Tag: Defense Spending

National Security

Army lost $586 million in equipment, weapons in Afghanistan

Michal Conger · March 7, 2014 12:00 am

Hill Republicans say Obama partly to blame for Russian action in Ukraine

Sean Lengell · March 3, 2014 12:00 am

People gather during a rally in Kiev's Independence Square on Sunday.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Beltway Confidential

Obama can punish Russia over Ukraine, but he has to change first

Charles Hoskinson · March 3, 2014 12:00 am

Defense Secretary McNamara launched an unprecedented effort to rein in Pentagon costs. (AP File)

Now is not the time to repeat past mistakes and shrink the military

James Jay Carafano · March 2, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama is seeking to make cuts to the defense budget. (AP File)

GOP’s 2016 hopefuls can stand out by standing up for a strong defense

Hugh Hewitt · March 2, 2014 5:00 am

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to soldiers about the Army's future during a visit to Fort Eustis, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Hagel is proposing to shrink the Army to its smallest size in three-quarters of a century, hoping to reshape the military after more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan and roped in by fiscal constraints set by Congress. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham)ÃÂ

Obama-Hagel defense budget is based on dangerous guesswork

Jed Babbin · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

The USS Freedom Littoral Combat Ship pulls into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USS Freedom, which is stopping in Hawaii on its way to a deployment to Singapore, has advantages bigger U.S. Navy ships lack. (AP Photo/US Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Furey)

Littoral Combat Ship comes under fire

Tim Mak · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a briefing at theÃÂ Pentagon.ÃÂ (AP/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

No, the Pentagon press corps didn’t get the story of Army budget cuts wrong

Charles Hoskinson · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel briefs reporters at the Pentagon on Monday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Senate Republicans vow to block Chuck Hagel’s military cuts

Susan Ferrechio · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

In this Dec. 8, 2013 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with U.S. troops at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The latest Pentagon budget proposal, outlined Monday by Hagel, proposed cutting the Army to 450,000 soldiers or less -- the lowest level since 1940 -- as fighting in Afghanistan winds down. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool-File)

Examiner Editorial: Now is not the time to cut the world’s finest army again

Washington Examiner · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, where he recommended shrinking the Army to its smallest size since the buildup to U.S. involvement in World War II in an effort to balance postwar defense needs with budget realities. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pentagon budget request would reduce troops

Tim Mak · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

The American ship MV Cape Ray arrived Thursday at the Spanish naval base of Rota for crew rest and refueling ahead of an unprecedented mission to collect and destroy highly toxic substances that form part of Syria's chemical weapons program. (AP image)

National Security

US chemical arms ship arrives in Spain

Miguel Angel Morenatti · February 13, 2014 5:00 am