Tag: Pentagon

Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy actions suggest that he wants to restore the old Soviet Union, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said when asked about U.S. intelligence reveals about the former KGB spy's "calculus."ÃÂ (AP/Mandel Ngan)

Beltway Confidential

Chuck Hagel: Vladimir Putin wants to restore Soviet Union

Joel Gehrke · May 23, 2014 3:37 pm

National Security

U-2 plane, Warthog, ships: defense bill highlights

Donna Cassata · May 23, 2014 7:51 am

National Security

House defies Pentagon on defense spending

Donna Cassata · May 23, 2014 12:12 am

In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site. An Air Force security team's botched response to a simulated assault on a nuclear missile silo has prompted a blistering review followed by expanded training to deal with the nightmare scenario of a real attack. But an internal review of the exercise held last summer at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana said the security forces were unable to speedily regain control of the captured silo, and called this a "critical deficiency." The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report through a Freedom of Information Act request. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, John Parie)

National Security

AP Exclusive: Botched nuclear silo drill revealed

Robert Burns · May 22, 2014 9:20 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, a barge powers its way up the Mississippi River in St. Louis. Environmental groups have sued the Army Corps of Engineers over the agency's use of man-made structures meant to keep the Mississippi River navigable. The federal lawsuit was filed Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Illinois' East St. Louis. Plaintiffs including the National Wildlife Federation claim the techniques provoke flooding as seen during historic inundations four times in the past two decades. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Army Corps sued over river-management approaches

Jim Suhr · May 22, 2014 9:06 pm

Highlights of the House $601 billion defense bill

Highlights of the House $601 billion defense bill

The Associated Press · May 22, 2014 8:16 pm

The Pentagon proposed retiring decades-old aircraft programs, including the A-10 Warthog, above, a close air support plane, and the U-2 spy plane of the Cold War era. (AP Photo/Jon Adams)

National Security

House passes $601 billion defense bill that spares planes, ships from Pentagon cuts

Associated Press · May 22, 2014 5:28 pm

Chuck Hagel channels George H.W. Bush, says new world order being built

Beltway Confidential

Chuck Hagel channels George H.W. Bush, says new world order being built

Kevin Daley · May 22, 2014 4:35 pm

An RQ-1 Predator drone prepares for takeoff. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

House Dem: ‘I want drones’ attacking Boko Haram

Joel Gehrke · May 21, 2014 4:17 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with upper parliament chamber speaker Valentina Matviyenko prior to the Security Council meeting in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, May 19, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops deployed in regions near Ukraine to return to their home bases, the Kremlin said Monday. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

National Security

Pentagon: No sign of Russian troop pullback

Robert Burns · May 20, 2014 11:12 pm

Major defense contractor Northrop Grumman wrongly charged the U.S. government more than $100 million, according to a new report from an internal government watchdog.Ã (Sipa/AP Images)

Northrop Grumman defrauds government of $100 million, IG says

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

White House threatens veto of defense bill

National Security

White House threatens veto of defense bill

Donna Cassata · May 19, 2014 9:54 pm