SDFM The Business of Defense

  • Terry McAuliffe Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Derrick Thomas AFGE District 2 National Vice President Brian Moran Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Arlene Holt Baker AFL-CIO Executive Vice President

    February 19, 2009
  • The U.S. Army is again reconsidering its plan for drawing down troops in Europe. The Associated Press reports Gen. Carter Ham, the head of Army troops in Europe, says that because U.S. troops in Europe have been used so much in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...

    February 18, 2009
  • There is a strong possibility that President Barack Obama will put the European missile shield on hold or use is a bargaining chip in discussions with the Russian government. The plan developed by the Bush…

    February 17, 2009
  • Mustafa Abu Yazid, once refered to as Al Qaida\'s Chief Financial Officer was killed in Pakistan in August of 2008 ...or so we thought.

    February 12, 2009
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a review of the Pentagon\'s policy banning media from taking pictures of flag-draped coffins of military dead.

    February 11, 2009
  • A large part of Russia\'s air force fleet has been grounded for two months after a MiG fighter lost its tail on a training flight One third of that country\'s fighter jets are now said to be unsafe.

    February 10, 2009
  • Just days after Kyrgystan decided to evict the US from Manas airbase, Russia has stepped forward saying it will grant transit rights to U.S. military supplies bound for Afghanistan.

    February 09, 2009
  • Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr. Surgeon General, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery February 9th and 11th, 2009

    February 09, 2009
  • Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) Congressman Charlie Melancon (D-La.) Christine Pelosi Robert Weiss

    February 06, 2009
  • Egyptian security officials say they arrested a HAMAS member along their boder with the Gaza Strip.

    February 05, 2009
  • National security planning and budgeting cannot be done by the Pentagon alone.

    February 04, 2009
  • Pakistani authorities are tightening security around mobile phones.

    February 03, 2009
  • Sen. Carl Levin, who chairs the Armed Services Committee, said Friday he believes the time is ripe for the U.S. to pursue a fresh partnership with Russia aimed at deterring Iranian missiles.

    February 02, 2009
  • Kay Ely Associate Director, Human Resources Products & Services Division February 2nd and 4th, 2009

    February 02, 2009
  • The Veterans Affairs Department has agreed to pay up to $20 million to veterans for exposing them to possible identity theft in 2006 after losing their sensitive personal information.

    January 29, 2009