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“lf left unaddressed, certain provisions in the House-passed or Senate-proposed bills will substantially impact the Department's ability to accomplish our strategic goals," Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III wrote in a recent letter.

Pentagon voices ‘significant concern’ with many NDAA provisions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 3, 2024 at 7:53pm
Senate Defense Appropriations Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., touted the benefits to his state of unrequested projects in the fiscal 2025 spending bill.

Defense spending bills see another surge in unrequested items

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 12, 2024 at 5:30am
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hand medals to family members of the servicemembers killed in the 2021 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Congress honors 13 servicemembers killed as US pulled out of Afghanistan

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 10, 2024 at 1:39pm
A Taliban fighter stands guard at Kabul airport on Aug. 27, 2021, at the site of the twin suicide bombs that killed scores of people, including 13 U.S. troops, the previous day.

Afghanistan withdrawal becomes 2024 election issue

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 26, 2024 at 6:28pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Feb. 17.

How Kamala Harris could approach foreign conflicts as president

By Caroline Coudriet, John M. Donnelly and Mark Satter
Posted July 24, 2024 at 10:56am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks with ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, before a hearing on Nov. 8, 2023.

Senate appropriators ready emergency adds to spending bills

By Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 8, 2024 at 3:33pm, Updated at 7:13pm
Warren and other liberal lawmakers want the administration to take a hard look at two TransDigm acquisitions.

Lawmakers request review of two defense industry acquisitions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 1, 2024 at 7:00am
Children walk by a Starlink terminal near the community center in the Ukraine village of Rubtsi on April 19.

Pentagon pursuing Russian use of Musk’s Starlink terminals

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 21, 2024 at 3:00pm
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., unveiled subcommittee allocations with deep cuts to nondefense spending that angered Democrats.

Funding allocations trouble

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted May 20, 2024 at 3:39pm
Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., is among the lawmakers pushing to increase the Pentagon's Basic Housing Allowance.

Draft NDAA seeks to cut housing costs for military families

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 16, 2024 at 2:28pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has called for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to resign after taking up a Ukraine aid bill and is threatening to force a vote on ousting him.

Politics of Ukraine aid

By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted April 22, 2024 at 3:25pm
Saturday's vote marks a win for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who nonetheless faces an existential threat to his job.

House passes $95.3B aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan

By John M. Donnelly and David Lerman
Posted April 20, 2024 at 2:04pm
Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon, the Quality of Life Panel’s chairman, leaves a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Panel pitches NDAA plan to improve troops’ quality of life

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 16, 2024 at 5:34pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to the media on the House steps of the Capitol after filing her motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson on March 22.

Greene lays out case to oust speaker in letter to colleagues

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 9, 2024 at 3:45pm
In a cryptic statement Wednesday, House Intelligence Chairman Michael R. Turner made mention of a “serious national security threat” that he asked the Biden administration to tell the public about.

Ultraconservatives criticize Turner over ‘threat’ statement

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 15, 2024 at 3:54pm
Texas Sen. John Cornyn warned Democrats not to "jam" the supplemental bill through the Senate.

Supplemental vote expected next week, but path to passage fraught

By John M. Donnelly and Briana Reilly
Posted February 1, 2024 at 6:15pm
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., shown speaking to reporters in the Senate subway Jan. 25, said Republicans have yet to decide whether they want to both continue funding Ukraine and address border security.

Supplemental stuck for now in Senate starting blocks

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 31, 2024 at 6:00am
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is pushing to pass a tax deal by month's end.

Prospects for tax and border deals

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 22, 2024 at 5:10pm
House and Senate leaders are scheduled to meet with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the security supplemental.

Hill leaders to meet with Biden to talk security supplemental

By Briana Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 16, 2024 at 3:53pm
Mike McCord, comptroller of the Defense Department, told House and Senate committees in a letter that funds for Ukraine are nearly exhausted.

Key US fund for Ukraine about to be ‘exhausted’

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 18, 2023 at 5:44pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., delayed the holiday recess to try to reach a border security deal for a war funding package.

