Defense
Senate easily approves Negroponte as intelligence chief
Veteran diplomat becomes first national intelligence director.
Defense
Pentagon acquisition nominee faces tough questions
Kenneth Krieg promises to work with Congress to reduce acquisition cycle times, control costs and breathe new life into the defense industry.
Defense
Senate OKs $81 billion supplemental spending bill
Measure is significantly different than House bill and Bush administration request.
Defense
Homeland Security management still 'high risk', GAO says
Challenges remain before DHS becomes efficient and effective, auditors report.
Defense
Homeland authorization to move before organizational changes
House Homeland Security panel chairman says bill will be "light on organizational changes" in deference to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff's ongoing review of operations.
Defense
Border concerns bubble up at Senate hearing
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff plans trip to the Southwest border to see “how we’re doing down there.”
Defense
Audits rap TSA for spending, ethics, performance lapses
Homeland Security IG issues three reports criticizing crisis management center and passenger and baggage screening.
Defense
Base-closing panel sets first meeting
Base Realignment and Closure Commission will kick off May 3.
Defense
Defense contractors want in on manufacturing tax break
Companies insist Congress intended tax cut enacted last fall to apply to all U.S. manufacturing, including defense contracts.
Defense
Deputy Defense nominee fields questions over shipbuilding, acquisition
Navy Secretary Gordon England vows to fix the department's acquisition mechanism.
Defense
Senate signals unhappiness with war supplementals
Senators approve non-binding resolution urging that war funds be included in regular annual budget submissions.
Defense
Pentagon to participate in international plague vaccine effort
United States will work with Canada and United Kingdom on project.
Defense
Senators aim to derail Pentagon plans to scrap C-130J
An amendment to the emergency defense spending bill would prohibit funds from being spent to terminate the $4.1 billion contract for the aircraft.
Defense
Robotic spacecraft mission cut short
Apparent fuel shortage causes craft to shut down after rendezvous with military satellite.
Defense
Border Patrol agents in Arizona face increased confrontations
Top agent says rise in assaults attributed to attempts to shut down drug runners and smugglers of illegal immigrants.
Defense