Tag: Defense Spending

U.S. soldiers gather for a ceremony marking the Memorial Day at the main U.S. base in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Shoddy construction, related ills plague DOD buildings in Iraq, Afghanistan

Sarah Bedford · January 12, 2015 10:35 pm

An F-35B fighter jet, the U.S. Marine Corps variant of the F-35 from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., taxis off the runway as it arrives at Luke Air Force Base Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, in Goodyear, Ariz. The decision to base F-35s in Britain is expected to boost cooperation with the Royal Air Force. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Pentagon to close 15 European bases

Charles Hoskinson · January 8, 2015 4:48 pm

A laborer works on the grounds of the American-built 105MW Tarakhil Power Plant on September 8, 2011 in Tarakhil, Afghanistan, on the outskirts of Kabul. (Photo by John Moore/Getty images)

U.S.-funded facilities barely working in Afghan camp, so feds build more

Sarah Bedford · January 8, 2015 10:00 am

U.S. Army Pfc. Francisco Guzman, 22, from Aransas Pass, Texas, drinks water after reaching the crest of a hill with others from 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment from Fort Drum, N.Y., as they investigate a rocket attack on their combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

U.S. Troops in Afghanistan saw illegal 300 percent mark up on water

Ethan Barton · January 5, 2015 11:51 pm

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Red Sea on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, MC3 Nathan R. McDonald, Released)

National Security

Budget cuts threaten Pacific pivot: Report

Charles Hoskinson · January 5, 2015 9:23 pm

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DOD workers ring up $5 million in improper charge card purchases

Ethan Barton · December 30, 2014 10:00 am

U.S. soldiers board an Army Chinook transport helicopter after it brought fresh soldiers and supplies to the Korengal Outpost on October 27, 2008 in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. (Photo by John Moore/Getty images)

National Security

Cost of 13 years of war: $1.6 trillion

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2014 6:24 pm

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Third quarter economic growth revised up to 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · December 23, 2014 2:01 pm

President Obama addresses a gathering of military members and families Dec.15, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, in Wrightstown, N.J. Obama's approval rating among active-duty service members has plummeted to 15 percent this year, according to a new poll.Â (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Military members give Obama 15 percent approval rating

Brian Hughes · December 22, 2014 4:02 pm

The spending bill won't allow the Pentagon to retire older tech like the A-10 fighter jet. (AP/Brian Branch-Price)

Spending bill doesn’t solve Pentagon’s funding problem

Charles Hoskinson · December 16, 2014 10:00 am

The Capitol Dome and the Capitol Christmas Tree are illuminated late Thursday evening as Congress works to pass a $1.1 trillion U.S. government-wide spending bill and avoid a government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Congress passes defense policy bill

Sean Lengell · December 12, 2014 11:21 pm

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National Security

Math inconsistencies hamper Pentagon efforts to scale back contracting

Sarah Bedford · December 12, 2014 7:11 pm