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Hagel: Optimistic on reaching commando agreement
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he believes U.S. officials will be able to work things out with Afghan leaders who have ordered special ...
Federal workers brace for furloughs
First there was a two-year pay freeze. Now furloughs loom, as federal agencies make personnel costs a prime target for across-the-board budget cuts ...
Pentagon chief Hagel makes 1st trip to Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan Friday for his first visit as Pentagon chief, saying that there are plenty of challenges ahead ...
Contractor killed in attack in eastern Afghanistan
Three men wearing Afghan army uniforms and driving an Afghan army vehicle forced their way onto a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Friday and ...
Senate Democrat unveils bill preventing shutdown
A top Senate ally of President Barack Obama said Thursday that Democrats won't push controversial ideas like additional money to implement signature ...
General foresees end to grim rise in Army suicides
Army suicides are still increasing, but the four-star general who has been at the forefront of seeking solutions, Lloyd J. Austin III, says he thinks ...
House votes to prevent March 27 federal shutdown
Republicans pushed legislation through the House on Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown this month while easing the short-term impact of $85 ...
DC region faces unique challenges from budget cuts
To get a sense of just how much federal government spending influences the Washington metropolitan area, all you have to do is listen to the ads on ...
House Oks bill to avoid government shutdown
The House has approved legislation to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month and give the Pentagon some relief from a cash crunch ...
Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S.
Hagel meets with Israeli minister, pledges support
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel promised Israel Tuesday that he will work with Congress to ensure continued funding for the Iron Dome missile defense ...
Taliban attack trends: Never mind
The U.S.-led military command in Afghanistan will no longer count and publish the number of Taliban attacks, a statistical measure that it once touted ...
Military leaders welcome House GOP budget bill
A massive House Republican measure to keep the government operating would ease some of the pain of automatic spending cuts slamming the Defense ...
Military leaders welcome House GOP spending bill
The nation's military leaders are welcoming a House Republican spending bill, saying it would ease some of the pain of budget cuts hitting the ...
Republicans unveil government funding measure
Republicans controlling the House moved Monday to ease a crunch in Pentagon readiness while limiting the pain felt by such agencies as the FBI and the ...
Pentagon to furlough teachers, cut commissary time
The Pentagon will furlough about 15,000 military school teachers and staff around the world because of the automatic budget cuts that took effect last ...
Gridlock: No budging at the budget-cuts deadline
Gridlocked once more, President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders refused to budge in their budget standoff Friday as $85 billion in ...
GI's WikiLeaks admission energizes his supporters
While it may be a curious legal strategy, an Army private's decision to admit in court that he sent hundreds of thousands of classified documents to ...
Hagel: budget cuts won't erode US military power
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel lamented $46 billion in automatic defense budget cuts as "abrupt and arbitrary" but expressed confidence Friday that the ...
Cuts could endanger US 'rebalancing' toward Asia
Stiff budget cuts that take effect Friday could crimp U.S. military activity in the Asia-Pacific region, just as Washington seeks to reassure friends ...
How budget cuts could affect you
Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the ...
Cuts imminent, Senate rejects stopgap efforts
Squabbling away the hours, the Senate swatted aside last-ditch plans to block $85 billion in broad-based federal spending reductions Thursday as ...
Whistle-blower suit claimed Navy kickbacks in 2006
A recently unsealed whistle-blower lawsuit claims a former civilian Navy employee from Virginia and a now-defunct Navy contractor engaged in a bribery ...
New crisis looms as budget cuts hit US on Friday
Billions of dollars in harsh budget cuts are hitting the U.S. government on Friday, and officials are conceding that last-minute moves by both ...
As budget cuts loom, is government shutdown next?
With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when a ...