Defense
Budget signals troop surge expected to be short-lived
Supplemental request for fiscal 2008 covers costs for the number of troops deployed before announcement of new strategy.
Defense
Proposed cuts to first responder grants draw fire
Fiscal 2008 budget would provide about 35 percent less than Congress enacted for this year.
Defense
Defense budget looks to modernize, sustain force
Base budget of $481.4 billion is slightly above average annual spending during the Reagan administration buildup of the 1980s.
Defense
Homeland Security budget generous to Customs, Border agency
Budget request would allow the department to hire 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, bringing the total number of agents to almost 18,000.
Defense
Bush seeks billions of dollars for Army technology
Major areas of investment include unmanned aerial vehicles, manned and unmanned ground vehicles, and battlefield command-and-communications systems.
Defense
President proposes cuts to 141 programs
Nonsecurity spending would go up 1 percent in fiscal 2008.
Defense
Military cutting orders for costly high-tech weapons
Some analysts worry ballooning price tag for new technology will squeeze maintenance and other needs.
Defense
Intelligence analysis warns against rapid withdrawal from Iraq
Report doesn’t address surge plan, but says U.S. troops at current levels are an “essential stabilizing element.”
Defense
Defense secretary disputes CBO findings on troop numbers, costs
Report from budget office found that planned force increase would require up to 48,000 additional troops and cost up to $27 billion.
Defense
Estimated price tag of security measure causes stir
Budget office projects bill to implement unfulfilled 9/11 panel recommendations would cost $21 billion through 2012.
Defense
Spending bill trims $5 million more from DHS personnel system
Labor union official praises additional cuts and says the money would be better spent on new hires and training.
Defense
Iraq surge plan may require more than double the troops Bush cited
President did not factor in the number of support personnel that would be needed, budget office analysis finds.
Defense
Defense develops tool to assess skills of acquisition workforce
System to compile information about individual and servicewide competencies is set to be deployed early this year.
Defense
Senator grills Army chief of staff nominee, saying he misled Congress
John McCain says nominee painted a "rosy scenario" of progress in Iraq and often set unattainable goals.
Defense
Rising Army, Marine Corps costs may trigger budget war
Recently announced plans to grow ground forces by 92,000 troops over five years could upset the interservice peace over budget shares.
Defense
Senator raps visitor tracking system for failure to record exits
Homeland Security officials say they are working to follow departures from air and sea ports; land crossings still a stumbling block.
Defense
ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Guarding Turf
As Defense secretary, will Robert Gates put the CIA back on track?
Defense
House Republicans call for greater military effort in space
Lawmakers write letter to President Bush arguing space systems are "integral to the daily execution” of nearly all military operations and exercises.
Defense
TSA pushes ahead on port worker credentials project
Agency lowers price projections for ID cards and tries to make sign-up stations convenient.
Defense