Military service members will receive a 3.8 average increase in their basic housing allowance rates in 2013, representing $60 more on average than the 2012 rates, American Forces Press Service reports. Cheryl
MoreFrance Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a radio interview Sunday that Afghan government officials and Taliban group representatives are meeting for the first time this week in Paris, Reuters reports. High-ranking
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Manpower is exempt from sequestration cuts to the Defense Department‘s budget, but the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday the military’s readiness is in jeopardy if the sequester kicks
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Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) is the likely nominee to succeed Leon Panetta as defense secretary, Bloomberg News reports on its Twitter feed. Citing sources, Bloomberg reports President Barack Obama invited Hagel
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Defense Department leaders believe its budget cut for fiscal year 2013 may be around $10 billion larger than initially thought if sequestration takes effect, Federal News Radio reports. Jared Serbu writes the
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Representatives from the U.S. and China held a meeting at the Pentagon on December 12, for the 13th annual Defense Consultative Talks, according to an official statement from the Department of Defense.
MorePresident Barack Obama has nominated Air Force Lieutenant General Stanley Clarke to become the next director of the Air National Guard, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. According to Air Force Times, Clarke
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The U.S.’ adversaries in cyberspace would respond to attacks from the U.S. with offensive actions of their own, former Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy said Wednesday. AOL Defense reports she also said the
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North Korea launched a rocket Wednesday, with state media calling it a weather site and claiming entered its planned orbit, Reuters reports. According to the story by Jack Kim and Mayumi Negishi,
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Elissa Slotkin, formerly a foreign affairs specialist at the Defense Department, has been appointed principal deputy assistant defense secretary for international security affairs. The Defense Department said Slotkin was also promoted to
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