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The chairman and ranking member on the House panel that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security both complained yesterday of proposed cuts to Coast Guard’s acquisition budget for […]

The House Intelligence Community on Wednesday marked up and overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill that would give the private sector liability protections to encourage information sharing about cyber threats. The […]

A lawmaker is proposing legislation and raising the threat of legal action to stop the Pentagon from continuing to fund a troubled tri-nation missile defense program. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) […]

The Pentagon proposed a $525.6 billion budget on Wednesday that optimistically ignores “sequestration” budget cuts while also seeking $8.2 billion in savings by cutting and restructuring weapons programs over five […]

Identical versions of a border security bill were introduced in the House and Senate yesterday by several Republicans that want the Department of Homeland Security to produce new metrics to […]

As the Navy assesses the first major overseas deployment of a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) this year, it will pay close attention to the ship’s mission modules, a senior officer […]

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is alarmed the Pentagon may seek a decreased level of funding for missile defense in the budget proposal it will unveil Wednesday. “I think that’s a […]

A top Pentagon official said the military will continue its shift to the Asia-Pacific, maintaining the effort will not be derailed by budget cuts and a reexamination of plans to […]

The Pentagon and Congress may try to spend more than allowed by law in the forthcoming fiscal year 2014 defense budget–a move that could trigger more of across-the-board, account-by-account budget […]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel declared yesterday that the Pentagon cannot avoid making significant changes to its weapons purchasing as it revises its military strategy because of budget cuts. During his […]