Tag: Defense Spending

U.S. Airforce ground maintainence crewmen check over the engines of an A10 Thunderbolt 'Warthog' after it had returned from a mission April 2, 2003, at an air base near the Iraqi border. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

National Security

GAO: Air Force fell short on A-10 savings estimates

David Brown · June 26, 2015 2:31 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told reporters on Tuesday he is not holding up the confirmation ofÂ Marine Gen. Joe Dunford, who has been nominated to be the next Marine Corps commandant. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

McCain holds up defense confirmations over veto threat

Charles Hoskinson · June 23, 2015 7:16 pm

It's that close supervision, he said, that led to most air sorties coming back without dropping any bombs.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Thornberry: Obama defense veto threat hurts U.S. efforts abroad

Charles Hoskinson · June 23, 2015 3:32 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

They thought it couldn’t be done: Defense policy bill passes early

Charles Hoskinson · June 22, 2015 4:01 am

Republican Ryan Zinke is seen at the start of a U.S. House debate in Billings, Mont., on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Zinke stressed the need for a smaller federal government to reduce hurdles faced by the private sector. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

GOP: Obama would sacrifice troops for IRS and EPA

John Siciliano · June 20, 2015 1:57 pm

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., accompanied by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, following a policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)

National Security

Senate Democrats block defense spending bill

Charles Hoskinson · June 18, 2015 6:15 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., along with members of the Senate Majority leadership, speaks at a press conference after attending a Senate Republican policy luncheon, Tuesday, June 16. 2015 (Graeme Jennings/WEX)

Senate shock: Defense policy bill could actually be passed early

Charles Hoskinson · June 16, 2015 9:08 pm

Soldiers with the Kurdish peshmerga walk at an outpost on the edges of Kirkuk on July 3, 2014 in Kirkuk, Iraq. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Arming the Kurds, sex assault top Tuesday’s defense debate

Charles Hoskinson · June 16, 2015 4:01 am

GOP: Raise spending caps and provide for America’s military, it’s ‘never a waste of time’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 13, 2015 3:49 pm

The House did adopt a pair of amendments by Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., to rescue a fund designed to help pay for a replacement for the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.Â (AP Photo)

House defies veto threat, passes defense spending bill

Charles Hoskinson · June 11, 2015 8:52 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., speaks with reporters as he walks to a luncheon with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Alexander: Dem approach to defense spending ‘neuters’ the Senate

Charles Hoskinson · June 11, 2015 7:42 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called out the Democratic plan on the Senate floor Thursday, and said if Democrats get their way, it will mean holding up raises for people in the military. (Getty Images)

McConnell: Dems aiming to ‘shower more cash on the bureaucrats in Washington’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 11, 2015 5:50 pm