President Barack Obama signed into law Wednesday the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill, which allocates $633 billion in spending, The Hill newspaper reports. Jeremy Herb and Alicia Cohn write the bill
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The U.S. Army has updated its roadmap with focus on its transitions out of both Iraq and Afghanistan, David Vergun reports for the Army News Service. The Army Capstone Concept, published in
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Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, a retired four-start Army general, died Thursday due to complications related to pneumonia, The Hill reports. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Schwarzkopf was a “giant” in the US
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Officials from President Obama’s administration have given the Pentagon the green light to begin planning for $500 million in budget cuts set to take place as a result of sequestration. According to
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Defense Department furloughs or other personnel actions related to sequestration would not immediately occur on Jan. 2, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wrote in a memo to Pentagon personnel sent Thursday. Any scheduled
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The House approved a compromise version of the $633 billion defense spending bill Thursday that includes lifting of some restrictions on satellite exports, Reuters reports. David Alexander writes the chamber approved the
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Budget uncertainty surrounding the fiscal cliff keeps the Defense Department from being able to plan the country’s future defense strategy, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday. According to CBS News, Panetta told
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Security and economic challenges that will face the U.S. in 2020 will primarily be in the Pacific Ocean region, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. According to American
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House and Senate negotiators have reached a deal on a compromise version of a defense authorization act for fiscal year 2013, which Defense News reports allocates $631 billion in funding for the
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Jim Clapper has told colleagues he will remain as director of national intelligence, CNN reports. Citing a senior U.S. official, Barbara Starr reports the intelligence community began learning of Clapper’s decision Monday
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