Defense

• Troops kill sleeping man

  Another potential flare-up has surfaced in Middle East. Palestinian and Israeli officials say Israeli troops mistakenly shot and killed a 65-year-old Palestinian man in his bed during a pre-dawn raid Friday in order to arrest a Hamas militant. Palestinian security and rescue officials in the West Bank city of Hebron said Israeli troops shot and killed the man who lived in the same building but on a different floor as the Hamas militant targeted in the early morning raid.

  Defense

  January 09, 2011
• New Army chief coming

  General George Casey will complete his tour as Army Chief of Staff later this spring. Gen. Martin Dempsey is expected to replace him. If President Barack Obama accepts and nominates Dempsey, he would have to be confirmed by the Senate. Dempsey is now commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command and previously was acting commander of Central Command. He also led the multi-national training effort in Iraq and commanded the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad.

  Defense

  January 09, 2011
• Obama signs Defense authorization bill

  Despite what he called \'strong objections\' to limitations in the bill on the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees, President Obama on Friday signed the 2011 defense authorization bill

  Congress

  January 07, 2011
• JFCOM rebranding, downsizing, but not closing

  A memorandum signed by the president Thursday night gives DoD the green light to formally shut down the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said about half the command\'s functions will stay in the Norfolk area, while Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner\'s office said JFCOM would be revamped and renamed.

  Budget

  January 07, 2011
• Reporters’ Roundup: JFCOM, Federal News Countdown

  Your daily debrief of the stories Federal News Radio reporters are working on.

  Defense

  January 07, 2011
• The Federal Pay Debate has real consequences

  Some of the budget cutting ideas like pay cuts and freezes, furloughs and cutbacks are \"just crazy\" according to a federal employee union official.

  Defense

  January 07, 2011
• New center will oversee special ops strikes

  The Obama administration has ramped up its secret war on terror groups with a new military targeting center to oversee the growing use of special operations strikes against suspected militants in hot spots around the world.

  Federal Drive

  January 07, 2011
• Defense expands cyber DMZs

  DoD is expanding the use of demilitarized zones to improve security of its unclassified network. Over the next two years, DISA require all service applications to go through these buffer zones.

  Defense

  January 07, 2011
• DISA wants more vendor accountability

  DISA\'s Tony Montemarano said the agency wants to use more performance based contracts to better manage contractors.

  Defense

  January 07, 2011
• White House to lower DoD budget request for 2012

  Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that the Pentagon will reduce costs by raising health care premiums of working-age military retirees.

  Budget

  January 07, 2011
• GAO: DoD lacks ‘sufficient’ data on $2.1B in power sources

  GAO\'s Michael Sullivans explains the recommendations for the Defense Department to improve oversight of its power source investments.

  Budget

  January 06, 2011
• Julie Z Test story title 2

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  Defense

  January 06, 2011
• Reporters’ Roundup: DoD budget cuts, DISA’s demilitarized zones

  WFED\'s Jason Miller and Jared Serbu give details on stories they are working on.

  Budget

  January 06, 2011
• Gates to detail DoD spending cuts

  Defense Secretary Robert Gates was expected to spend the morning detailing for members of Congress his internal cost-cutting measures, which he said in August would save the department $100 billion over five years. Analysts said the effort was intended to preempt any budget cuts that Congress might force on the department.

  Budget

  January 06, 2011