Author Archive

New center reaches out to private firms to protect infrastructure

• Bryan Bender
• November 5, 2002

Pentagon completes 'playbooks' for terrorism scenarios

• Bryan Bender
• November 1, 2002

Defense spending bill creates chem-bio research fund

• Bryan Bender
• October 16, 2002

Military launches homeland defense command

A new U.S. military command responsible for North America began operating Tuesday, codifying the Pentagon’s new role in supporting homeland defense.

• Bryan Bender
• October 1, 2002

Pentagon seeks chemical detection standard

• Bryan Bender
• August 26, 2002

New military command seeks civilian managers

The U.S. military’s new homeland defense command will need more than 100 new civilian managers skilled in dealing with weapons of mass destruction, the Defense Department recently told Congress.

• Bryan Bender
• August 15, 2002

Pentagon urges funding for nuclear bunker-buster study

• Bryan Bender
• August 7, 2002

Coast Guard girds to hunt for weapons of mass destruction

• Bryan Bender
• July 31, 2002

Pentagon urges fourfold increase in biotechnology funds

• Bryan Bender
• July 22, 2002