Showdown on the border

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2023 at 2:46pm
House Armed Services Chairman Mike D. Rogers, left, and ranking member Adam Smith attend the House and Senate committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2024 in the Dirksen Building on Nov. 29.

House sends final NDAA to Biden’s desk

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 14, 2023 at 12:35pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy smiles back at International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva after they spoke to the press following talks at IMF headquarters on Monday.

Zelenskyy makes one more push for aid before Christmas recess

By Niels Lesniewski and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 11, 2023 at 5:59pm
The House version of the annual defense spending bill includes $675 million for tiltrotor aircraft the Navy did not request.

Members want $26 billion for programs the Pentagon didn’t seek

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 1, 2023 at 3:54pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., says Republican immigration demands are holding up aid to Israel and Ukraine.

Hard slog on war funds and appropriations

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 1, 2023 at 2:26pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

Fight against ‘price gouging’ on military parts heats up

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 30, 2023 at 8:29am
Defense hawks are concerned by potential cuts to the Pentagon's fiscal 2024 budget.

Stopgap spending bill raises sequester specter at Pentagon

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 15, 2023 at 4:17pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday. He has said his chamber won't consider the House's stand-alone Israel aid bill.

Forecast for security spending remains cloudy

By John M. Donnelly, David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted November 7, 2023 at 6:30pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., is pushing for domestic spending as part of an emergency foreign aid package.

Funding mess ahead

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted November 6, 2023 at 3:08pm
The bipartisan, bicameral letter to Armed Services committee leaders was led by Democratic Rep. Jimmy Panetta of California, above, and Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois.

Lawmakers urge expanded ‘basic needs allowance’ for troops

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 25, 2023 at 6:28pm
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., received support from several Democrats for his amendment dealing with veterans' gun rights.

Senate adopts gun provision among amendments to spending bill

By Caitlin Reilly, John M. Donnelly, Valerie Yurk and Ellyn Ferguson
Posted October 25, 2023 at 6:07pm, Updated at 7:42pm
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza on October 11, 2023.

Fate of two idle Iron Dome batteries in U.S. remains unclear

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 13, 2023 at 5:06pm
Some of Congress' relatively small changes to the defense budget escape scrutiny.

Congress made $80 billion-plus in changes to defense budget

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 4, 2023 at 4:03pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a strong advocate for continued U.S. aid to Ukraine, foresees a Ukraine aid package coming up for a vote within the next month.

Analysis: Fight over Ukraine in CR was undercard

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 3, 2023 at 10:00am
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is walking a tightrope in trying to find a stopgap funding formula that would unite his fractious conference. Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is walking a tightrope in trying to find a stopgap funding formula that would unite his fractious conference.

Stopgap funding troubles

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted September 22, 2023 at 2:55pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives to the Capitol with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., for a meeting with House members on Thursday.

Hill worries mount about delays in arming Ukraine

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 22, 2023 at 9:00am
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who chairs a newly formed panel on quality of life among members of the military, supports using the basic needs allowance to address hunger among the troops.

Lawmakers pressed to improve solutions for military hunger

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 3, 2023 at 5:00am
The size and scope of Pentagon spending remains up in the air as a push begins for a supplemental package for Ukraine and more.

Defense budget uncertainty

By David Lerman and John M. Donnelly
Posted June 30, 2023 at 1:43pm
Questions remains about the future of fiscal 2024 defense spending.

Analysis: Uncertainty clouds defense spending forecast

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 28, 2023 at 11:35am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren hopes to see her DOD ethics legislation included as part of this year's defense policy bill.

NDAA could address Pentagon’s ‘revolving door’

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 16, 2023 at 7:00am, Updated June 20, 2023 at 12:20pm
House Appropriations Chairwoman Granger, R-Texas, has banned earmarks from this year's defense funding bill, but questions linger around lawmaker-directed increases to research projects.

Hill-favored projects called defense budget’s ‘black hole’

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 23, 2023 at 9:31am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants tighter limitations on former officials who become lobbyists after leaving the Defense Department.

