The head of a union representing government workers is upset that the Pentagon is planning to furlough employees for 14 days while continuing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on contracts with private firms. The unpaid leave for the...
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A protester during a demonstration by federal employees outside the Department of Labor, with the Capitol in the background, in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2013.
Union to Pentagon: Stop Throwing Us Crumbs
Military Cat-Police: April, You Know…
So much for the Pentagon’s budget sequestration fur-loughs. The Army today announced a new deployment of military cat-police: JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. (April 1, 2013) — The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), is doing its part to...
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Members of a U.S. Army carry team carry a flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Specialist Omar M. Albrak of Chicago during a dignified transfer on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base on May 12, 2009 in Dover, Delaware. Albrak was killed while serving in Iraq. Today was his 21st birthday.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 4,486
4,486. That’s the number of U.S. military deaths in the war in Iraq that began 10 years ago. An additional 318 non-U.S. troops have been killed, according to figures compiled by icasualties.org, a Web-site that tracks figures from official sources and news reports....
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Aviation ordnanceman practice color guard drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) in the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 15, 2013.
Most Cuts OK, Not Defense: Poll
The public apparently has little sympathy for complaints about the across-the-board cutting ordered in most discretionary federal spending. The public is more concerned, a poll shows, about the cuts in Defense spending. By a margin of 61 percent to 33...
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Michael Martinez, airframe and power plant mechanic with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., inspects an MQ-9 Reaper during a pre-flight check at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada.
Holder: U.S. Drone Strikes Possible
The targeted killing program that has become a staple of U.S. action abroad has never crossed inside U.S. borders, according to Attorney General Eric Holder. Could there conceivably be a time where drones are ordered to attack U.S. citizens inside...
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The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
Pentagon to Accounts Payable: Slow Down
With just a week to go before the scheduled start of automatic budget cuts, the Pentagon is worried about not having enough cash. What’s the biggest federal agency to do? Tell the folks in accounts payable to slow down. The...
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A United States Air Force Global Hawk drone, manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corp., is displayed during a media preview in Seongnam, South Korea, in this file photo.
Corporate Political Committees Funding 2014 Campaigns
For companies like Northrop Grumman Corp. and Comcast Corp., it’s never too early to make political action committee contributions to future elections. Federal Election Commission reports show company PACs made donations in December to candidates next facing the voters two...
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U.S. Marines 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment with Female Engagement Team Sargeant Savanna E. Malendoski, center, and Sargeant Patricia A. Aquino, left, talk to Afghan villagers during a visit to a village in Gamser, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan.
When Will Women Be Drafted for War? — When Congress Says So
So women will go to war. But when will they be drafted? The Defense Department’s decision to lift the ban against women on the front lines of combat leaves open the question of the draft. Men were drafted for the...
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U.S. Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) looks through his rifle as a Medevac helicopter takes off during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province on Oct. 13, 2012. T
Defense Cuts: Unavoidable, Despite GDP Contraction Pinned on Defense?
Written with Richard Rubin Just as the U.S. gross domestic product is taking a hit from lower defense budgets, federal spending cuts viewed as unthinkable a few months ago — $1.2 trillion falling heavily on the Pentagon — are seen...
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U.S. medics from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion 82nd Aviation, General Supprot Aviation Battalion, tend to two Afghan women on a Blackhawk UH-60 helicopter as they fly to Bagram Air Field, from Parwan province, Afghanistan.
Women in Combat: Reality Catches Up
Written with David Lerman With word that the Pentagon is lifting a ban on women serving in direct combat roles, women who have served in the military — including some who have come home with Purple Hearts — are hailing...
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