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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.
Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord is spending what are likely to be his final days in the Pentagon drafting a fiscal year 2018 budget for the incoming Trump administration that is $30 billion above the spending caps mandated by law, but he is also girding the department for the fallout from the Republican Congress' decision to defer all appropriations bills until March.
The Defense Department has announced a new legal avenue for security researchers to find and disclose cyber vulnerabilities in any public-facing DOD systems.
The working week ahead in Washington is cut short by celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, but Inside Defense is paying close attention to further national security team announcements from President-elect Donald Trump's transition committee.
The Pentagon's Reserve Forces Policy Board recently compiled a report and a list of recommendations for President-elect Donald Trump's transition team.
The national security “landing team” leading the Defense Department transition for President-elect Donald Trump includes several current and former defense industry executives.
Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord said Thursday the Defense Department would have to pay Boeing “hundreds of millions of dollars” in penalty payments for breaching the KC-46 tanker contract should Congress pass a stopgap spending measure, or continuing resolution, that does not expire until March.
President-elect Donald Trump met today with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) in New York and praised the senator's work as Alabama's state attorney general. Sessions has been mentioned as a potential pick for Trump's cabinet, most frequently as a possible defense secretary.
Here are some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon:
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team plans to officially announce the members of its national security “landing team” Friday morning, a departure from earlier plans to reveal the names on Thursday, according to Trump aides Jason Miller and Sean Spicer.
As President-elect Donald Trump and his allies prepare to move into Washington's highest levels of power, one conservative think tank has emerged as a leading influencer of his transition team and many of his policies: The Heritage Foundation.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ), indicating he will resist any Trump administration proposal to “reset” relations with Russia, released a scathing statement Tuesday labeling Russian President Vladimir Putin a tyrant and a murderer.
The same morning that former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) resigned from President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, a former Bush administration adviser who opposed Trump took to Twitter to warn national security professionals to “stay away.”
President-elect Donald Trump today spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a statement from the transition team.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday he is committed to an orderly transfer of power to President-elect Donald Trump, adding that the transition team has not yet met with any Pentagon officials, but is expected to visit as early as this week.
The week ahead offers several opportunities to hear from senior Pentagon officials and outside experts regarding the future of U.S. national security in the wake of a historic election.
President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday night, according to a statement from the Trump transition team.
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team announced Friday that it has moved into its "implementation phase," replacing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as chairman.
The Obama administration is asking Congress for $11.6 billion in supplemental Overseas Contingency Operations funding for fiscal year 2017, with $5.8 billion for the Pentagon and $5.8 billion for the State Department.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, says he will fight President-elect Donald Trump "every step of the way" if he governs the same way he campaigned.
The defense team for President-elect Donald Trump has not yet contacted the Pentagon, though Defense Secretary Ash Carter has tasked his chief of staff with managing the transition, according to Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook.