Defense

Defense gets green light to hire experts at higher salaries

Under a new policy announced last week, the Defense Department will begin to recruit up to 2,500 “highly qualified experts” and pay them wages greater than other civil servants would receive.

Defense

Agencies seek to 'immunize' buildings against terror attacks

As the FBI scrambles to figure out who has been sending ricin to U.S. government facilities, scientists are placing new emphasis on the development of systems to make buildings “immune” to biological and chemical agents.

Defense

On one-year anniversary, Bush gives Homeland Security 'gold star'

A year after the creation of the Homeland Security Department, President Bush Tuesday praised the department’s efforts in preventing another terrorist attack against the United States.