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Tony Bertuca is chief editor of Inside the Pentagon, the flagship publication of InsideDefense, where he focuses on defense budget and acquisition policy. He previously worked for the Sun-Times News Group in his hometown of Chicago, IL, and at the New Hampshire Union Leader in Manchester, NH. Tony has also served as managing editor of Inside the Army. He has a master's degree in journalism from Boston University.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) said today he is worried that President Trump's plans to broadly tax imported steel and aluminum will hurt the U.S. defense industrial base, antagonize longtime allies and assist geopolitical adversaries like Russia and China.
The nomination of Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone to be chief of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency is headed to the full Senate for a confirmation vote, according to a statement from the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The global mission of the U.S. military may become increasingly challenged in the coming years by Chinese and Russian activities in Africa, according to the chief of U.S. Africa Command.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS), citing his failing health, plans to resign from office by April 1, according to an announcement from his office.
A bipartisan team of lawmakers from the Senate Armed Services Committee are urging their colleagues on the Appropriations Committee to consider granting the Defense Department flexibility in spending billions of additional operations and maintenance funds, according to a recent letter.
President Trump is expected to finalize U.S. policy this week for broad tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, despite the Defense Department's concern that it could "impair" national security.
A slew of appearances by senior Pentagon and Capitol Hill officials are scheduled for this week at a variety of conferences and congressional hearings.
House and Senate lawmakers are weighing three legislative options to give the Pentagon flexibility to spend billions in additional fiscal year 2018 operations and maintenance dollars, the House's top defense appropriator told Inside Defense.
Lisa Porter, who most recently served as executive vice president and director of In-Q-Tel Labs, has been nominated to be deputy under secretary of defense for research and engineering, according to a White House announcement.
The Pentagon is unsurprised by Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent claims of new technological breakthroughs in nuclear weapons capabilities, according to a senior Defense Department official who discussed the government's latest Nuclear Posture Review in Washington today.
Cyber vulnerabilities among contractors in the defense industrial base pose a top threat to U.S. national security and require a new, "comprehensive" approach, according to the nominee tapped to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency.
Here are some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) said today he is confident Congress will honor a bipartisan budget commitment to spend $716 billion on defense in fiscal year 2019, but added that lawmakers will likely grapple over a variety of "adjustments" in funding to specific programs, like shipbuilding.
The top Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are requesting Defense Secretary Jim Mattis send them any information the Pentagon has on communications with a Chicago banker who is alleged in media reports to have made a $16 million loan to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in exchange for a job as Army secretary.
The Defense Department is requesting a $21.2 billion budget in fiscal year 2019 for its military intelligence program, 2.4 percent more than it sought in FY-18.
Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, nominated to be the next chief of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, is scheduled to appear Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing.
The outgoing head of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency today said the Defense Department needs to better manage defense contractors and risks they pose if their data is compromised by “malicious state actors” like Russia or China.
Key Pentagon officials are scheduled to appear throughout the week at a series of congressional hearings and conferences hosted by Washington think tanks and defense industry associations.
President Trump is set today to announce the 'largest-ever' package of new sanctions against North Korea, according to the White House.
The Pentagon has "realigned" $20 billion initially pegged for its fiscal year 2019 Overseas Contingency Operations request and directed it toward the military's base budgets to adhere to a bipartisan congressional spending deal, according to a detailed breakdown provided to Inside Defense.