Robert Ashley, Jr., former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Ashley
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Ryan McCarthy, former vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s F-35 sustainment program, will be nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as undersecretary of the U.S. Army. McCarthy held various roles within the corporate and
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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson for nomination to become the next secretary of state, the New York Times reported Monday. Michael Shear and Maggie Haberman write Tillerson’s Senate confirmation hearings
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President-elect Donald Trump has picked John Kelly, a retired Marine general and former head of the U.S. Southern Command, to lead the Department of Homeland Security in the incoming administration, The New York
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The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee wants the F-22 fighter jet to return to the production line under a new defense bill proposal, The Hill reported Tuesday. Kristina Wong
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Robert Gates, a former U.S. defense secretary, has told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he believes Congress should not rely on war funds to circumvent defense spending limits for fiscal 2016, The Hill
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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged lawmakers balance the national budget and noted his belief that sequestration has negatively impacted national security and military readiness, Military Times reported Thursday. Joe Gould writes
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A fellow at the Center for a New American Security has urged the Defense Department to address its current shortfall in drones as terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda are “morphing and metastasizing,” Paul Scharre, director of
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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates has revealed that French operatives have been stealing technological information from American businessmen for years, Politico reported Thursday. Philip Ewing writes the U.S. foreign policy expert described
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The White House’s defense budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 includes increases to out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries under the Tricare military healthcare system, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Michael O’Connell writes the
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