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McCain, Graham warn on CIA nominee vote
Tags: John Brennan , CIA , John McCain , Senate Intelligence Committee , Senate , Congress
Pentagon would avoid direct layoffs of civilians under sequestration
Robert Hale, the military's CFO, said reductions in force would cost more money than the Defense Department would save. But hiring a freeze and involuntary unpaid furloughs would be likely for civilians.
Tags: DoD , sequestration , Robert Hale , workforce , civilian workforce , Joseph Dunford , Jared Serbu , Robert Andrews , House Armed Services Committee , budget
GOP lawmakers see automatic cuts as leverage
Tags: sequestration , budget , DoD , Barack Obama , John McCain , Congress
GOP senator threatens delay on CIA nomination
Tags: Chuck Hagel , DoD , Leon Panetta , Barack Obama , Mitch McConnell , John Cornyn , Congress , Senate , CIA , John Brennan , David Petraeus , Michael Morell
House Republicans: Rice unfit to head State Dept.
A group of 97 House Republicans sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Monday, saying that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice misled the nation about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, making her unfit to be a candidate to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Tags: Susan Rice , Barack Obama , Congress , State Department , Hillary Rodham Clinton , John McCain , Chris Stevens , Libya
Senators sound defense budget alarm in North Vegas
A trio of Republican senators sounded the alarm over billions of dollars' worth of "catastrophic" and "draconian" military budget cuts set to take effect in January, telling an audience Monday that more time was needed for negotiations.
Tags: John McCain , Kelly Ayotte , Senate , sequestration , defense budget , Harry Reid , budget , DoD
Senators quiz defense companies on sequestration
Letter, sent to 15 large vendors, asks for estimated impacts of sequestration on defense contractors.
Tags: DoD , Congress , budget , sequestration , defense industrial base , John McCain , Kelly Ayotte , Joe Lieberman , Saxby Chambliss , John Cornyn , James Inhofe , Lockheed Marting , Aerospace Industries Association , Jared Serbu
Senators press DoD to reveal more details on sequestration
Legislation requiring Defense Department to disclose budget-cutting contingency plans would be attached to 'every bill that walks'
Tags: DoD , DoD budget , Congress , sequestration , Kelly Ayotte , Steven Bucci , Heritage Foundation , Brookings Institution , Ashton Carter , American Enterprise Institute , John McCain , Jared Serbu , Michael O
GOP plan would open FEHBP to non-feds
Four senators introduced a bill that would add Medicare patients to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan, as Medicare is gradually phased out. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association tells feds to be wary of the bill.
Tags: Rand Paul , retirement , Jim DeMint , Mike Lee , FEHBP , NARFE , Joseph Beaudoin , Medicare , benefits , Michael OConnell , Congress , Senate
New rules on when FBI retains custody of detainees
The Obama administration outlined Tuesday when the FBI, rather than the military, could be allowed to retain custody of al-Qaida terrorism suspects who aren't U.S. citizens but are arrested by federal law enforcement officers.<
Tags: FBI , Barack Obama , al-Qaida , DoD , National Security Council , John McCain , Kelly Ayotte