Warren: Hundreds of former feds working for defense corporations

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 26, 2023 at 8:05am
“Servicemembers are increasingly being priced out of options to live near their bases, putting strain on our military families,” says Rep. Marilyn Strickland.

Push is on to boost troops’ housing allowance

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 6, 2023 at 5:01am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has been a critic of the Pentagon's unfunded priorities lists to Congress. “I’m glad that DoD agrees we need to repeal the requirement to provide these ‘wish lists,’” she said.

Pentagon comes out against law requiring military wish lists

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 28, 2023 at 8:00am
“It’s unconscionable to think that there are those who serve our nation who go hungry,” says Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., sponsor of two bills to address hunger among military personnel.

Lawmakers: Expand federal aid for hungry troops

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 28, 2023 at 6:00am
Rep. Wittman, R-Va., is skeptical of the Navy’s plans to decommission unwanted hulls.

Efforts to boost Pentagon budget may start with Navy

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 15, 2023 at 1:45pm
Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord said Monday a $1 trillion defense budget is "inevitable."

‘Watershed’ $1 trillion defense budget on the horizon

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 14, 2023 at 11:57am
The American Federation of Government Employees represents about 250,000 Defense Department employees. Above, an aerial view of the Pentagon.

Federal workers oppose proposed Pentagon civilian workforce cut

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 24, 2023 at 8:37am
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., grew up in a military family that used food stamps at times, and she and others are working to reduce food insecurity among military families.

Renewed push is on to help hungry military families

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 16, 2023 at 9:47am
U.S. Northern Command Commander Gen. Glen VanHerck said Monday the Pentagon now believes there were four prior incursions into U.S. airspace by Chinese surveillance balloons.

Congress digesting details on Chinese balloon

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 6, 2023 at 6:30pm
Senate Armed Services Committee member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is a signatory on a bipartisan letter urging the Pentagon to cut back its "unfunded priorities" lists.

Lawmakers to Pentagon: Curtail defense spending ‘wish lists’

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 1, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., said the military's ongoing hunger crisis is "a stain on our country's conscience."

Congress barely dents scourge of hunger in military

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 13, 2023 at 10:36am
While Congress cut funding for some of the Pentagon’s chemical and biological defense programs, experts say they should double their budgets instead.

Congress trims funding for Pentagon ‘chem-bio’ programs

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 11, 2023 at 9:48am
Lawmakers are pushing Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall for answers as to why the service doesn't want many aircraft it recently claimed were vitally important.

Appropriators puzzled by Air Force cuts to ‘critical’ programs

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 5, 2023 at 9:34am
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

Zelenskyy stresses urgency of more US weapons in White House visit

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 21, 2022 at 7:50pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy previously addressed Congress remotely in March.

Ukraine president to address Congress

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 21, 2022 at 1:00am
This year's NDAA is named after Oklahoma's James M. Inhofe, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee who is retiring at the end of the year.

Senate sends fiscal 2023 NDAA to Biden’s desk

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2022 at 8:22pm
The Pentagon's so-called wish lists have enabled the Defense Department to expand its budget by billions of dollars, critics maintain.

Lawmakers aim to deep-six Pentagon ‘wish lists’

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2022 at 3:28pm
A significant portion of defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection have ties to the military.

Final NDAA removes most House provisions on hate groups

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 14, 2022 at 4:29pm
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand worked for years to convince holdouts like Sen. Jack Reed to support her changes to the military's criminal justice system.

Gillibrand calls new NDAA ‘huge milestone’ in military justice

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 7, 2022 at 1:05pm
The fiscal 2023 defense policy bill will be named after Oklahoma Republican James M. Inhofe, who is retiring after 28 years in the Senate. The text of the NDAA bill was released Tuesday night.

New NDAA advocates bulkier national defense budget

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 6, 2022 at 11:33pm
A man dressed as Uncle Sam with a syringe through his hat is seen at a protest against virus vaccine mandates at the National Mall on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022.

Final NDAA expected to rescind Pentagon vaccine mandate

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 5, 2022 at 6:13pm
Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., is among the handful of lawmakers pressing the Pentagon to do more about food insecurity among U.S. troops.

