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FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Interpreting the Biden administration’s Defense budget request

The Defense budget request from the Biden administration is a bit of an outlier, as these things go. For the important messages the budget is sending,…

Defense

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely locked down for months as bases around the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

The Biden administration’s proposed Defense budget is going to force some tough choices

Budget

Don’t expect same defense spending priorities under a Biden administration

Defense

Coronavirus is hitting small defense companies, but there may be a silver lining

Defense

Is DoD’s top personnel and readiness job doomed?

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Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer attends a Senate Armed Services hearing Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Navy says its readiness is improving, but progress is fragile

Setting up a space force might be cheaper than first expected, estimate says

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How the continuing resolution affects the efficiency of DoD

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Could avoiding a shutdown trigger sequestration?

Budget

Todd Harrison: Another CR isn’t a sure thing

Federal Drive

Congress is using a $28.6 billion fund as a sequestration bargaining chip

Defense News

If DoD gets its money this week, it will know how to spend it in a hurry

The Defense Department won’t have any problems spending money if Congress can pass a budget next week.

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Todd Harrison: Potential impact of proposed defense budget increase in fiscal 2018

At the top of the 2018 budget proposal debate list is the ten percent increase in Defense spending. Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis…

Federal Drive

Wilson has the chops, but business connections may crash Air Force nominee

Defense

President Trump’s pick to head the Air Force is highly qualified, but some experts think her business connections are dubious.