When the Obama administration proposed canceling a host of expensive weapons systems last spring, some of the military industry's allies in Congress a...
AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Trumpeting a victory against careless spending, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill that kills some costly we...
AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 08.21.2009 | Home
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to halt production of the Air Force's missile-eluding F-22 Raptor fighter jets in a high-stakes showdown o...
Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
Sen. McCain was on Fox News today where he called the new hate-crime amendment an "abuse of power." In a nice back-patting moment at the end of the s...
David Doody | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
The Hate Crime Prevention Act looks to do exactly what the Defense Bill should be set up to do: defend the nation and allow its people to live freely.
AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers say they will push ahead with a presidential commission designed to root out waste and fraud in military contracts despit...
Army Times | Jim Tice | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The Army has temporarily halted bonus payments for more than 20 enlistment, re-enlistment and service extension programs pending enactment of authoriz...
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The House passed a defense policy bill on Wednesday that would authorize $696 billion in military programs, including $189 billion for the wars in Ira...
New York Times | Christopher Drew | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics