Defense
Subcommittee voices dismay over Defense supplemental spending
Predictable costs associated with operations in Iraq and Afghanistan should be in the baseline budget, GOP chairman tells military service chiefs.
Defense
Senate panel approves authorization for embassy security
The $4.5 billion Foreign Affairs Authorization Act provides $1.5 billion for embassy security, construction and maintenance.
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House lawmaker grills TSA chief over fielding airport screening technology
Plan will be submitted in 10 days, says TSA administrator.
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Lawmakers seek answers on fate of U.S. shipbuilding
Senators seek Navy secretary's support for using creative budgeting to pay for more ships.
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Military weapons vs. benefits issue heats up at hearing
Pentagon official notes DoD plans to spend $130 billion of its $419 billion fiscal 2006 budget request on military personnel and health care.
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House panel boosts defense spending in supplemental
House Appropriations Committee wants to add $1.8 billion in military funds to fiscal 2005 war supplemental and cut $1.5 billion in foreign aid.
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New DHS secretary launches total review of operations
Michael Chertoff says threat analysis should drive the department's organization and policies, not the other way around.
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MSPB chairman says DHS personnel changes will overburden judges
Subcommittee chairman grills board chief on previous endorsement of changes.
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Homeland Security doles out research money
With $1 billion advanced research budget, the agency has awarded 200 contracts out of 7,000 proposals.
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Lieberman proposes more Homeland Security funding
Senator's plan includes $8.4 billion increase above President Bush's fiscal 2006 budget proposal.
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Sandia nuke lab understated security risks, report finds
NNSA report found that Sandia National Laboratories played down the public's risk from its nuclear reactors.
Defense
Outgoing Homeland Security official cautions against citizen border guards
In final speech, Homeland Security undersecretary Asa Hutchinson says Minuteman Project to monitor border activity is risky.
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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' costs military nearly $200 million
Nearly 9,500 gay service members have been discharged from the military under the policy.
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Forward Observer: A New Arms Race
Europe's plan to resume selling arms to China already has generated the beginning of a backlash in Congress.
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TSA dismantles maritime unit, reassigns employees
Agency officials say overhaul is part of an effort to comply with a presidential directive on protecting critical infrastructure.
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