Defense
Pentagon base-closing budget will fall short of upfront costs
The $13 billion put aside will be far short of the total price tag, forcing the services to raid their budget plans to pay for additional costs.
Defense
Overseas basing panel concerned about pace of relocations
At issue is whether the Pentagon can work quickly enough to prepare housing and training sites for the influx of troops, and whether the military has adequate air and sea lift to transport soldiers to foreign hot spots.
Defense
Adjutants general take aim at Air Force consolidation plan
Officials argue that removing transport and fighter planes from Air Guard bases and consolidating them would hurt recruiting and retention.
Defense
Pentagon inspector general interviewing ex-acquisitions chief
Sen. John Warner, R-Va., contacted former Pentagon acquisition chief Edward (Pete) Aldridge and urged him to talk to the IG.
Defense
Senator seeks route for England to take Pentagon post
Financial conflict-of-interest questions have plagued the nominee for second-in-command at the Defense Department.
Defense
House pushes Navy to buy more ships in 2006
The Pentagon's fiscal 2006 budget request sought four new ships, but House and Senate appropriators are pushing for as many as eight new ship purchases.
Defense
House passes defense appropriations bill
Bill sets aside $363.7 billion in base military spending.
Defense
Financial conflict-of-interest questions slow Defense nominee's confirmation
Officials try to resolve issues so Gordon England can become the department's deputy secretary.
Defense
Lawmakers, Guard officials rally to keep planes in place
Pentagon's recommendations would shift hundreds of tankers and fighters and transporters from Air National Guard units to other states.
News
National Guard leaders criticize Pentagon base closing proposals
Adjutants general across the country also have criticized the Air Force for shutting them out of base-closure discussions.
Defense
Pentagon gets more time to declassify base-closing data
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs leaders give Pentagon four more days to deliver information.
Defense
Lobbyists, legislators still await full release of BRAC info
Defense Department officials generated hundreds of thousands of pages of documents when making their list of base-closure recommendations.
Defense
White House redactions on tanker lease deal report raise ire
Leaders on Senate Armed Services Committee say administration withheld too much information from e-mails and other documents.
Defense
House panel OKs Defense appropriations measure
Some cuts to major weapons systems go deeper than House authorizers had recommended.
Defense
Pentagon IG tanker report points finger at senior officials
Report implicates more than a half-dozen senior Pentagon officials in wrongdoing, but strikes names of many other, more mid-level acquisition personnel.
Defense
Pentagon IG: Defense official could face criminal charges
Report identifies several former Pentagon leaders as central to the tanker deal, as well as current acquisition chief, Michael Wynne.
Defense
Pentagon misses deadline for releasing base-closing data
Sens. Collins and Lieberman continue to press for the information.
Defense
Pentagon says IG investigation into Boeing tanker deal completed
Senior administration officials called to testify before Senate next week.
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