Defense Department
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The Defense Department says it will fight large weapons contractors trying to merge. Mark Amtower, host of Amtower Off Center, explains how and why DoD is fighting this.
June 17, 2011 -
Carol Wall is Air Force project manager of the Air Education and Training Command\'s future capabilities branch of the future learning division.
June 17, 2011 -
Retiring Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has recommended the president nominate Navy Adm. Jonathan Greenert as the next chief of naval operations (CNO).
June 16, 2011 -
The Department of Defense is trying to stop mergers among the nation\'s largest weapons contractors.
June 16, 2011 -
The Department of Defense (DoD) is using weapons systems that have been around for a long time. Some of them have been around for so long that their manufacturers don’t support them any more, or…
June 16, 2011 -
Department of Defense Undersecretary Ashton Carter has told Congress that it would keep working on Northrop Grumman\'s Global Hawk reconnaissance drone even though it\'s way over budget. He notified Congress on Tuesday that the program was essential to national security and that there were no alternatives that would meet the department\'s requirements for less money.
June 16, 2011 -
The Defense Department says it\'s committed to changing both the way it uses energy and the kinds of energy the military uses.
June 15, 2011 -
Dennis Wisnosky, chief architect and CTO of the Defense Department\'s Business Mission Area, joins host John Gilroy to talk about data storage. June 14, 2011
June 14, 2011 -
The contractors have been snatching up small cybersecurity firms.
June 14, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Associated Press that the Obama administration tried to improve relations with Pakistan recently by sharing intelligence about on the locations where insurgents were suspected of making bombs, but it turned out to be a big disappointment. The two locations are in the tribal territories in northwestern Pakistan. But by the time authorities reached the facilities, the suspects had been tipped off and were gone.
June 14, 2011 -
The United States and NATO are stepping up military operations against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, hoping to push him out of power to drive him from power -- or Reuters says a senior U.S. official is hoping they can kill him. The comments came after some of the heaviest bombing in Tripoli since the campaign to oust Gadhafi began. According to the Reuters report, the official said, \"no one would shed a tear\" if Gaddafi were to die in one of the many attacks.\"
June 13, 2011 -
CIA director Leon Panetta, expected to be the next Secretary of Defense told the Senate during his confirmation hearing he thinks Iraq will ask the U.S. to maintain a military present beyond the end of this year, when American troops are currently scheduled to leave. Panetta said Iraqi leaders will have to decide support they need, and for how long, in order to make sure security gains there are not lost. He said there are still about 1,000 al-Qaida insurgents in Iraq and keeping some troops in Iraq to support security forces there is a good idea.
June 13, 2011 -
The U/S has to continue its financial investment in Afghanistan. That\'s what the nominee to be the next Ambassador says. Ryan Crocker, who did some tough duty in Iraq said during his confirmation hearing that the multi-billion dollar commitment that now totals close to $20 billion dollars, is necessary to prevent the government there from slipping back into the state that it was when Al Qaida used it as a launching ground for terror attacks.
June 13, 2011 -
The U.S.S. Carl Vinson is arriving in Hawaii. This is it\'s first port of call since it ferried Osama Bin Laden\'s body out to sea to be buried. The ship arrived in Pearl Harbor for a a short visit before heading home to San Diego. The aircraft carrier was deployed in the Arabian Sea last month with the Navy SEAL team carrying the body of the man who spearheaded the Sept. 11th terror attacks was brought aboard. Bin Laden\'s body was reportedly put in a weighted bag on the carrier, an officer made religious remarks and his remains eased into the sea.
June 13, 2011 -
Defense Department feds are on the ground in Afghanistan, collaborating with counterparts there to build effective defense institutions We get details about the Ministry of Defense Advisors Program from Kelly Uribe and Rick Pollitt.
June 13, 2011