Defense

Hagel is under attack for having views on nuclear weapons that have been mainstream since Reagan

He wants to decrease the size of our arsenal. But so do most security experts, on both sides of the aisle -- something opponents of his nomination have forgotten.

Defense

Could John Kerry broker a Mideast peace deal?

Observers are not optimistic.

Management

National security specialists offer new strategy for dealing with surprises

Gore aide Fuerth and retired ambassador Pickering say time for interagency reform is now.

Defense

Chuck Hagel goes door to door seeking Senate support

Defense secretary nominee met with several Democrats last week.

Defense

Army announces hiring freeze

Memo also instructs officials to get rid of temps, term employees; separate document goes over furlough possibilities.

Defense

Women in combat: An idea whose time has come, aided by technology

Many of the arguments against "bands of sisters" are moot. In part because of improved tools.

Defense

Navy orders layoffs of thousands of temps, issues civilian hiring freeze

Reductions are due to budget uncertainty and do not account for sequestration.

Defense

Highest-ranking military officer ties combat ban on women to sexual assault

Army General Martin Dempsey argued that the long-standing policy helped create a tiered military culture in which sexual harassment and assault proliferated.

Defense

Analysis: The Hillary doctrine

What the Secretary of State's Benghazi testimony says about the future of US foreign policy.

Nextgov

North Korea's plan to target the U.S. in a nuclear test

North Korea's National Defense Commission threatened a "full-fledged confrontation" with the U.S.

Defense

Think women haven't been in combat situations already? The history of crossdressing soldiers

Meet the women who dressed like men to fight in the Civil War.

Tech

Slow government spending drives $2.1B quarterly loss at General Dynamics

Results for the end of 2012 reflect that 'some of [the firm's] markets are contracting,' official says.

Defense

U.S. Navy ship runs aground off the Philippines

The Naval minesweeping ship was heavily damaged after it struck a coral reef.

Defense

DFAS issues hiring freeze, says furloughs possible

Pentagon’s financial arm will drastically reduce travel, training and overtime.

Defense

What the debate over women-in-combat looked like in 1990

A rundown of the arguments 20 years ago.

Oversight

Analysis: Republicans on Benghazi

Key GOP questions about the attack in Libya.

Defense

The ban on women in combat will officially end

Wednesday announcement by Panetta comes after November lawsuit.

Defense

Air Force chief says sexual assaults are a 'cancer' to be stopped

Service branch had a 30 percent increase in reported assaults from fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2012.

Defense

Pentagon leaders continue push against sequestration

National security readiness 'is at a tipping point,' Joint Chiefs warn.

Defense

Cleared of wrongdoing, General Allen wants to get back to his old life

The Pentagon's inspector general has found that Allen did not violate military codes of conduct.