The Defense Department now plans to furlough its civilian workers for 14 days during the rest of the current fiscal year, eight less than the 22 days it originally set aside, Bloomberg
MoreChina has deployed unarmed reconnaissance and ocean surveillance drones in Northeast Asia near Japan, the Senkaku islands and along Chinaâs southern coast, the Washington Times reports. Citing U.S. intelligence officials, Bill Gertz writes China
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Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), House Intelligence Committee chairman, said Sunday the U.S. government should take a cautionary approach to moving responsibility for the U.S. drone program away from the CIA. Rogers told
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John Kerry, U.S. secretary of state, flew to Iraq in an unannounced visit to talk with Iraqi leaders about how Iranian fighters and weapons are entering Syria, RTHK reports. Kerry traveled to
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The Defense Department is delaying sending its furlough notices to civilian workers for two weeks so officials can analyze the continuing resolution passed by Congress this week, Federal Times reports. Stephen Losey
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A new memo from the U.S. Army aims to provide its civilian employees more details on how the branch will furlough workers, Washington Post reports. Foreign-born employees deployed overseas, top political appointees
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NATO and Afghanistan’s government reached an agreement Wednesday on a limited and phased drawdown of NATO forces deployed in one district, Reuters reports. Afghan President Hamid Karzai set a March 10 deadline
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The Defense Department will begin sending furlough proposals to its civilian employees Thursday and workers will have seven days to appeal their furloughs, Federal News Radio reports. Notices will be sent between
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Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, chief of U.S. Southern Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday the command is cutting its budget by 26 percent without the additional cuts under sequestration.
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President Barack Obama has arrived in Israel for his first visit as Commander-in-Chief and will go to numerous sites in the Jewish state as he tries to reassure its leadership of U.S. commitment
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