Saturday, May 11, 2024
A group of Republican senators is urging Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) to schedule a hearing as soon as possible on the nomination of Joseph Schmitz, President Bush's pick to be the next Defense Department inspector general.
Two essential functions of the new White House Office of Homeland Security will be developing a national strategy to combat terrorism on U.S. soil and reviewing budgets of executive branch agencies to make sure they are consistent with the antiterrorism strategy.
Both of New Mexico's senators have invited Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R) to visit Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories to learn about antiterrorism programs conducted there.
Details on plans for a new White House office for homeland security are sketchy as Bush administration officials work to figure out how much money it needs and exactly how it will coordinate efforts to guard against terrorism on U.S. soil.
In the wake of last week's terrorist strikes on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, the Gilmore Commission has decided to adopt an accelerated schedule for completing its third and final report to the president and lawmakers.
A group of House Republican lawmakers today introduced a resolution to declare a state of war between the United States and international terrorists and their sponsors.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has added an amendment to its fiscal year 2002 defense bill that would give service personnel, diplomats and other federal employees the ability to keep frequent flier miles they earn while on official government travel.
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded an estimated $5 billion contract to a group of five companies for threat reduction work in the former Soviet Union, the Defense Department announced today.
If preventative measures fail, the Pentagon must prepare to respond to attacks on its interests with the aid of a new warfighting strategy and a new way of sizing its forces, according to Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), the House Armed Services Committee's ranking member.
Air Force Col. Ronald Haeckel has been named the National Nuclear Security Administration's principal deputy administrator for defense programs, the agency announced today.
The United States should unambiguously guarantee Taiwan's safety from possible attack by China and at the same time hold up Taipei's government as a model for potential political reforms on the mainland, according to a senior House lawmaker.
Stephen Younger will become the next director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on Sept. 1, the Defense Department announced today.
President Bush will nominate Linton Brooks as the next deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation at the National Nuclear Security Administration, the White House announced yesterday.
Former House International Relations Committee Republican staffer Peter Brookes has been picked as the next deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs, the Pentagon announced today.
First-term Sen. Jean Carnahan (D-MO) has been selected to serve on the Senate Armed Services emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee, according to an announcement released today by the lawmaker's office.
The Bush administration will send to Congress this week proposed legislation that allows service members to keep certain promotional items they receive from private companies when traveling on official business, such as airline frequent flier miles.
Newport News Shipbuilding last week redelivered the aircraft carrier Nimitz to the Navy after a three-year refueling and overhaul effort, the company announced yesterday.
President Bush is set to take off on June 11 for a five-day trip to Europe that will include visits with NATO allies and his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The White House today submitted a $6.5 billion fiscal year 2001 supplemental appropriations request to Congress that includes $140 million earmarked for Energy Department weapons activities.
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), the House Armed Services Committee's ranking minority member, has asked the service chiefs to update Congress on each service's ability to conduct required operations, training and maintenance for the remainder of the fiscal year with the money they have on hand.