Dan Dupont

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Daily News | March 11, 2003

The Army will begin initial operational testing and evaluation of the Stryker vehicle in May, the service announced today.

Daily News | January 15, 2003

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday issued a message directing military component heads to redouble Internet security efforts to prevent enemies such as al Qaeda from gaining access to sensitive information.

Daily News | January 14, 2003

Army Lt. Gen. John Abizaid has been nominated for the new position of deputy commander of Combined Forces Command, U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon announced today.

Daily News | January 6, 2003

President Bush has nominated Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Steven Blum as the next chief of the National Guard Bureau, the Defense Department announced today.

Daily News | December 18, 2002

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today broke with other party leaders by endorsing President Bush's new missile defense plans, urging the administration to commit more resources to ensure their success.

Daily News | December 16, 2002

The Army and the Air Force have signed a memorandum of agreement governing the mobilization of approximately 9,000 Army National Guard soldiers to provide security at 163 U.S. Air Force installations, the Defense Department announced today.

Daily News | December 11, 2002

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today blasted the Bush administration's decision to turn over North Korean Scud missiles to Yemen, describing the move as "unsettling" given the parties involved and the tensions in the region.

Daily News | December 11, 2002

A test of the ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) system could not be completed early today after the interceptor and booster rocket failed to separate, the Defense Department announced.

Daily News | December 3, 2002

The Office of the Secretary of Defense last week issued a new budget schedule that shows the Pentagon leadership intends to wrap up its fiscal year 2004 defense budget request and outyear plans by the end of December.

Daily News | December 2, 2002

The Defense Science Board has begun a study of the Defense Department's roles and missions in homeland security, according to a new Federal Register notice.

Daily News | November 26, 2002

The Defense Department should establish a coordinating entity and a comprehensive strategy for the crucial suppression of enemy air defense mission, the General Accounting Office states in a new report.

Daily News | November 21, 2002

The Defense Department should improve its force protection process for deployments of troops and equipment through domestic seaports, the General Accounting Office states in a new report.

Daily News | November 14, 2002

The fiscal year 2003 defense authorization bill approved by the House and Senate this week proposes to ban, for one year, the expenditure of funds for work on nuclear interceptor missiles.

Daily News | October 23, 2002

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency last week simulated a rescue of a downed helicopter crew using a Small Unit Operations Situational Awareness System under consideration by the Army for its Objective Force needs.

Daily News | October 9, 2002

Thomas Hall has taken over as assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, the Defense Department announced today.

Daily News | October 9, 2002

The president has nominated Lt. Gen. Burwell Bell to lead U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, the Defense Department announced today.

Daily News | October 8, 2002

The president has nominated Rear Adm. Lowell Jacoby as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Defense Department announced today.

Daily News | September 23, 2002

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last week urged top service, defense agency and Joint Staff officials to ask for help if their ability to accomplish important goals is inhibited by what they as unneeded laws.

Daily News | September 20, 2002

President Bush has nominated Army Lt. Gen. Edward Anderson for assignment as deputy commander of the new U.S. Northern Command, slated to officially stand up Oct. 1.

Daily News | September 9, 2002

The Defense Logistics Agency should take steps to improve its customer service and become more user-friendly, the General Accounting Office states in a new report.

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