Tag: Defense Spending

The loading area for incinerators at Forward Operating Base Sharana was so narrow that they wouldÃÂ have required manual labor to load and unload waste, and the incinerators were so poorly constructed that even when fixed, they would have run only at partial capacity.ÃÂ

Energy and Environment

US tax dollars going up in smoke at Afghanistan base trash incinerators

Michal Conger · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

The biggest item on the Senate's agenda is a contentious budget compromise needed to avoid a second government shutdown in mid-January.

National Security

Week Ahead in Congress: Senate faces year-end deadline on budget, defense bill

Tim Mak · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Dec. 4. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

House passes NDAA, action moves to Senate

Tim Mak · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan, at the Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Budget deal offers stability to Pentagon spending

Donna Cassata · December 12, 2013 2:23 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani during their meeting at Tehran's Saadabad Palace in Iran on Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Hamid Karzai deal with Iran boosts Taliban’s prospects for return to power

Jed Babbin · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

A modest proposal to abolish 11 federal departments

Scot Faulkner · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

The Pentagon ended the program to support Italian-made G222 planes for the Afghan Air Force after it became clear they were being poorly managed, underused and racking up extra costs in spare parts.

National Security

$500m worth of U.S. military transport planes sit unused in Afghanistan; investigation launched

Michal Conger · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Among the casualties of the deal is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrandâs proposal to revamp the way the Pentagon handles sexual assault cases. (AP File)

Lawmakers reach deal on Pentagon policy bill, but must scramble to pass it

Tim Mak · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Afghan National Army soldiers in the Shinwar district of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, train on their radio on May 18. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)

Defense Department overpaid millions of dollars for radio equipment for the Afghan National Army

Michal Conger · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

Middleman in $18m Navy scheme sentenced to 3 years

Washington Examiner · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says there is wasteful spending there for the cutting in the federal budget. (AP File)

Congress should do its job and keep the spending caps

Tom Coburn · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

Rep. Doug Lamborn urges $30 billion in entitlement cuts to pay for more defense spending

Washington Examiner · December 5, 2013 5:00 am