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End urged to terror suspects' indefinite detention
Tags: DoD , Barack Obama , Martin Dempsey , Leon Panetta , budget , Congress , House , House Armed Services Committee , OMB
Panetta to Congress: Don't mess with my budget
Hours after a key House committee voted to give the Pentagon more money than it asked for in next year's budget, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said thanks, but no thanks. Panetta warned passing a $3 billion increase would set a showdown with the Senate and force sequestration to happen.
Tags: Congress , House Armed Services Committee , Leon Panetta , sequestration , DoD budget , Martin Dempsey , Lloyd Austin , Joseph Dunford , budget , Jared Serbu
House panel declines to approve hike in DoD's health insurance fees
House military personnel subcommittee asserts retirees have already paid for their health care via their military service, omits DoD proposal to hike TRICARE fees.
Tags: DoD , DoD budget , Congress , House Armed Services Committee , Military Officers Association of America , TRICARE , pay and benefits , Kathy Beasley , Budget Control Act , Jared Serbu
Budget glass is more than half full for Navy, Marine Corps
Navy and Marine Corps officials are upbeat about how they'll fare under the current round of budget cuts. Navy Department officials said the strategy DoD developed following the passage of the Budget Control Act aligns perfectly with the capabilities of the maritime services.
Tags: DoD , Navy , Marine Corps , budget , Budget Control Act , sequestration , Robert Work , Ray Mabus
House Armed Services chair says he will reverse DoD cuts
Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that his committee's 2013 DoD authorization bill will undo Defense spending cuts the Pentagon has already proposed.
Tags: DoD , House Armed Services Committee , sequestration , Budget Control Act , TRICARE , DoD budget , Jared Serbu
House chairman wants new rules on Afghan security
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is intent on barring private security contractors and Afghans from guarding U.S. bases in Afghanistan, a move that could complicate President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American forces after more than a decade of war.
Tags: DoD , Barack Obama , Afghanistan
Committee chair promises to spike new BRAC requests
Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, says he'll kill any request coming from the Pentagon for a new round of base closures.
Tags: Martin Dempsey , House Armed Services Committee , DoD , DoD Update , Federal Drive , House , Congress , BRAC
DoD budget guidance aims for leaner, more agile military
The President and the Pentagon gave the rough outlines Thursday for how they plan to create a lean, but still effective military. Ground forces will shrink, capabilities in cyber, ISR, technology will grow.
Tags: DoD , DoD budget , Budget Control Act , sequestration , Barack Obama , Leon Panetta , Martin Dempsey , Ashton Carter , Steny Hoyer , Congress , cybersecurity , ISR , Jared Serbu
Obama launches reshaping, shrinking of US military
Obama, flanked by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, unveiled the results of an eight-month defense strategy review that is intended to guide decisions on cutting hundreds of billions from planned Pentagon spending over the coming decade. But the eight-page document contained no details about how broad concepts for reshaping the military will translate into troop or weapons cuts.
Tags: DoD , DoD budget , Barack Obama , Leon Panetta , Martin Dempsey ,
House bill reduces federal workforce to avoid defense cuts
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee introduced a bill that cuts 10 percent of the federal workforce to avoid the first year of automatic cuts to the Defense Department.
Tags: House , Congress , DoD , budget , sequestration , supercommittee , deficit reduction
