The Pentagon is asking defense authorization conferees to provide full operations and maintenance funding for the office of the under secretary of defense for intelligence.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Saturday, April 27, 2024
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The Pentagon is asking defense authorization conferees to provide full operations and maintenance funding for the office of the under secretary of defense for intelligence.
In a ceremony yesterday, Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Cucolo took charge of U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Center for Operational Analysis and Lessons Learned.
Fifteen House Democrats are asking President Bush to support negotiation of a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty that includes an effective verification regime.
The United States and Canada have agreed to amend the North American Aerospace Defense Command cooperative agreement to make available missile warning capabilities to U.S. commands operating ballistic missile defenses, Canadian officials announced today.
When he became the Pentagon's director of force transformation nearly three years ago, retired Vice Adm. Arthur Cebrowski did not expect efforts to revamp the military would be as far along as they are today.
President Bush plans to name Kenneth Rapuano as deputy assistant to the president for homeland security, according to a White House statement released yesterday.
In addition to calling for sweeping changes to the executive branch's intelligence apparatus, the 9/11 Commission is asking lawmakers to reconsider the way Congress oversees the intel community and the federal government's homeland security activities.
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has ordered two senior-level Energy Department officials to oversee an investigation into missing computer discs from Los Alamos National Laboratory's weapons physics directorate.
The National Nuclear Security Administration is planning to release a request for proposals for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, management contract by the end of this fall, NNSA announced yesterday.
Army operations and plans chief Lt. Gen. Richard Cody has been tapped to become the service's vice chief of staff, the Defense Department announced today.
The House Appropriations homeland security subcommittee yesterday marked up a funding bill that would give the Department of Homeland Security $30.8 billion for fiscal year 2005 -- $308.5 million less than the amount requested by President Bush earlier this year.
U.S. Northern Command's first-ever deputy commander, Army Lt. Gen. Edward Anderson, is retiring from the service on May 27, NORTHCOM announced yesterday.
The House Select Committee on Homeland Security's top Democrat unveiled a plan today that he says could win the war on terrorism.
An Iraqi "Coastal Defense Force" featuring five 27-meter-long patrol boats with heavy machine guns is scheduled to be operational by midsummer, senior Coalition Provisional Authority officials say.
A group of key Senate Democrats has asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to tally the number of non-Iraqi security personnel working for the coalition in Iraq and provide that information to lawmakers.
Missile Defense Agency Director and Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish will retire from the service effective Sept. 1, the agency announced today.
The quality of training at the tactical level gave U.S. forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom an "insurmountable" edge over enemy forces, including Saddam Hussein's best-prepared troops, according to a draft U.S. Joint Forces Command "lessons learned" report.
Defense planners and programmers must take into consideration the potential for small contingencies to become large-scale campaigns and progress with transformation when implementing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's new force-sizing construct, according to a draft version of the "National Military Strategy."
The Defense Department's first-ever Strategic Planning Guidance requires Pentagon leaders to complete a homeland defense strategy by the end of June.
The four military services have unfunded requirements totaling $12.2 billion in fiscal year 2005, according to documents unveiled today by Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), the House Armed Services Committee ranking member.