The Washington Post: The U.S. government just made its biggest clean energy purchase ever
Energy and the Environment On Friday in Maricopa County, Ariz., the U.S. government will hit a clean energy milestone: What officials are...
How to Defeat ISIL: It’s All About the Strategy
As the NATO alliance’s panjandrums meet in Wales and debate the best ways to destroy ISIL and make Vladimir Putin’s Russia stop doing...
As Pentagon Furloughs Start, Congress Yawns
One of the most consequential effects of the sequester began today: Weekly unpaid furlough days for more than 650,000 civilian workers at...
Defense Industry Hatches New Plot to Kill the Sequester
The defense industry is plotting a new attempt to do away with the budget cuts on tap for the Pentagon in 2014. Defense firms have fought...
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...
Senate Panel Rejects Push for Independent Military Prosecutors
The Senate Armed Services Committee rejected a proposal to remove prosecution of sex-assault cases and other major crimes in the U.S....
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...
President Obama at Newport News Shipbuilding
12:41 p.m. President Obama and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus met with Newport News Shipbuilding executives ahead of his planned remarks at the...
In Newport News Shipyard, Looming Budget Cuts Create Anxiety and Anger
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — As President Obama returned from a Florida golfing trip and Congress was on a Presidents’ Day break last week, Tommy...
Choppy Water for Ship Repair Workers in Budget Crisis
Tom Taylor has trouble sleeping most nights because he worries about what might happen to the 100-plus employees at his ship repair...
