Congress

President Obama told Israeli and other Middle East leaders that he is determined to stop weapons being smuggled into the Gaza Strip, where Hamas terrorists already have fired thousands of […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will not consider confirming former Raytheon [RTN] lobbyist William Lynn to be deputy defense secretary until it learns how his nomination […]

By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers and aides said they don’t see any scenarios in which spending on Pentagon weapon systems will be added to the massive economic-stimulus bill that, in its […]

By Geoff Fein With the defense industry facing uncertainties about the FY ’10 defense budget, one question making the rounds at last week’s Surface Navy Association (SNA) symposium was whether […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House’s lead defense appropriator said yesterday he will support whatever path the defense secretary chooses for the F-22 stealth fighter, just as close to 200 other […]

By Emelie Rutherford More than 200 lawmakers, including nearly half of Congress’ sitting senators, are pleading with newly inaugurated President Barack Obama to continue production of the Air Force’s F-22 stealth […]

As Barack Obama enters the White House, he will inherit multiple problems that bedeviled President Bush during his years in office, including an Iran obstinately refusing to abandon its nuclear […]

New Obama White House Website Offers Only Limited Support For Ballistic Missile Defense Programs Barack Hussein Obama pledged to continue waging war on terrorists, vowing to stymie their massacre of […]

Barack Obama as president is spelling out his policies, including a call to protect U.S. space assets by using both military and diplomatic means, and by hardening satellites against attack. […]

As a new president and Congress are poised to enact a roughly $800 billion economic stimulus bill, it is clear that the measure could provide immense help to critically tight […]