Congress

The Pentagon sent Congress a proposal last Friday afternoon to shift around $8 billion in funding already in its coffers to cover unforeseen costs including the procurement and enhancement of […]

Key lawmakers predicted yesterday the House will make few changes to the Pentagon budget bill in two weeks, despite the White House’s opposition and Senate plans to advance a more-modest […]

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall have written key senators asking for their support for Fiscal Year 2013 funding […]

Lawmakers increased pressure yesterday on the White House to spell out how automatic budget cuts could impact the Pentagon next year, by advancing new legislation and calling the president’s budget chief to […]

A senator trying to stop $500 billion in defense cuts from starting next January is calling on industry and the Pentagon to tell employees their jobs are in jeopardy, in […]

As sundry groups examine the Pentagon budget for potential savings, lawmakers are awaiting more insight into a major budget item: a next-generation ballistic-missile submarine. A report attached to the Pentagon […]

Increased pressure by the United States government along the Mexican border to help choke off the flow of illegal cross-border activity has resulted in an increase of this activity in […]

Pentagon leaders are probably telling a “little fib” when they say they’re not preparing for the possibility of the draconian budget cuts that would come if lawmakers and the White […]

Redesign and modification costs in the development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will remain “elevated” into 2019, the first year the Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built fighter jet is scheduled to […]

There is some support in the Senate for building a missile-defense site on the U.S. East Coast, and the matter could be debated in the chamber this summer, lawmakers said […]