Management
Obama Budget Offers a Refreshed Management Agenda
Proposals echo-first term initiatives; list of priority goals to come next week.
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Obama Budget Plan Puts Controversial Plutonium-Conversion Facility on Hold
South Carolina site deemed too expensive for 2015.
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New Mexico Lets Nuclear Waste Remain Above Ground After Radioactive Leak
Atomic waste-filled containers are being temporarily stored outside faulty underground facility.
Defense One
Pentagon’s QDR Proclaims Military Ready To Do It All
The Pentagon's strategic plan assures Congress the U.S. military still will defeat anyone, anytime, anywhere – just for far less money. By Kevin Baron
Defense One
Congress Must Be Willing to Do More With Less Defense Spending
Those who think America spends too much for national defense are as mistaken as those who think that larger defense budget numbers translate into strong security. By Rep. Duncan Hunter
Defense One
Obama Requests ‘Smaller’ $500 Billion Defense Budget
President Obama’s fiscal 2015 budget request, released on Tuesday, vows to field a smaller military and still protect the nation by projecting a global force. By Stephanie Gaskell and Kevin Baron
Defense
Crimea: The Greatest Challenge to Geopolitics Since the Cold War
As Russia confronts Ukraine, the definition of modern military intervention hangs in the balance.
Defense One
Syrian Electronic Army Threatens to Hack CENTCOM
A group of anonymous hackers backing the Syrian government is threatening to take down U.S. Central Command. By Patrick Tucker
Defense One
Pentagon Suspends U.S.-Russian Military Exercises
The Defense Department has halted all military-to-military exercises with Russia in response to the invasion of Crimea in eastern Ukraine. By Stephanie Gaskell
Defense
McCain, Obama Team Agree: No Realistic Military Option on Ukraine
But the Republican faults the president’s foreign policy for the newly emboldened Putin.
Defense
Top Armed Services Democrat: Don’t Bet on Sequestration Going Away
But the Pentagon budget starting in fiscal 2016 breaks the congressional spending caps.
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White House on NSA: Facebook Does It Too
The Obama administration studies data-privacy fears.
Defense
Analysis: No, American Weakness Didn't Encourage Putin to Invade Ukraine
In fact, we've pushed U.S. power further east than anyone could have imagined when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Defense One
The Army Wants You to Build Them a Laser Truck
The military is pushing ahead with directed energy weapons. by Patrick Tucker
Defense One
U.S. Warns Russia a Ukraine Intervention Would Be a ‘Grave Mistake’
Military leaders are keeping a close eye on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Ukraine as the President Obama warns Russia not to intervene. By Stephanie Gaskell
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Radiation Leak Spells Uncertainty for Nuclear Waste Dump
It is unclear how the U.S. will handle remnants of past nuclear-arms production.
Defense One
Will Obama End the War on Terror?
Despite President Obama's pledge to repeal the Authorization for the Use of Military Force when it expires this year, sources say negotiations to get it done haven't even begun. By Michael Hirsh and James Oliphant
Defense
Stray Dogs: How ATF Agents Lose Their Guns
They've done so at nearly double the rate of their FBI counterparts, often due to simple carelessness.
Defense One
Karzai Blasts Dempsey Over ‘Zero Option’ Remarks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says Gen. Martin Dempsey’s comments are just ‘intimidation’ to get him to sign the troop deal. By Stephanie Gaskell
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