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Disabled vets scammed in $2 million bribery scheme
Three people were found guilty of bribing a VA official in exchange for funds that had been allocated for a VA program dedicated to offering professional training to injured or disabled veterans.
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New defense budget request: $9 billion in emergency funds, cuts for Europe
What you need to know about the upcoming FY20 budget release.
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Here’s the breakdown of the Pentagon’s budget request
The Pentagon is prepared to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in FY20.
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Taking personnel funds to help build Trump’s border wall won’t hit military paychecks, but could cause budget woes
Lawmakers are unhappy with new Pentagon plans to move $1 billion in unused personnel money without consulting with Congress first.
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Capitol Hill tries to deny Pentagon use of $1B for border wall
The White House push for a border wall is setting up a legal battle between the Pentagon and Capitol Hill.
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The Pentagon wants to know how a border wall will improve troops’ ‘effectiveness’ before it contributes DoD dollars
The Pentagon needs the justification to be able to redirect military construction funds to support border wall.
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Tony Moraco on SAIC exit: ‘They look for a back story, and there isn’t one’
CEO Tony Moraco and Chief Operating Officer Nazzic Keene, who will take the helm in July, spoke to Defense News about the timing and the transition.
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US says it won’t cede leadership of ISIS fight despite Syria withdrawal
America will not cede leadership of the fight against the Islamic State group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday, as he tried to allay fears that President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw forces from Syria could imperil gains against the militants there and in neighboring Iraq.
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House passes 2.6 percent federal pay raise
The House voted to pass legislation to increase federal employee pay, while the Senate has introduced companion legislation to do the same.
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Smith: Trim budget fat in America’s nuclear triad
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith says he’s open to cutting back quantities of nuclear arms instead of one leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.










