Defense
Homeland Security would get boost under Obama budget
Administration requests more funding for technology and border agents in the Southwest.
Defense
Lawmakers compete to protect power grid from hackers
Several agencies and congressional committees can claim oversight of cybersecurity.
Defense
Committee to quiz ex-FBI agent on interrogation tactics
Agent is likely to testify that traditional methods are just as effective as enhanced ones.
Defense
Senators urge Homeland Security to tighten border
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano says she is open to closing individual ports of entry if needed.
Defense
Groups challenges selection of biodefense site
Homeland Security officials, along with Kansas senators, are adamantly defending the decision to build multimillion facility in Manhattan, Kan.
Defense
Latest spy satellite plan has few details, many skeptics
Critics say the plan is risky and relies on unproven technologies.
Defense
DHS chief says border crossing rules are on track
Napolitano is seeking to strike a balance between security and commerce.
Defense
Lieberman wants U.S.-Mexico border security funding in supplemental
Senator said he will seek an amendment that would add $550 million in border security funds to stop weapons and cash from being smuggled to the drug cartels.
Defense
Obama-approved satellite plan opens rift on Capitol Hill
Under the plan, the intelligence community will buy and launch new electro-optical satellites over the next decade.
Defense
DHS official: Cargo mandate should be reconsidered
The 2007 provision requires Homeland Security to ensure that all U.S.-bound containers are scanned abroad by 2012.
Defense
National intelligence chief: Scope of intel activities continues to expand
Two key GOP lawmakers are warning that the intelligence community is being overtaxed under Obama administration.
Defense
Senators call for more spending to stem border violence
Lieberman wants $380 million in emergency money for the Homeland Security Department.
Defense
DHS unveils beefed up antidrug efforts at border
Administration is directing more funding, personnel, and other resources to the nation's southwestern border to help Mexico in fight against cartels.
Defense
Homeland Security chief defines 'trigger point' for border response
Napolitano says United States will send personnel if Mexican drug cartels target American officials or if violence in U.S. border towns grows.
Oversight
TSA lacks technology to meet air cargo screening goal
Aircraft coming into the United States from abroad will pose a particular challenge.
Defense
Emergency plans would send troops to Mexican border
Action would only be used as a last resort if violence in Mexico continues to spin out of control.
Defense
Border agency draws fire for weapons traffic to Mexico
Mexican government says 90 percent of weapons seized from drug cartels come illegally from the United States.
Defense
DHS official who brought dead fish to office on administrative leave
Senior adviser for weapons of mass destruction intelligence programs sparked a security scare by taking the suspicious package to work earlier this month.
Defense
Authorization and chemical security bills top panel agendas
Aides are trying to avoid the turf battles that have hampered previous efforts to pass legislation.
Oversight
House to consider catch-all spending bill next week
Congress must either pass the omnibus appropriations legislation or approve another continuing resolution to keep funding programs at fiscal 2008 levels.
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