Tag: Defense Spending

President Obama hands out diplomas to the graduating class of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in West Point, N.Y., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama’s West Point speech exposes his foreign-policy failures

James Robbins · May 29, 2014 9:07 pm

Cybersecurity is one of the few growing areas of the nation's defense budget at a time when most line items are shrinking, because of concerns about hacking by foreign powers. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

DARPA unveils four ‘big’ cybersecurity projects

Blake Seitz · May 29, 2014 6:01 pm

House panel snubs Pentagon on defense spending

Donna Cassata · May 29, 2014 4:52 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping agreed to deepen cooperation in a range of areas after a summit meeting this week.

Examiner Editorial: America can’t ignore military muscle of Russia and China

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 10:27 pm

National Security

U-2 plane, Warthog, ships: defense bill highlights

Donna Cassata · May 23, 2014 7:51 am

National Security

House defies Pentagon on defense spending

Donna Cassata · May 23, 2014 12:12 am

Highlights of the House $601 billion defense bill

The Associated Press · May 22, 2014 8:16 pm

The Pentagon proposed retiring decades-old aircraft programs, including the A-10 Warthog, above, a close air support plane, and the U-2 spy plane of the Cold War era. (AP Photo/Jon Adams)

National Security

House passes $601 billion defense bill that spares planes, ships from Pentagon cuts

Associated Press · May 22, 2014 5:28 pm

This Jan. 31, 2009, file photo provided by the US Air Force shows a CV-22 Osprey aircraft from the 8th Special Operations Squadron over the Emerald Coast outside Hurlburt Field, Fla.(AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Julianne Showalter)

A desire to excel may have caused deadly 2000 aircraft crash

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2014 8:00 pm

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Chinese counterpart Gen. Fang Fenghui salute during a welcoming ceremony at the Bayi Building in Beijing. (AP/Andy Wong)

Examiner Editorial: What if China’s military is stronger than America thinks?

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 8:00 pm

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Earmarks may be dead, but pet projects live on

Susan Ferrechio · May 20, 2014 9:00 am

Major defense contractor Northrop Grumman wrongly charged the U.S. government more than $100 million, according to a new report from an internal government watchdog.Ã (Sipa/AP Images)

Northrop Grumman defrauds government of $100 million, IG says

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2014 4:00 am