Congress

Bush Withdraws Nuclear Deal With Russia To Punish Moscow For Invading Georgia Russian President Dmitri Medvedev promised to withdraw Russian forces from much of the independent nation of Georgia, but […]

By Emelie Rutherford Congress is poised to tackle the fiscal year 2009 defense spending bill when it resumes its work next week, with the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) markup expected […]

By Emelie Rutherford Vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) brings to the Democratic ticket a reputation on Capitol Hill for questioning foreign-military sales, advocating for arms control, and calling […]

By Ann Roosevelt The next administration must invest in defense for a full spectrum military or "risk falling behind other global powers," according to a new report from the Aerospace […]

By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), a former three-star Navy admiral, said he hopes the service’s recent decision to seek one more DDG-1000 destroyer next year will give him […]

By Geoff Fein While there has been much speculation over how many more DDG-51s the Navy might ask for in its new path forward for surface combatants, a top Raytheon […]

Rep. Franks Says Deal Resolves Concerns Of Congress; It Is Time To Fund European Defense Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal for […]

The U.S. military procurement effort faces an immense disconnect between funding needs and available financing, complicated by new emerging threats such as the loss of sanctuary in space and the […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Navy has shifted course and now wants to buy a DDG-1000 in fiscal year 2009, though the service hopes to stop purchasing the destroyer after that […]

By Emelie Rutherford At least 11 lawmakers–including many outspoken Boeing [BA] backers–want the Pentagon to slow the speed of the revised aerial-refueling tanker competition, saying in a letter too many questions […]