Hagel Faces GOP Attacks in Senate Hearing Chuck Hagel stuck close to well-known Obama administration policy positions in carefully worded responses to questions from...
Hagel, McCain Clash Over Iraq Surge Sen. John McCain lit into former Sen. Chuck Hagel for having predicted the 2007 Iraq surge would be a blunder.
Obama Asks Hill to Extend Sequestration Deadline Obama said Republican and Democrat leaders needed more time to "keep chipping away at this problem."
GOP: Shrink Federal Workforce to Meet Cuts Republican congressional leaders began a full-court press to protect the Defense Department from any potential sequestration...
Dempsey and McCain Spar Over Benghazi Gen. Martin Dempsey sparred with Sen. John McCain on whether the military could have prevented the Benghazi attacks.
Service Chiefs Plead for Budgeting Flexibility With defense cuts about to hit, lawmakers and military leaders are struggling to find ways to dull the pain of sequestration.
Senate Confirms Hagel as Next Defense Secretary The Senate has confirmed Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. defense secretary following a contentious battle over the nomination.
Final Countdown to Sequestration Congress and the White House have until midnight to agree to a plan to replace sequestration, as Defense Secretary Hagel...
Hagel Will Not Reduce Drone Medal's Precedence DefSec Hagel won't alter the ranking of the recently announced Distinguished Warfare Medal, intended for drone pilots.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...