their jobs by the end of April […]

Senate Republicans’ pending proposal to give the Pentagon more flexibility to administer pending “sequestration” budget cuts was panned yesterday by the White House and senators on both sides of the […]

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are weighing legislation to give the Pentagon more flexibility to administer across-the-board “sequestration” cuts set to kick in this Friday. Capitol Hill insiders […]

Democrats frustrated about the across-the-board “sequestration” cuts set to start a week from today sought yesterday to blame Republicans for not taking up left-leaning proposals to thwart the reductions. Republicans […]