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  • The CISA "cyber-security" Bill is being fast-tracked through Congress
    Mar 20 2015
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    When the Senate Intelligence Committee passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act by a vote of 14 to 1, committee chairman Senator Richard Burr argued that it successfully balanced security and privacy.
  • Defense Department Proposes Reducing Army to Pre-WWII Size
    Feb 24 2014
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    Defense Department Proposes Reducing Army to Pre-WWII Size
    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will ask for permission to downsize the United States Army to levels not seen since before World War II when he presents the Pentagon's budget plan to Congress on Monday. Mr. Hagel will also request to end funding for Cold War era U-2 spy planes and A-10 attack jet's. The Defense Department will need Congressional approval for both of these requests.
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  • Jun 20 2015
    How America Broke Its Drone Force
    How America Broke Its Drone Force
    Jun 20 2015thedailybeast.com
    Combat Drones & The Pentagon
    In a tent at Nellis Air Force Base on the northern edge of Las Vegas, the officer in charge of a U.S. Air Force drone unit strolled into a meeting with the 20 or so pilots and sensor operators under his command. It was in the winter of 2005-2006, and the officer just wanted to try out some ideas he had for boosting unit morale, he recalled later in a conversation with an Air Force historian.
  • Feb 17 2015
    Ashton Carter Is Sworn In As Obama's 4th Defense Secretary
    Ashton Carter Is Sworn In As Obama's 4th Defense Secretary
    Feb 17 2015npr.org
    Ashton Carter, Joe Biden & The Pentagon
    The cold and snow that walloped Washington didn't stop Ashton Carter from reporting for work at the Pentagon Tuesday. Carter was sworn in as the 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense on Tuesday. Sworn in by Vice President Biden at the White House Tuesday, Carter formally replaces Chuck Hagel, becoming President Obama's fourth defense chief in the past six years. Carter's debut at the Pentagon this morning was briefly interrupted when his wife, Stephanie, "slipped and fell on the icy pavement," the AP reports. "She laughed it off, and officials indicated she was not injured."
  • Feb 17 2015
    Ash Carter sworn in as new U.S. defense secretary
    Ash Carter sworn in as new U.S. defense secretary
    Feb 17 2015washingtonpost.com
    Ashton Carter, Barack Obama & The Pentagon
    Ashton B. Carter officially became the 25th U.S. secretary of defense on Tuesday, taking the oath of office at the White House in a ceremony with Vice President Biden. Carter, standing next to his wife, Stephanie, took the oath of office in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. He said that becoming secretary of defense was the “highest honor,” and he thanked his wife, two children and others who have helped him prepare for the job. “I am honored to rejoin the men and women of the Defense Department in what is the highest calling, which is the defense of our country,” he said.
  • Feb 05 2015
    The Pentagon’s Secret Putin Diagnosis
    The Pentagon’s Secret Putin Diagnosis
    Feb 05 2015politico.com
    Health & Welfare, Vladimir Putin & The Pentagon
    Do you like watching Internet videos and then drawing broad, sweeping, pseudoscientific conclusions about the people involved? If so, congratulations, you might be qualified to join the Pentagon’s secret team investigating the nonverbal cues of powerful world leaders. Yesterday, following Freedom of Information Act requests by a group of news organizations including Politico, the Pentagon released two studies, both published here in full for the first time, analyzing Vladimir Putin's inner demons—or at least those inner demons that you can observe from watching a ton of publicly available videos.
  • Dec 22 2014
    Merry Christmas, Defense Contractors!
    Merry Christmas, Defense Contractors!
    Dec 22 2014thedailybeast.com
    113th Congress
    Congress’ abomination of a defense spending bill is all about pleasing weapons manufacturers and diverting funds to useless projects. Who says Democrats and Republicans can’t get along? This week president Obama signed a massive one-stop bill (a.k.a “Cromnibus”) that will keep the government funded until the end of the fiscal year. Among other things, the bill appropriates $1.1 trillion in funding—including over $550 billion for the Department of Defense.
  • Dec 14 2014
    The chilling rise of American militarism
    The chilling rise of American militarism
    Dec 14 2014salon.com
    Military & Defense, Wars & Conflicts, Tom Engelhardt, Chuck Hagel & The Pentagon
    It was the end of the road for Chuck Hagel last week and the Washington press corps couldn’t have been more enthusiastic about writing his obituary. In terms of pure coverage, it may not have been Ferguson or the seven-foot deluge of snow that hit Buffalo, New York, but the avalanche of news reports was nothing to be sniffed at. There had been a changing of the guard in wartime Washington. Barack Obama’s third secretary of defense had gone down for the count. In the phrase of the moment, he had “resigned under pressure.” Sayonara, Chuck! With a unanimity that crossed political lines, the accounts read as if written by a single reporter.
  • Dec 11 2014
    The budget deal gives the Pentagon just as much money as it got during the Iraq War
    The budget deal gives the Pentagon just as much money as it got during the Iraq War
    Dec 11 2014motherjones.com
    2003 Iraq War, U.S. Military, The Pentagon & Iraq
    Today's the last day for Congress to pass a budget deal and avert a government shutdown. Part of the $1.1 trillion "Cromnibus" package is the 2015 defense budget. While there's been some wrangling over pay and benefits for service members, finalizing the Pentagon budget has been relatively uncontentious.
  • Dec 02 2014
    What you need to know about Ashton Carter, Obama's rumored next Defense Secretary
    What you need to know about Ashton Carter, Obama's rumored next Defense Secretary
    Dec 02 2014vox.com
    Ashton Carter, Barack Obama & The Pentagon
    President Obama is closing in on appointing his new Secretary of Defense to replace Chuck Hagel, and "barring any last minute complications," he will choose Ashton B. Carter, report CNN's Jamie Crawford and Barbara Starr. And an Associated Press report says that, according to a senior GOP senator, Carter has already been chosen.

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