Tag: Defense Spending

The Government Accountability Office announced Tuesday that the Marine Corps did not properly account for nearly $1 billion in transactions. (AP Photo)Â

Pentagon unable to account for nearly $1 billion spent

Barbara Boland · August 5, 2015 5:02 pm

The U.S. Navy launches a Trident II, D-5 missile from the submerged submarine USS Tennessee in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, on Dec. 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Does Washington have the stomach to pay for its nukes?

David Brown · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

A man looks over the expanse of ruins left by the explosion of the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, in Hiroshima, Japan.

The nuclear club: Old weapons die hard as new ones are born

Olli Heinonen · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. John McCain has been in talks to find a way to close the prison that other Republicans might support. (Getty)

National Security

White House: Obama in final stages of plan to close Gitmo

Susan Crabtree · July 22, 2015 8:40 pm

The strikes are being carried out by Joint Special Operations Command using CIA intelligence. (AP file)

National Security

Drones and the epoch of one-click wars

Benjamin Friedman · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

$38 billion in a war-funding account not subject to spending caps could lead to another government shutdown. (Pentagon)

Lawmakers brace for fight over Pentagon funding

Charles Hoskinson · July 13, 2015 4:01 am

Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks with paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division during a troop event on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 10, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kissta DiGregorio)

National Security

Does cutting 40,000 soldiers put the U.S. at risk?

Tara Copp · July 11, 2015 4:01 am

Negotiations between Sen. John McCain, left, Rep. Mac Thornberry should be "fascinating," Rep. Adam Smith says.

National Security

Who knew acquisition reform had such personality?

Tara Copp · July 9, 2015 4:45 pm

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, stand to attention while being introduced during a homecoming ceremony in the Natcher Physical Fitness Center on Fort Knox in the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in Fort Knox, Ky. (Photo by Luke Sharrett/Getty images)

National Security

McCain, Thornberry slam plan to cut 40,000 troops

Tara Copp · July 8, 2015 8:59 pm

Obama hints he will veto defense bill

Tara Copp · July 6, 2015 10:01 pm

National Security

Obama: ‘We have to pick up our game’ against ISIS

Tara Copp, David Brown · July 6, 2015 9:49 pm

Boozman has done little to prepare for 2016, despite facing a challenge from Democrat Connor Eldridge. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

GOP senator slams Democrats for holding up defense spending

Charles Hoskinson · June 27, 2015 3:39 pm