House Armed Services Committee

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Missing the point on low-yield nukes

June 21, 2019 3:00 am

The Dec. 4, 1989 file photo shows U.S. Navy launching a Trident II, D-5 missile from the submerged submarine USS Tennessee in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.

National Security

Proposed nuclear arsenal funding cuts revive Cold War-era debate

Russ Read -

June 12, 2019 4:35 pm

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., appears at a D.C. event.

Foreign Policy

Space Force back in House version of defense policy bill

Jamie McIntyre -

June 10, 2019 7:11 pm

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Big ideas for the Pentagon, going nowhere

Jamie McIntyre -

June 7, 2019 3:00 am

Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., speaks before a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing for the Departments of the Army and Air Force on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

Immigration

House Democrats introduce bill to limit Defense Department’s ability to shift money toward border wall

Julio Rosas -

May 16, 2019 2:16 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018 file photo, an airplane hanger at Tyndall Air Force Base is damaged from hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla. Air Force officials say $3 billion has been committed to rebuilding a Florida base heavily damaged by Hurricane Michael. The assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and energy announced the reconstruction plans for Tyndall Air Force Base on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

National Security

Military leaders beg Congress for money to repair bases hit by 2018 hurricanes

Russ Read -

May 10, 2019 11:08 pm

Foreign Policy

Pentagon to lose another top official in May

Diana Stancy Correll -

April 30, 2019 6:52 pm

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrives to testify at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2020 Pentagon budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s wall claims another victory against government norms

Erin Dunne -

March 27, 2019 8:01 pm

Gen. Robert Abrams speaks during an event.

Foreign Policy

US Forces Korea commander: North Korean activity ‘inconsistent with denuclearization’

Jamie McIntyre -

March 27, 2019 4:44 pm

A Border Patrol vehicle drives past a portion of the border fence that has had a hole cut out of it in El Paso, Texas. (AP/Victor Calzada)

National Security