Defense

Lawmakers reach compromise on homeland security

Republican leaders have crafted a compromise amendment to break the stalemate on legislation to create a Homeland Security Department, a move that clears the way for Senate approval as early as this week.

Defense

Base politics

The elections may be over, but the politics of base closure is under way.

Defense

Cybersecurity bill expected to pass

Defense

State, Justice haggle over criteria to deny visas

The Justice and State departments can’t agree on how much evidence is needed to deny visas to foreign applicants, making it easier for terrorists to enter the country’s borders, according to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.

Defense

Deja vu

Is the Iraq resolution approved by Congress the equivalent of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?