Defense

A must-see movie about public service that is not 'Lincoln'

'Burn' is an adrenalin-fueled documentary about Detroit firefighters.

Pay & Benefits

TRICARE drug co-pay increase still up in the air

Senate bill is silent on health care program’s prescription co-payment hike, paving the way for a more aggressive White House proposal.

Defense

Defense not monitoring cost-cutting initiatives, report finds

Defense needs standardized metrics to gauge savings and reinvestments, watchdog says.

Management

Senate backs lower contractor pay cap, break for women-owned firms

Defense bill would limit reimbursements for executive compensation to $230,700.

Oversight

Susan Rice's Senate opponents voted for resolution on Benghazi protests

The Republicans who object to her claim that protests in Libya preceded four Americans' deaths approved a Senate measure that used similar wording.

Pay & Benefits

Senate approves military pay raise

House version of defense authorization bill also includes 1.7 percent boost for service members.

Defense

Suspect charged in bombing of Arizona federal building

Blast rocks Casa Grande Social Security office; no injuries reported.

Defense

Provision slashing up to 36,000 Defense jobs stays alive

Senate defeats amendment that would have eliminated a 5 percent cut in the Pentagon’s civilian, contractor workforce.

Pay & Benefits

The Pentagon says no to disabled daughter of Navy captain

A creative therapy was working on a severely disabled young woman. Yet the Pentagon decided it would no longer be covered by military insurance.

Defense

GOP senator: Rice went beyond Benghazi talking points

Sen. Kelly Ayotte says she is very troubled by what she heard in meetings.

Nextgov

See how Syria's Internet disappeared

The Syrian government claims that terrorists have cut the major cables supplying internet connections to the country.

Management

Senate approves wartime contracting reform bill

Move caps Sen. McCaskill’s six-year-effort to curb waste and boost oversight.

Defense

The controversial Africa policy of Susan Rice

America's potential next secretary of state was involved in a major policy shift in Washington's approach toward Africa. But was it a positive one?

Defense

Proposed cuts to Defense civilian jobs draw criticism

The White House has threatened to veto the Senate’s Defense authorization bill in part because of controversial workforce provision.

Defense

Obama's Syria plan just got a little less mysterious

The White House is considering several alternatives to intervention in the Syrian civil war.