Hagel: DoD Must ‘Fundamentally Reshape’ Itself
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon must “fundamentally reshape” itself to adapt for a future of strategic and budgetary challenges, US Defense...
Chuck Hagel: Top Military Brass To Be Cut 20 Percent
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday he has ordered 20 percent “across the top” budget cuts for his Pentagon...
DoD Civilian Furloughs Set to Begin on Monday
Furloughs for Department of Defense civilians begin Monday, a move that amounts to a 20 percent cut in pay for hundreds of thousands of...
Take a Page from Goldwater’s Playbook
For the past two years, the Armed Services committees of both the House and Senate have refused the Pentagon’s request to create another...
House Approves Spending Bill with Runyan Amendment Blocking Base Closures
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a multibillion-dollar military and veterans spending bill this week that appropriates money...
Plan to Shut Military Supermarkets Shows Difficulty of Cutting Defense Spending
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Motion sensors and razor-wire coils ring the ammunition depot on this vast Marine Corps base. Sentries stand watch...
Congress, Pentagon Lack Consensus on Sequestration Fix
Capitol Hill and the Pentagon are at an impasse on how to fix the dire fiscal situation facing the department under sequestration, with...
DoD’s Military Construction Budget Apears Safe from Sequestration Cuts
New calculations by the Office of Management and Budget have determined that sequestration will have little to no impact on DoD’s 2013...
How to Cut the Pentagon Budget Better than Sequestration Does
A deeply flawed conventional wisdom is developing that despite warnings from former defense secretary Leon Panetta and others that the...
Big Decisions Coming on Spokane’s Fairchild AFB
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. (AP) – Some big decisions that could help decide the future of Spokane’s Fairchild Air Force Base are expected...