With thousands of hungry troops, DOD urges limited income hikes

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 22, 2022 at 11:07am
Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren and other senators want the Pentagon to force laggard housing contractors to provide a "tenant bill of rights" as required by law.

Senators to DOD: Address ‘bad actors’ among military landlords

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 15, 2022 at 9:00am
Virginia Rep. Elaine Luria, a former Navy commander who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, was a rare loss among the defense-minded Democrats first elected in 2018.

Defense-oriented Democrats mostly survive electoral scare

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 9, 2022 at 2:44pm
Alabama Republican Mike D. Rogers is poised to become chairman of the House Armed Services Committee if the GOP takes control of the House.

Defense panels face big roster upheaval

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 7, 2022 at 11:22am
The Defense Department made public on Thursday unclassified versions of the National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review and Missile Defense Review after having previously sent Congress classified versions while releasing just fact sheets to the public.

DOD strategy reports show rising nuclear tensions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 27, 2022 at 5:18pm
Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama, the top Republican on the House Armed Services panel, called the policy a "desperate campaign tactic."

New Pentagon abortion policy likely to trigger legislative war

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 21, 2022 at 3:41pm
Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and ranking member Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., unveiled their revised NDAA bill with dozens of amendments included.

Senate NDAA debate could have something for everyone

By John M. Donnelly and Mark Satter
Posted October 13, 2022 at 3:00pm
Susan Collins, R-Maine, is poised to become the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.

Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 12, 2022 at 6:30am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the co-sponsor of an NDAA amendment that would hold defense officials and private housing companies accountable for subpar military housing.

Members irate as some military tenants’ rights ignored

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 6, 2022 at 4:58pm
In a Thursday memo to military leaders, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III outlined enhanced compensation to offset the rising cost of food, housing, child care and family relocations.

Pentagon helping troops pay bills, but less than Congress wants

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 22, 2022 at 3:44pm
“You can have a nuclear weapon essentially dwelling in low Earth orbit over Washington, and the analogy to the sword of Damocles is inescapable,” Sen. Angus King said during an Armed Services Committee hearing.

Nuclear arms fears surface during Senate hearing

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 20, 2022 at 3:36pm
Reps. Michael R. Turner, right, and Brad Wenstrup participated in a discussion of biological weapons on Friday.

Biological weapons threat evolving, experts say

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 19, 2022 at 6:15pm
Military airplanes fly over Beijing during a military parade at Tiananmen Square on Oct. 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

High-tech competition with China should be focus, report urges

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 12, 2022 at 4:17pm
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, stands near a damaged residential building during his visit to Irpin on Sept. 8, 2022.

US pledges more aid to Ukraine, others facing Russian threat

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 8, 2022 at 2:50pm
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, left, and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, center, listen as Defense Comptroller Michael J. McCord speaks during a House hearing in May. Austin has made confronting the challenge of sexual crimes in the military a centerpiece of his tenure.

Pentagon discloses a record rate of sexual assaults

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 1, 2022 at 5:13pm
The guided-missile Navy destroyer USS Porter docks at Sarayburnu after its NATO exercise in the Black Sea in Istanbul on Nov. 18, 2021.

Senate appropriators want $4 billion for ships Navy didn’t seek

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 4, 2022 at 5:30am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is leading a push for more oversight over military housing.

Lawmakers want stronger oversight of troops’ housing conditions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 3, 2022 at 10:29am
House Armed Services Committee member Anthony G. Brown, D-Md., says he will resist any effort to impede the Pentagon's anti-extremism efforts.

Fight brews over Pentagon’s push to counter extremists

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 22, 2022 at 10:19am
Maine independent Sen. Angus King’s committee vote in favor of Republican language calling for a halt to anti-extremism efforts in the military tipped the balance in the GOP’s favor.

Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 20, 2022 at 6:30am
Rep. Jackie Speier says members “just got word” that instead of reaching the proposed end strength of 473,000 regular soldiers in fiscal 2023, the Army expects the figure to be between 445,000 and 452,000.

