Tag: Defense Spending

âThis has been one of the most volatile and uncertain budget cycles the Department of Defense has ever experienced,â Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said in a statement. (AP/Bruce Smith)

Pentagon reduces furlough days from 11 to 6

Tim Mak · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Defense Department slashes furlough days again

Joel Gehrke · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

‘Trust me’ is federal policy on policing preference fraud

Mark Flatten · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform conducts the first hearing on incidents of wasteful spending by the General Services Administration, the real estate agency for federal buildings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 16, 2012. Being sworn in to testify, from left are, GSA Inspector General Brian Miller, former GSA Administrator Martha Johnson, Jeff Neely, former regional commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, Pacific Rim Region, GSA Chief of Staff Michael Robertson, and David Foley, deputy commissioner of the GSA Public Buildings Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Examiner Editorial: Waste and fraud cost feds hundreds of billions

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

In 1942, Gen. Douglas MacArthur traveled to Australia, along with planes, troops and supplies to turn the tide in World War II's Pacific front. (AP File)

Obama appears to hunger for the Australia Zero Option

James Jay Carafano · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

Pentagon paid billions to defense firms that previously defrauded the government

Luke Rosiak · August 3, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama spoke disdainfully of drone strikes, the authorization to use military force against terrorists, and the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, at the National Defense University in May. (AP File)

PRISM is essential to U.S. security in war against terrorism

James Jay Carafano · August 3, 2013 4:00 am

Washington, D.C., will still suffer economically even if the Pentagon reduces the number of furlough days it is forcing on employees. (Thinkstock)

Pentagon may cut furloughs by half, but DC economy still suffering

Tim Mak · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama will call for a lowering of the corporate tax rate in exchange for heightened government investments in infrastructure, manufacturing and education. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to call for corporate tax cuts in exchange for spending on jobs

Brian Hughes · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam has drawn parallels between revolutionary Ho Chi Minh and American founding father Thomas Jefferson.

Absurd to equate Jefferson and Ho Chi Minh

Cal Thomas · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

Beginning next week, some 680,000 Pentagon civilian employees will be furloughed for up to 11 days over the summer. (AP Photo)

Putting the Pentagon on par with pupils

James Jay Carafano · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

Mainstream media ignorance of Muslim Brotherhood looms

Hugh Hewitt · July 29, 2013 4:00 am