Tag: Pentagon

Washington, D.C., will still suffer economically even if the Pentagon reduces the number of furlough days it is forcing on employees. (Thinkstock)

Pentagon may cut furloughs by half, but DC economy still suffering

Tim Mak · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Claire McCaskill’s ex-allies attack her over issue of sexual violence

Tim Mak · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

Beginning next week, some 680,000 Pentagon civilian employees will be furloughed for up to 11 days over the summer. (AP Photo)

Putting the Pentagon on par with pupils

James Jay Carafano · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

POGO is one of the nation's most prominent federal-government watchdog groups. Executive Director Danielle Brian is pictured here in her office in Washington. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Danielle Brian’s POGO is constantly poking, prodding, exposing government waste and fraud

Neil McCabe · July 25, 2013 4:00 am

Military representatives told a House panel that plans to phase women into combat roles are progressing. (AP File)

Military gradually moving toward women in combat

Steve Contorno · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

The shipment of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt have been delayed due to the Middle Eastern countryâs âfluid situationâ, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Pentagon halts F-16 transfers to Egypt

Tim Mak · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., continues to push for the development of an East Coast missile defense site. (AP File)

Kelly Ayotte still pushing missile defense system military leaders disavow

Tim Mak · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

Washington Secrets

IG: Afghan contractor fraud killing American soldiers

Paul Bedard · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is backing a measure that would force higher-ranking military commanders to review sexual assault cases that officials decided not to prosecute. (AP File)

Claire McCaskill denies Pentagon vetted her military sexual assault bill

Tim Mak · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., argued that detainees were treated very well at Guantanamo Bay. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jim Inhofe: Gitmo detainees ‘overweight’

Tim Mak · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

John McCain, Martin Dempsey clash on Syria military options

Tim Mak · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greets troops before sitting down for lunch at an undisclosed location in South East Asia, April 25, 2013. Hagel has been lunching with troops regularly in his effort to keep an eye on their morale and needs. (Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

Pentagon’s Chuck Hagel breaks the mold, makes time for the troops

Paul Bedard · July 17, 2013 4:00 am