Management
Issa bill would require more barring of bad-actor contractors
Oversight chairman says $1 trillion a year awarded to “cheats and fraudsters.”
Defense
Analysis: John Brennan Offers Few Details on 'Targeted Killings'
CIA nominee pledges to "optimize" both transparency and secrecy.
Defense
Sequestration Already Having a Major Impact, Panetta and Dempsey Say
Actual cuts will have real national security consequences, they say.
Defense
Budget slashing hits U.S. ability to deal with global dangers, Panetta says
'This is not a game. This is reality,' Defense Secretary says.
Oversight
House passes balanced budget bill
Legislation would require president to submit supplemental plan by April 1.
Defense
Why the Supreme Court's DOMA decision is limiting the Pentagon's gay benefits
Defense will soon unveil the extension of as many benefits as it legally can to gay and lesbian military partners, the Washington Post reports
Defense
Even with furloughs, Army may not be able to make payroll under sequester
Briefing documents detail ugly truth behind looming budget cuts.
Management
Obama's Cabinet and other top jobs
A rundown of who's coming, who's going and which spots the president has yet to fill.
Management
President asks for second sequester delay
Obama urges Congress to craft short-term deal that includes ‘balanced mix’ of spending cuts and tax reform before March 1.
Defense
Will Chuck Hagel clear the Senate? White House thinks so
Victory for the Defense nominee would be narrow, administration concedes.
Management
Va. senator to House: Don't be resigned to the sequester
Defense contractors tell freshman the potential cuts are already 'paralyzing' them.
Defense
Analysis: Secret memos expose Obama's double-standard on 'targeted killings'
Leaked terror memo raises questions about the slippery slope of president's drone strike policy.
Nextgov
White House should develop rules for drone program, insiders say
Most National Journal security experts say the rules should be kept secret.
Defense
Ex-Marine charged with murder in sniper Chris Kyle’s death
Authorities still have no motive in the killing of Navy sniper Chris Kyle, but most signs seem to point to post-traumatic stress disorder as a possible culprit.
Defense
Chuck Hagel on key Defense issues
Nominee speaks on the workforce, leadership, budget, contracting and more.
Defense
New State Dept. office to help organize sanctions efforts
Office will be led by Ambassador Dan Fried, who formerly directed efforts to shutter the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Defense
17 percent of Marines say they'd quit over women in combat
The number comes from a survey conducted last summer by the Pentagon.
Defense