Army tells House panel of enormous personnel shortfalls

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 19, 2022 at 3:55pm
A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies over members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces during a military exercise June 30 in southwestern Morocco.

Senate NDAA has $13 billion extra for defense inflation

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 18, 2022 at 8:48pm
Rep. Katie Porter’s new proposal was part of a bloc of amendments that the House adopted by voice vote during consideration of the $840.2 billion NDAA.

House NDAA would further limit Pentagon officials’ stock ownership

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 15, 2022 at 3:27pm
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan wrote the provision in the fiscal 2022 defense policy law that required the Defense Department's new report.

Pentagon: Hill added $58 billion to current defense budget

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 14, 2022 at 2:22pm
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly has a proposal that would suspend certain weapons sales to Saudi Arabia for 120 days at a time for a three-year period, unless President Joe Biden can certify that Saudi Arabia is not engaging in listed human rights abuses.

House poised for NDAA floor debate

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 12, 2022 at 5:00am
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith conducts a hearing in May 2021.

Military budget set to swell

By Peter Cohn and John M. Donnelly
Posted June 24, 2022 at 1:34pm
A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet on display at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix, Arizona in 2018. The House draft NDAA bill endorses Biden's request for 61 additional F-35 fighters.

House panel’s NDAA, unlike Senate’s, sticks to Biden’s budget

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 21, 2022 at 4:17pm
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth says her own experience as a child and as a servicemember prompted her to try to help low-income troops.

Senate panel wants to boost pay for low-income troops

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 17, 2022 at 3:57pm
The House Armed Services Committee plans to advance President Joe Biden's request for eight new warships when it authorizes Navy programs this year.

House Armed Services panel backs Biden’s Navy shipbuilding plan

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 7, 2022 at 2:00pm
Rhode Island Democrat Jim Langevin chairs the House Armed Services panel on innovative technologies.

House Armed Services panel aims to bolster biomanufacturing

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 7, 2022 at 1:15pm
Ryan Zinke, a former SEAL, tells donors his PAC supports conservative military veterans.

Ethical questions cloud Zinke’s SEAL PAC

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 31, 2022 at 9:00am
Nevada Democrat Steven Horsford is among the representatives pressing to fund a new method of launching satellites.

Funding sought for more ‘responsive’ satellite launches

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 26, 2022 at 6:40pm
The Air Force has proposed giving 100 of its MQ-9 Reaper drones to another, unnamed agency.

GOP appropriators blast Air Force plan to jettison 250 planes

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 13, 2022 at 2:50pm
President Joe Biden's budget proposal would reduce the number of soldiers in the Army below 1 million for the first time in two decades.

Army searches for ‘sweet spot’ between current, future needs

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 12, 2022 at 4:08pm
The Navy wants to take out of service Littoral Combat Ships that it believes would be unhelpful in a war with China.

Tensions rise in House over Navy shipbuilding

By John M. Donnelly and Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 11, 2022 at 3:49pm
Paula Cook and Richard C. Taylor, executives at Balfour Beatty Communities, look on as Army Capt. Samuel Choe testifies about health problems his daughter developed while living in a Balfour Beatty home.

Senate report suggests military housing company’s fraud continues

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 26, 2022 at 6:00am, Updated at 4:14pm
Fighter jets that appear in an ad by Colorado Senate candidate Joe O’Dea are Russian planes, military experts say.

GOP Senate candidate touts military support with image of Russian jets

By Stephanie Akin and John M. Donnelly
Posted April 22, 2022 at 8:49pm
Ground personnel unload weapons, including Javelin anti-tank missiles, and other hardware from the U.S. military delivered on a National Airlines plane at Boryspil Airport near Kyiv on Jan. 25.

Biden to ask Congress for Ukraine aid tailored to brutal fight

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 21, 2022 at 12:14pm
A U.S. Patriot antimissile system points east from Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport in Poland last month.

New requests bring military’s ‘unfunded priorities’ above $21 billion

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 18, 2022 at 1:57pm