Afghanistan, Pakistan and naval matters are on President Obama’s agenda today.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan and naval matters are on President Obama’s agenda today.
Gen. Xu Caihou, vice chairman of the Communist Party of China’s Central Military Commission -- the Chinese equivalent to the U.S. secretary of defense -- spoke today at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Today, the Senate voted 68-29 to approve the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization conference agreement, sending the bill to President Obama for signature.
Adm. Robert Willard is slated today to assume Command of U.S. Pacific Command from Adm. Timothy Keating in a ceremony at the command's headquarters in Hawaii. Keating has held PACOM's top post since March 23, 2007. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm.
The Congressional Budget Office should check into the cost of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's proposal for increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan by 40,000, Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) said yesterday at a House Budget Committee hearing.
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn and Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale are scheduled to testify next week on Capitol Hill about "defense costs and long-term fiscal challenges," the House Budget Committee announced yesterday.
The Obama administration's nominees for top Pentagon jobs overseeing budget and acquisition issues will testify at a Senate confirmation hearing next week.
This morning, after receiving the presidential daily briefing in the Oval Office, President Obama will discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan with his national security team in the Situation Room.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is scheduled to meet with President Obama and Vice President Biden late this afternoon in the Oval Office, according to the White House.
The fiscal year 2010 defense authorization conference agreement unveiled yesterday scolds the Defense Department -- and senior uniformed officials in particular -- for not being responsive enough to lawmakers' queries.
This afternoon, President Obama plans to meet again with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter says the Defense Department and the White House are still sorting out the requirements for the new presidential helicopter program, which will follow the terminated VH-71 effort.
President Obama and Vice President Biden will meet today with congressional leaders and the chairs and ranking members of key committees to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Senate wants the Missile Defense Agency to produce two new reports that shed light on ballistic missile defense plans for fiscal year 2010 and beyond.
The Pentagon is fighting a congressional proposal to expand lawmakers' access to information about the integrity and performance of contractors.
Tucked in the fiscal year 2010 appropriations bill is a surprising little amendment approved by the Senate yesterday that at least in theory could force the Pentagon to open up a bit online.
Deputy National Security Director and National Security Council Chief of Staff Mark Lippert will return to active duty in the Navy, the White House announced today.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, lost his bid today to compel U.S. Central Command chief Gen. David Petraeus and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, to testify before Congress by Nov. 15. The Senate rejected McCain's proposed amendment on that topic when discussing the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill.
President Obama will meet with his national security team to discuss Afghanistan today, the White House says.
The White House today sent to the Senate the nomination of Gladys Commons to be the Navy's comptroller.