Defense Watch

Capitol Hill Week Ahead. The service chiefs and secretaries will be making their way to the Hill on Wednesday for a HASC hearing on the fiscal year 2017 budget request. […]

New Investment Adviser. Jim McNerney, the retired chairman and CEO of Boeing, has joined the New York-based investment bank Clayton, Dubilier & Rice as senior adviser. The firm says that […]

Capitol Hill Week Ahead. The service chiefs and secretaries will be busy this week testifying in front of the House and Senate authorization and appropriations committees, with hearings scheduled for […]

Capitol Hill Week Ahead. The House and Senate return with a vengeance for a load of defense budget hearings. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph […]

Capitol Hill Week Ahead. The House and Senate take a break next week for the President’s Day holiday. Presumably, lawmakers will be pouring over the president’s budget request and will […]

Capitol Hill Week Ahead. All eyes are on the Pentagon, which will drop the budget on Tuesday. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has already announced the topline budget figure– $582.7 billion, […]

Capitol Hill Week Ahead. The Democratic and Republican Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1 will kick off a busy week in politics as the House returns to the Hill. After two […]

Capitol Hill Week Ahead. The House returns this week, and the SASC pushes ahead with several hearings with top officials. On Tuesday, all of the service chiefs will be on the […]

OPC Support. The Coast Guard’s next major acquisition program, $10 billion or more Offshore Patrol Cutter, has bipartisan support in Congress and has the support of the White House Office […]

Capitol Hill Week Ahead. The Senate joins the House back at Capitol Hill. A day after President Barack Obama gives the state of the union address, HASC Chairman Mac Thornberry […]