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Courtney McBride was the managing editor of Inside the Army until May 2018. She previously worked for Hotline and National Journal. A native of the Philadelphia area, she studied the modern Middle East at the University of Pennsylvania.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter was noncommittal Thursday when asked if the department's overseas contingency operations spending in fiscal year 2017 could rise above the $59 billion figure outlined in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015.
The head of U.S. Strategic Command views recapitalization of the nation's nuclear infrastructure as "a must-pay for our country's own assurance."
The Missile Defense Agency is working to dispel the notion that its directed-energy efforts have reached an advanced planning stage.
The inspector general evaluating the Defense Department’s former Task Force for Business and Stability Operations and the Pentagon official charged with overseeing matters related to the task force traded barbs during a congressional hearing this week.
U.S. Special Operations Command is primed for a "significant" increase in its research and development funding in fiscal year 2017, according to the command's acquisition executive.
The State Department has approved the potential foreign military sale of "F-16 weapons, munitions, equipment, and logistics support" to the Iraqi government, at an estimated cost of $1.95 billion, according to a Jan. 20 Defense Security Cooperation Agency statement.
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The Missile Defense Agency will hold a Ground-based Midcourse Defense program test later this month, according to its director.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking “congressional and administration oversight and scrutiny” of a former Pentagon task force in Afghanistan, which is the subject of an upcoming congressional hearing.
The Pentagon's defunct Task Force for Business and Stability Operations spent $215 million on projects designed to advance extractive industries in Afghanistan, but few of these yielded appreciable results, according to a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is raising new questions about the independence of the Defense Department inspector general amid evidence of its involvement in editing the Pentagon's response to an oversight authority.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter today highlighted the gains made against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, but emphasized that much work remains.
The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission is seeking information on the role of Chinese investment in the United States and the state of robotics and artificial intelligence in China, pursuant to a congressional reporting mandate.
The United States' fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has cost over $5.5 billion, according to the latest figures from the Defense Department.
The State Department has approved a potential foreign military sale of $800 million for missiles and related equipment and services to the Iraqi government to aid in the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is evaluating the Defense Department's unified command plan as part of an overall review of U.S. command and control posture.
The Senate Armed Services readiness and management support subcommittee will hold a hearing in January on the Pentagon's defunct Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, which is the subject of multiple inquiries.
The Defense Department has made progress toward compliance with the asset visibility requirements of the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The head of U.S. Special Operations Command has signed a campaign plan for global special operations, which he previously described as a means “to support my principal task of supporting my geographic partners out here.”
Lawmakers have passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016, averting the threat of a government shutdown. The latest continuing resolution, passed this week and signed Wednesday by President Obama, was to expire Dec. 22.