Pay & Benefits

Customs and Border Employees Escape Furloughs

Appropriators approve transfer of funds so agency can avoid unpaid leave through September.

Management

Pentagon Financial Execs in Uncharted Waters, Survey Shows

Sequestration is harming morale and delaying audits that could pinpoint savings.

Defense

Kerry Wanted to Bomb Syria

Kerry's insistence on an airstrike reportedly was not well received by the military brass.

Defense

Military Opening Positions to Women

Special Operations command to study impact of integrating women into the squads.

Defense

The Taliban Is Ready for Peace Talks

Qatar to host direct negotiations among the Taliban, the Karzai government and the U.S.

Defense

Obama: Syria Isn't Another Iraq

"We have humanitarian interests," the president says to Charlie Rose.

Defense

Are Afghan Troops Really 'Getting Good Enough' to Take Over for NATO?

U.S. and NATO troops will remain in the country until 2014, but will only serve an advisory role from now on.

Tech

Three Former NSA Employees Praise Edward Snowden, Corroborate Key Claims

The men, all whistleblowers, say he succeeded where they failed.

Defense

Analysis: Why Are People So Distrustful of Big Government?

For some, it's a long history of abuses carried out in the name of national security.

Oversight

Daniel Ellsberg on the High Costs of Executive-Branch Secrecy

The president and his underlings, "given a chance to paralyze opposition by practicing secrecy and deception, will use that power."

Defense

Will Syria Be Obama's Fourth War?

The country is being compared to Kosovo, Rwanda, Libya, Iraq — which lessons should apply?

Management

Top Secret Defense Contractors No Longer Being Reinvestigated

Many personnel with top clearance may be affected by the change.

Defense

GOP Not Backing Down on Border Security in Immigration Bill

Republicans insist something’s needed on security to get their support for reform.