Marcus Weisgerber
Monday, August 11, 2014 - 06:53
The $5 billion counterterrorism fund that the White House requested in the Pentagon and State Departments’ 2015 budget proposal would likely fund missions like the ones the US military has been conducting in Iraq over the past several months, an expert said.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 07:54
Republicans and Democrats showed a rare display of bipartisanship last week when members of both parties criticized the Pentagon’s $58.6 billion war budget request, but experts say Congress will likely approve the measure.
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 07:47
The Pentagon could use a new $5 billion counterterrorism fund, strongly opposed by the US Congress, to purchase new intelligence gear and aircraft for American and partner militaries, a Defense Department official said.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:42
A US congressman called on the Pentagon Tuesday to shift dollars from its war spending accounts back into its base budget.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 06:52
While the US Defense Department’s Afghanistan war budget is expected to receive little resistance from lawmakers, the Pentagon is under pressure from the White House Office of Management Budget to lower, then eliminate supplemental requests, sources said.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 06:49
The Pentagon pushed back Friday on comments made by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki that the US is slow-rolling a sale of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters to Baghdad.
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.
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.
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.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 07:42
NATO members need to increase defense spending and shoulder more of the security burden across Europe, Susan Rice, US President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, said Wednesday.