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DoD maintains BRAC fight, despite opposition from Congress

Amid nearly unanimous congressional opposition, the Defense Department says it needs to stop operating military facilities it no longer wants or needs.

Tags: DoD , BRAC , Congress , Robert Hale , Katherine Hammack , Kathleen Ferguson , Jared Serbu , managment , House Armed Services Committee

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New BRAC round hits dead end

The Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee approved legislation rejecting the Pentagon's request to shutter installations and facilities in the United States that are no longer needed.

Tags: BRAC , Congress , DoD , Jeanne Shaheen

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Pentagon preparing 2014 spending plan that factors in sequestration

By July 1, the Pentagon will provide the Senate Armed Services Committee its plan for managing reduced fiscal 2014 budget levels, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in a speech Wednesday. The committee had asked DoD to provide a list of spending reductions after the White House submitted a budget proposal for next fiscal year that simply ignored sequestration, ostensibly in the hope that the automatic budget cuts would be canceled or otherwise avoided in 2014.

Tags: DoD , Ashton Carter , sequestration , budget ,

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Report: US footing greater bill for overseas bases

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DoD constructing offensive, defensive cyber teams

U.S. Cyber Command is putting together dozens of groups to defend the military's network, to work with combatant commanders on offensive tactics and to respond to attacks against the nation. Gen. Keith Alexander, however, said budget cuts will delay DoD's ability to recruit and train team members.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , DoD , Keith Alexander , Robert Kehler , workforce , training , sequestration , Jason Miller , U.S. Cyber Command

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Sen. Carl Levin will not seek re-election in 2014

Tags: Senate , Congress , Carl Levin

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Senate confirms Hagel for defense secretary

Tags: Chuck Hagel , Barack Obama , DoD , Leon Panetta , Carl Levin , John McCain

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Military issues dire warnings of readiness crisis, decries political gridlock

Among the warnings the military's top uniformed officers delivered to the Senate Tuesday: Half of Marine Corps units will fall below readiness standards by the end of the year, the Army will have to curtail training for 80 percent of its ground forces and shipyards are already becoming short-staffed because of DoD's hiring freeze.

Tags: Congress , DoD , workforce , readiness , sequestration , Martin Dempsey , Ashton Carter , Mark Ferguson , Raymond Odierno , James Amos , Jared Serbu

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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief

Tags: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , Chuck Hagel , DoD

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Senate panel to vote Tuesday on Hagel nomination

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