Congress

By Emelie Rutherford Military analysts told lawmakers yesterday the Navy may need to buy dozens of additional ships beyond those currently planned to satisfy President Barack Obama’s vision for sea-based […]

By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) is pushing the Pentagon to bring more National Guard equipment home from Iraq for use in the United States. In an interview with […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps’ top officer expressed concern yesterday about future plans for amphibious ships spelled out in the not-yet-unveiled Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) report. Though he did […]

By Emelie Rutherford A shipbuilding-focused lawmaker said yesterday the Navy cannot expect to reach its stated goal of having a 313-vessel fleet any time in the near future, yet he […]

By Emelie Rutherford House lawmakers seeking more information on President Barack Obama’s new European missile-defense plans intend to grill experts next week on whether additional Navy vessels will be needed for the […]

By Calvin Biesecker and Geoff Fein President Obama yesterday selected Howard Schmidt, an information security expert with wide ranging experience in the public, private and law enforcement arenas, to be […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy last week notified Congress of a critical Nunn-McCurdy breach of the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) portion of the Remote Minehunting System (RMS) program. Lockheed Martin […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate sent the $636.3 billion defense appropriations bill to President Barack Obama on Saturday, shortly after a temporary Pentagon arrangement expired. Early on Saturday, during the […]

By Emelie Rutherford With the threat of a congressional blockade of his confirmation looming, the nominee for Army acquisition chief told lawmakers yesterday he will likely play a "strong role" […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate was prepared to pass a $636.3 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2010 last night, as lawmakers waited to learn if the actual vote […]