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Lawmakers who dictate defense spending said yesterday they are grappling with how to proceed with the Pentagon budget for the end of this year and next year as Congress and […]

Doug Roach, a longtime House Armed Services Committee (HASC) staffer who kept weapons-program officials on their toes, died last Friday in Washington. He was 70. Roach, the staff lead for […]

A key House lawmaker wants the White House to provide more clarity on when it will unveil its next Pentagon budget, which is delayed amid the uncertainty about possible “sequestration” […]

The Border Patrol has developed interim measures to assess progress in securing the nation’s land borders between ports of entry but has not established more comprehensive performance metrics, the Government […]

The Pentagon has begun an intensive planning effort to gird for potential across-the-board budget cuts scheduled for March and also will take near-term steps, including delaying contract awards, to lessen […]

The Pentagon wants to shield war-specific funding from potential across-the-board funding cuts, a move that could shift larger reductions to other defense budget items such as weapons programs. “It is […]

The Pentagon likely won’t be able to begin the congressionally mandated quadrennial defense review (QDR) because of the fiscal uncertainty stemming from the budget turmoil on Capitol Hill, a senior […]

The Pentagon faces an array of fiscal unknowns–including when it will finalize next year’s budget proposal and whether it can choose how to make pending funding reductions–as it grapples with […]

Senate Republicans reacted with skepticism and outright opposition yesterday to the nomination of their former colleague Chuck Hagel to be the next defense secretary, foretelling a bruising fight for his […]

The Pentagon may delay the release of its next budget request–possibly until March–as it faces potential across-the-board spending cuts that were delayed but not eliminated by a deficit deal President […]