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In this July 7, 2006, file photo, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is shown after it was unveiled in a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

History books will only care if F-35 works, officials say

August 12, 2015 4:44 pm

The Government Accountability Office announced Tuesday that the Marine Corps did not properly account for nearly $1 billion in transactions. (AP Photo)Â

Politics

Pentagon unable to account for nearly $1 billion spent

Barbara Boland -

August 5, 2015 5:02 pm

The U.S. Navy launches a Trident II, D-5 missile from the submerged submarine USS Tennessee in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, on Dec. 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Politics

Does Washington have the stomach to pay for its nukes?

David Brown -

August 3, 2015 4:01 am

A man looks over the expanse of ruins left by the explosion of the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, in Hiroshima, Japan.

The nuclear club: Old weapons die hard as new ones are born

Olli Heinonen -

August 3, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. John McCain has been in talks to find a way to close the prison that other Republicans might support. (Getty)

National Security

White House: Obama in final stages of plan to close Gitmo

Susan Crabtree -

July 22, 2015 8:40 pm

The strikes are being carried out by Joint Special Operations Command using CIA intelligence. (AP file)

National Security

Drones and the epoch of one-click wars

Benjamin Friedman -

July 20, 2015 4:01 am

$38 billion in a war-funding account not subject to spending caps could lead to another government shutdown. (Pentagon)

Magazine

Lawmakers brace for fight over Pentagon funding

Charles Hoskinson -

July 13, 2015 4:01 am

Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks with paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division during a troop event on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 10, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kissta DiGregorio)

National Security

Does cutting 40,000 soldiers put the U.S. at risk?

Tara Copp -

July 11, 2015 4:01 am

Negotiations between Sen. John McCain, left, Rep. Mac Thornberry should be

National Security

Who knew acquisition reform had such personality?

Tara Copp -

July 9, 2015 4:45 pm

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, stand to attention while being introduced during a homecoming ceremony in the Natcher Physical Fitness Center on Fort Knox in the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in Fort Knox, Ky. (Photo by Luke Sharrett/Getty images)

National Security

McCain, Thornberry slam plan to cut 40,000 troops

Tara Copp -

July 8, 2015 8:59 pm

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Tag: Defense Spending

History books will only care if F-35 works, officials say

Pentagon unable to account for nearly $1 billion spent

Does Washington have the stomach to pay for its nukes?

The nuclear club: Old weapons die hard as new ones are born

White House: Obama in final stages of plan to close Gitmo

Drones and the epoch of one-click wars

Lawmakers brace for fight over Pentagon funding

Does cutting 40,000 soldiers put the U.S. at risk?

Who knew acquisition reform had such personality?

McCain, Thornberry slam plan to cut 40,000 troops

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