Defense News
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 08:13
US President Barack Obama has requested $6 billion for new military aircraft, drones, vehicles and bombs as part of his $58.6 billion request to fund the war in Afghanistan and other contingency operations in 2015.
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 08:12
Lawmakers on Thursday mostly held fire on the White House’s coming $60 billion war-funding request, saying they have yet to be given ample details to comment.
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 08:01
Absent from the White House’s formal notification to Congress of a deployment of US military advisers to Iraq is any mention of the 2001 resolution that authorized force against al-Qaida and related groups.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 08:29
The White House will soon send the Pentagon’s 2015 war spending request to the US Congress, with sources saying the budget plan will likely head to Capitol Hill by the end of the week.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:12
Israeli exports of cyber-related products and services last year reached $3 billion, some 5 percent of the global market and more than all other nations combined apart from the United States.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 06:31
With the threat of the Iraqi Sunni insurgency spilling over to neighboring countries, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members are unlikely to engage in direct action but will maintain a vigilant security posture, experts say.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 06:24
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announces Egypt will receive Apache gunships soon.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 06:20
The US House of Representatives pushed through several controversial amendments to the $570.4 billion 2015 defense appropriations bill before handing its version off to the Senate for its own markups this summer.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 12:06
The Iraqi government has requested US military airstrikes to help combat widespread violence in Iraq, led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the top American general told Congress Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 12:04
The Pentagon’s two top officials had harsh words for the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki Wednesday morning, saying Maliki has alienated and repressed his country’s Sunni population, resulting in the chaos spreading in the northern and western parts of the nation.