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While acknowledging concerns with the Bush administration's approach to classifying and releasing documents related to Iraq, Senate Democrats do not plan to use the defense spending bills to force their release, two said today.
An independent panel assessing the probability of an electromagnetic pulse weapon being used against the United States is expected to release its findings at a congressional hearing later this month.
The military's new global "footprint" is likely to encompass small deployments to Africa as the United States steps up diplomacy efforts with nations there to avoid being "suddenly surprised" by terrorist training camps like those that popped up in Afghanistan, U.S. European Command chief Gen. James Jones said last week.
Police have arrested a man near the Pentagon who claimed to have a bomb in his car, Pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood told InsideDefense.com this afternoon.
The Army's decision to kill its Comanche helicopter program could result in a 70 percent increase in the amount the service will spend on aircraft procurement in fiscal year 2005, according to new budget documents submitted to Congress.
The Army could pay as much as $2.7 billion out of pocket to end its Comanche helicopter program once all is said and done, sources say.
The Pentagon has canceled the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter program at the Army's request, senior service officials announced today.
Over the next several years, the Army will embark upon its new $20 billion plan to build more brigades, make them more capable and streamline the higher-level echelons that have historically managed and sustained them, a senior Army official said yesterday.
U.S. Joint Forces Command is expected next month to propose solutions to problems uncovered during the war in Iraq, as well as other anti-terrorist efforts, according to sources and documents.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker told Congress today that he is preparing plans for two more rotations of troops to Iraq as a precautionary measure.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this week approved an Army plan to equip its fifth Stryker Brigade Combat Team with the service's RAH-66 Comanche helicopter.
The Army today signed a much-anticipated $14.8 billion contract with Boeing and Science Applications International Corp. to lead development of the Future Combat System, a service spokesman said.
The Pentagon's top policy official said today that no region of the world will be left untouched once the Bush administration finalizes plans to realign troops deployments around the globe, including those at U.S. bases.
NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson said this morning Afghanistan security must be "bolted down" before NATO involvement in Iraq can be seriously considered.
The Army will spend the next three to four months piecing together a detailed account of how one of its CH-47 Chinook helicopters, equipped with a sophisticated suite of missile-warning technology, was unable to evade a missile shot from the ground in Iraq.
President Bush intends to nominate businessman Francis Harvey to become the Pentagon's next chief information officer, according to a White House announcement.
Maj. Gen. John Curran has been nominated to lead the Army's new Futures Center at Ft. Monroe, VA.
The Pentagon should create several "red teams" to challenge various military programs and warfighting concepts using lessons learned from recent wars, according to a new Defense Science Board study.
The Army's new chief of staff, Gen. Peter Schoomaker, yesterday outlined a new strategy that calls for heavier investment in today's force.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last week blamed too many force commitments around the globe and an improper mix of active and reserve units as the primary reasons for the significant stress placed on Army forces since the invasion of Iraq.