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• Mullen: Afghanistan troop decision likely in a 'few weeks' (11/04/09)
  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs lauds troops' resilience, cites urgent need to address brain injuries.
• Border fence, detainee issues dominate debate (10/01/09)
  Final Homeland Security spending bill likely will not include funding for physical fencing along the Southwest border, but is expected to include language regarding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the United States.
• Mullen: Afghan war needs 'more resources' (09/15/09)
  Joint Chiefs chairman says the United States probably will have to send more troops to Afghanistan to quell rising violence there.
• Forward Observer: A Second Chance (09/14/09)
  Congress needs to reassert its war-making authority and ask the administration's top officials the tough questions on Afghanistan.
• From Nextgov.com: Varied questions drawn from troops in virtual town hall meetings (09/02/09)
  While the president received questions dealing with wartime strategy, Gates dealt with nitty-gritty Defense issues and Mullen fielded more politically tinged comments.
• Senate rejects F-22 funding (07/21/09)
  The House-passed version of the Defense authorization bill includes a $369 million down payment for 12 F-22s in fiscal 2011.
• Obama vows to veto Senate bill with F-22s (07/13/09)
  Armed Services panel leaders hope letter from Obama will resonate with their colleagues and generate support for an amendment to strip the bill of funding for fighter jets the administration does not want.
• Senator voices concern over proposed weapons program cuts (06/09/09)
  Key appropriator says lack of funding could hurt ability to deter enemies.
• Foward Observer: Non-exit strategy (06/01/09)
  Obama and Congress could be unwittingly setting up the American military for another Vietnam-type failure in Afghanistan.
• Panels to review Pentagon budget (05/18/09)
  Acquisition reform negotiations also are on this week's agenda.
• Gates says next-generation bomber might fly without pilot (05/14/09)
  Top Pentagon officials are emphasizing that the future of aviation rests largely in unmanned aerial vehicle-technology that has been used increasingly in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Joint Chiefs chairman says Defense budget strikes right balance (05/05/09)
  The first priority is to take care of service members and their families, says Adm. Michael Mullen.
• Forward Observer: Obama's Iran Strategy (03/16/09)
  Diplomacy is the least unattractive of all the options.
• Appropriator wants to use war supplemental to pay for new tanker fleet (03/12/09)
  Congress already has approved $66 billion in emergency spending this year.
• Pentagon to miss deadline for disclosing plan for fighter jets (02/26/09)
  Defense officials say they will announce their decision on whether to buy more F-22s when the detailed fiscal 2010 budget is released.
• Air Force poised to make F-22 request (02/17/09)
  Service will seek more of the fighter jets than the 183 planned, but won't try to reach its long-standing goal of 381 planes.
• Top officer says military should wean itself off supplementals (10/09/08)
  Defense should identify long-term needs that have been included in emergency spending bills and move them to the regular budget, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says.
• Defense budget doesn't stretch as far as it used to (08/20/08)
  The Pentagon's budget is squeezed by war, soaring fuel costs and out-of-control acquisition programs.
• Federal identity programs boost biometrics market (07/03/08)
  The estimated value of potential contracts to implement federal identity-solutions programs has more than doubled since 2006.
• Gates taps panel to evaluate stewardship of nuclear arsenal (06/13/08)
  Blue-ribbon task force is a who's who of former senior national security officials.