Defense
Sexual Assault Allegation Surfaces About Nominee for Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman
Cleared by Air Force investigators, Gen. Hyten may yet face questions during his Senate confirmation process.
Defense
Ex-State Dept. Official Gets 40 Months in Prison for Spying
Claiborne gave documents to Chinese agents in exchange for gifts.
Defense
New Camera Could Help Drones See Through Camouflage
Researchers copied a technique pioneered by creatures like the mantis shrimp.
Defense
Pentagon Puts Price Tag of July 4 Pageantry at $1.2 Million
Most of the money for flyovers and tank displays came from training budgets.
Defense
Pentagon Parts Supplier Falls Under Watchdog's Scrutiny Again
Acting Defense IG agrees to lawmakers' request to probe TransDigm.
Defense
Homeland Security Requests 1,000 More Troops at the U.S.-Mexico Border
New request specifically taps Texas National Guard units.
Defense
Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims
Legal experts and human rights advocates say they were not told about the databases and question their reliability.
Defense
'Nothing Prepares You for the Inhumanity of It:' House Democrats Visit Texas Border Patrol Facilities
At a visit this week, the freshman congresswoman Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania met weeping women and exchanged notes with detained children.
Defense
Brand New Marine One Helicopter To Make Debut at Trump's July 4th Parade
Other aircraft slated to fly over include the B-2 stealth bomber, F-22 Raptor and Air Force One.
Defense
U.S. Army Making Synthetic Biology a Priority
New thermal cloaking, insect proof uniforms are on the horizon, if the U.S. can get out in front of China.
Defense
Pentagon Advised to Keep Better Tabs on Defense Industry Before Reforming Payments
Impact of performance pay and contractor borrowing hasn’t been studied for 30 years.
Defense
Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes
The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them “scum buckets” and “hoes.”
Defense
Countries May Begin Backfilling U.S. Troops in Syria Within Weeks, Envoy Says
In an exclusive interview, Amb. Jim Jeffrey also confirmed a breakthrough agreement that could restart the Geneva peace process.
Defense
Top Diplomat Slams ‘Endless War’ Cries of Campaign Trail as ‘the Echo of the 1930s’
“I get terribly worried. Because this shows total ignorance of what’s going on in the world today,” Ambassador Jim Jeffrey says.
Defense
Senate Clears $750 Billion Defense Policy Bill That Reforms the Security Clearance Process
Authorization act also contains 3.1% military pay hike and streamlines acquisition processes.
Defense
Pentagon Official: We Didn’t Link Iran to al-Qaeda In Hill Briefings
“In these briefings, none of the officials mentioned al-Qa'ida or the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force,” DASD Mick Mulroy said.
Defense
Lawmaker: Human Problem at Pentagon Worse than Tech Problem
Rep. Jim Cooper says Congress shouldn’t accept a government topped by acting political appointees.
Defense
Security Clearance Backlog Drops By Nearly 40%
Attention is shifting to processing times and rolling out continuous evaluation to the entire clearance population.
Defense
Democrats Couldn’t Agree on Top National-Security Threats
The candidates’ different answers reflect the Democratic Party’s deeper divisions on foreign policy.
Defense
Trump Keeps Talking About the Last Military Standoff With Iran — Here’s What Really Happened
In 2016, 10 sailors were captured by Iran. Trump is making it a political issue. Our investigation shows that it was a Navy failure, and the problems run deep.
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