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Air Force and Army Disclose Budget for Hacking Operations

Services detail cyber offensive activities and tools for the first time.

Defense

In Focus: Funding Defense

The Pentagon’s base budget has exceeded civilian agency spending most years since 1977.

Pay & Benefits

Air Force Announces Civilian Reduction in Force

Move not related to sequestration; service hopes to realign employees, not let them go.

Tech

How the Government Searches for the Boston Marathon Bomber

The FBI may have been most transformed by post-9/11 reforms.

Defense

Feds Arrest Paul Kevin Curtis Over Ricin-Laced Letters

Mississippi man allegedly signed the toxic notes with the initials 'KC.'

Defense

Washington Scrambles After Letter Addressed to White House Tests Positive for Ricin

FBI says there is no indication of any connection between the letters and the Monday bomb attack in Boston.

Defense

Why the Immigration Plan Really Could Give Us Border Security

Plan requires that a set of border-security goals be met before any undocumented immigrant gets legal status.

Tech

7 Reasons to Worry About North Korea's Weapons

Is the country bluffing or issuing real threats? Why we should pay attention either way.

Defense

Experts: Antigovernment Groups Probably Not Behind Boston Bombings

The case doesn't fit with previous attacks from Patriot Movement types.

Defense

Help a College Student Injured in Boston Find a Mystery Veteran Who Helped Her

Army veteran helped calm victim by showing her a shrapnel wound of his own from Afghanistan.

Defense

Plenty of Clues, Few Leads on Motive of Bomber

Bombings could be the work of al-Qaida affiliates, domestic right-wing extremists, or lone-wolf terrorists.

Defense

Pentagon Saves National Guard WMD Unit That Helped in Boston

Hagel sought to dismantle the team but then requested 2014 funding for it.

Oversight

Obama: Boston Marathon Bombings Are Acts of Terrorism

President adds that little is known about the perpetrators of the attack.

Defense

Who Is Lisa Monaco, the White House's Counterterrorism Adviser?

Obama's homeland-security point person deals with the Boston Marathon bombings in her first weeks on the job.

Tech

Multiple Fed Agencies Assemble in Boston as Bomb Probe Proceeds

With FBI in charge, ATF and ICE are working with city police and state troopers.