Tag: Pentagon

Freshman Rep. Martha McSally was already known for her groundbreaking career as the Air Force's first female combat pilot before she squeaked her way into Congress on her third try in last year's midterm elections. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Rep. Martha McSally: ‘We’ve got a more dangerous world than I’ve seen in my whole lifetime’

Charles Hoskinson · February 2, 2015 10:00 am

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, background, sails beside the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf. (AP/U.S. Navy, Brian Stephens)

Resourcing relevance

Jed Babbin · February 2, 2015 10:00 am

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A radical view of defense budget cuts

Douglas Feith · February 2, 2015 10:00 am

Cost figures related to closing Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota are shown before the Base Closure and Realignment Commission voted to save the base. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Why Congress doesn’t want another BRAC round

Tara Copp · February 2, 2015 10:00 am

The flight line behind U. S. Navy Captain Greg McWherter's Blue Angels jet erupts in flames during a pyrotechnics display in a simulated attack by an A-10 Thunderbolt during the Guardians of Freedom Airshow at the Lincoln Air Park. (AP/FRANCIS GARDLER / Lincoln Journa, Lincoln Journal Star)

Funding a balanced force

Christopher Preble · February 2, 2015 10:00 am

National Security

It’s Groundhog Day for the defense budget

Tara Copp · February 1, 2015 10:00 am

A U.S. Marine carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Dale W. Means, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Obama’s Taliban tools and treachery

Michelle Malkin · January 30, 2015 8:38 pm

Rescue workers try to pull out a piece of an exploded Grad missile outside an apartment building in Vostochniy district of Mariupol, Eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. The Ukrainian president called the blitz a terrorist attack and NATO and the U.S. demanded that Russia stop supporting the rebels. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

National Security

U.S. ups the ante against Russia

Tara Copp · January 30, 2015 10:00 am

Chinese soldiers march after the inspection of the honor guard during a welcome ceremony at PLA Headquarters in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, Pool)

National Security

U.S., China to hold defense talks

Tara Copp · January 29, 2015 10:07 pm

The commission tasked with finding ways to overhaul expensive military pay and compensation recommended allowing service members to enroll in a thrift savings plan, among 15 suggestions it presented Thursday. (iStock Photo)

National Security

Panel greenlights military retirement reforms

Tara Copp · January 29, 2015 6:35 pm

State Department: ‘Russian Military Has a Significant Presence in Ukraine’

Jeryl Bier · January 29, 2015 4:37 pm

Hagel’s tenure: A rough start, a rough finish

National Security

Hagel’s tenure: A rough start, a rough finish

Tara Copp · January 29, 2015 10:03 am