NEWPORT, RI -- A recent Defense Department war game on economic warfare showed the national security community needs stronger ties with agencies such as the Treasury Department, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today.
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NEWPORT, RI -- A recent Defense Department war game on economic warfare showed the national security community needs stronger ties with agencies such as the Treasury Department, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today.
NEWPORT, RI -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today he has been invited to visit the Arctic region this summer to meet with his Canadian counterpart about national security issues tied to that area.
This morning at the scenic campus of the Naval War College in Newport, RI, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was asked whether the Defense Department is focusing enough on commercial-off-the-shelf technologies, as opposed to developing the most advanced systems possible from scratch.
Two key nominations were announced today by the White House.
For the record, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said this morning at the Naval War College that unmanned aerial systems would play a "big part" in the Pentagon's future.
CARLISLE, PA -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates today pledged to provide "substantial money" in the Pentagon's fiscal year 2010 budget request for a new Army vehicle modernization program to replace the service's Future Combat Systems vehicles.
CARLISLE, PA -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today he had directed the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review team to be "realistic" about the scenarios in which direct U.S. military action might be required.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he’s upbeat about the prospect of the Senate approving the nomination of Ashton Carter, who is in line to be the Pentagon’s next acquisition executive.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates today responded to a recent story in The Washington Times reporting that he denied U.S. Northern Command the use of its most powerful radar to monitor North Korea’s recent rocket launch.
House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) says he'll support the Defense Department's new push for a joint combat search-and-rescue aircraft, though DOD's plans to discontinue the current CSAR program could affect his region in Pennsylvania, where Boeing makes rotorcraft.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that the Pentagon has not had to punish anyone for violating the nondisclosure agreements that have been used to prevent leaks about defense budget deliberations.
The fate of the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle remains to be decided in the Quadrennial Defense Review, a major assessment that will shape the Pentagon's fiscal year 2011 budget, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today.
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, has released a statement about the fiscal year 2010 budget decisions rolled out today by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says Defense Secretary Robert Gates will reveal "very detailed" information about his budget decisions at today's 1:30 p.m. press briefing.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) today introduced an amendment to the fiscal year 2010 budget resolution that would boost the Army's active-duty end strength by 30,000 troops.
At 12:15 p.m. today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was scheduled to meet with President Obama in the Oval Office, according to the White House.
The Associated Press is reporting today that Ray Mabus is the Obama administration's choice to be Navy secretary.
Obama administration nominees for three senior defense posts were generally well received by the Senate Armed Services Committee at their confirmation hearing today, but Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) suggested Ashton Carter might lack adequate experience to be the Defense Department's top acquisition official.
The Navy’s continuing interest in buying fewer Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 destroyers has once again upset the senators from Maine, which is home to Bath Iron Works shipyard.
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) has proposed a bill requiring all military personnel, before deploying, to undergo training in the management of contracts and contractors.