Defense
Rumsfeld expected to restore funding for cargo aircraft
Defense secretary working with OMB to restore funding during fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008 budget cycles.
Defense
Base closing recommendations expected Friday
Communities around 425 military installations await news of their fate.
Defense
Former homeland security officials debate reorganizing DHS
Proposals include establishing a centralized policy shop and creating a new agency for preparedness.
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Full House panel backs effort to slash Homeland Security funds
Appropriations committee withholds more than $700 million, saying DHS ignored congressional requests for information about its programs.
Defense
Talks begin on next round of supplemental defense spending
As Senate passes fiscal 2005 supplemental, House appropriators already begin to discuss adding funds for war costs not covered in fiscal 2006 appropriations.
Defense
Study urges Pentagon cuts as authorization work begins
Organizations recommend shifting $40.5 billion to Homeland Security Department budget.
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Former Homeland Security team resisted raising alert levels
Ex-DHS Secretary Tom Ridge says his leadership team favored sharing information rather than raising the country's color-coded alert system.
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DHS urged to address Hill threat to cut funds for key programs
Former deputy secretary says House committee chairman's effort to punish the agency for not being responsive to lawmakers' requests for information should be taken seriously.
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Report reveals anxiety over new DHS personnel system
Union officials say the results are troubling, but agency officials say analysis is informative and helpful.
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House Armed Services chair will not push increase in troop size
In light of recruiting difficulties, using Defense authorization bill to require boost in troop levels would be "hollow increase," says Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
Defense
Ex-FBI translator plans appeal to Supreme Court
Appeals court upholds lower court's ruling that dismissed Sibel Edmonds' lawsuit against Justice Department.
Defense
Reports of sexual assaults rise in the military
Defense Department officials expect more victims to come forward because of new confidentiality policies.
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Los Alamos director steps down
Pete Nanos leaves the prestigious laboratory after two years of scandal and discord.
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New intelligence director shakes up hierarchy
Memo from John Negroponte instructs CIA officials to report to him on certain intelligence matters.
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Authorizers look to shield shipbuilding programs
To pay for them, Army's Future Combat Systems program, missile defense, and several communications programs might be targeted for reductions.
Defense
Military vaccines trigger special treatment for 1,200
Cases correspond with a massive Defense Department effort to vaccinate U.S. forces against anthrax and smallpox before and after the invasion of Iraq.
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Rumsfeld sees fewer base closings in upcoming round
Defense secretary tells reporters that overcapacity is "less than half" the 20-25 percent previously reported.
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Homeland security agency evaluates border needs
U.S. Border Patrol aims for optimal mix of detection technology and rapidly deployable agents.
Defense
Security clearance czar still not named
OMB officials say they are taking the situation “very seriously.”
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