Congress

By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates told senators yesterday he would support increasing the number of ground-based missile interceptors in the United States–despite the lack of funding for more […]

By Emelie Rutherford A $37 million reduction to the Coast Guard’s Deepwater modernization program and $19 million dip in cybersecurity funding are among the modest cuts to the Obama administration’s […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) is hoping that development of the next-generation of Radiation Portal Monitors (RPMs) will be ready in time for a certification decision […]

By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-Calf.) is the new ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), House Republicans decided yesterday. McKeon faced off for the high-profile […]

By Emelie Rutherford The lead Republican on a House panel preparing to craft its version of the defense budget voiced concern yesterday about the Pentagon’s proposed changes to the Joint […]

By Geoff Fein With the need to develop a more robust approach to protecting the nation’s networks, one lawmaker is hoping to craft legislation that would codify many of the […]

President Obama said he will nominate Rep. John M. McHugh of New York, ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, to be secretary of the Army. It isn’t the […]

Any Iranian nuclear attack on Israel would draw retaliation, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on ABC This Week. "Were Israel to suffer nuclear attack by Iran, there would be […]

Iran must be coaxed or forced to surrender its nuclear program, according to a special report from The Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank. Diplomacy or a campaign of deterrence […]

The United States will pay Russia $306 million to transport American astronauts to the International Space Station and back. That taxi service will be needed after NASA loses the ability […]