Pentagon

  • The House’s oversight of reform for the acquisition system at the Pentagon is done by the Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, under the auspices of the House Armed Services Committee. Last week the panel heard from…

    April 07, 2009
  • The Pentagon is going in a different direction when it comes to the 2010 budget. Secretary Robert Gates will unveil it today. Spokesman Geoff Morrell said the Secretary would spend the weekend working on finishing…

    April 03, 2009
  • The Pentagon Budget will be front and center in about a month. Among the programs and issues on the bubble are the Army’s Future Combat systems. The GAO also recommended that Congress not approve full…

    March 23, 2009
  • Acquisition, procurement, and contracting were on the minds of members of the House Budget Committee Wednesday, as Defense Undersecretary Robert Hale answered questions about the FY 2010 request included in President Obama’s budget.

    March 20, 2009
  • Have DHS’s priorities changed when it comes to the southern border? DHS secretary Janet Napolitano seemed to suggest they have. Meeting with reporters Napolitano said DHS is still focused on fighting illegal immigration and drug…

    March 20, 2009
  • After intense criticism about his political views, Ambassador Charles Freeman Jr. has requested that his selection to be Chairman of the National Intelligence Council not proceed. Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair says he…

    March 11, 2009
  • Michael Dominguez –Acting Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness was charged with cleaning up the mess after the military health scandal at Walter Reed hospital broke two years ago is about to leave office. What was…

    March 04, 2009
  • It was a year ago that the military destroyed a defunct satellite, loaded with Hydrazine fuel. Now they say there is absolutely none of that debris left in space. On the other hand, a Chinese…

    March 03, 2009
  • President Barack Obama is expected to release a directive soon that expands his national security team ans supposed makes it better prepared to meet 21st century threats, which may now involve the nation’s vast cyber…

    March 02, 2009
  • President Barack Obama promised greater scrutiny of Pentagon weapons buying in his 2010 budget released Thursday, following recent runaway costs and missed deadlines on some multibillion-dollar Defense Department weapons contracts. The Associated Press reports Obama’s…

    February 27, 2009
  • South Korea\'s Defense Ministry says North Korea recently deployed a new type of medium-range ballistic missile capable of reaching Australia and the U.S. territory of Guam.

    February 25, 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