Defense

New HHS center stands ready to track bioterror attacks

In less than 60 days, the Department of Health and Human Services has built a state-of-the-art center to handle bioterrorism and public health emergencies.

Defense

Pentagon buys protective suits, distributes escape masks

Defense

Military families wait, wonder, worry

Few Americans who would be in harm's way in Iraq come from America's ruling class. They have parents like Phil and Barbara Hall—parents who wonder whether war is justified.

Defense

Reserves strained by war demands, lawmakers say

Members of the National Guard and Reserves—juggling their new missions in the fight against global terrorism and a possible war with Iraq with their traditional duties—could start bailing out unless relief is provided, according to a congressional delegation that recently traveled to Europe.

Defense

Air Force extends deployments indefinitely

Defense

INS registration spurs Muslim activism

Defense

Guarded reservists

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ideas for moving some skills out of Reserve components and back into active-duty forces has raised some caution flags among reservists.

Defense

Bush realigns FBI, CIA counterterrorism operations

In a major shakeup in the war on terrorism, President Bush has ordered the counterterrorism operations of the FBI and CIA to move into a new center overseen by the director of the CIA.

Defense

Army airborne troops load ships for massive mobilization

One of the Army’s premier warfighting divisions is relying on an unprecedented military sealift operation to carry its equipment to the Middle East.