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Pressure mounts on Biden to leverage human rights laws on Israel aid
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza mounts, a growing group of Democrats pushes Biden to apply human rights laws to Israel security assistance.
When will Trump nominate a permanent defense secretary?
The Pentagon has never before gone more than two months without a permanent leader. Now, the Trump administration is about to double that wait.
GOP chairman of armed services panel urges White House to fill top Pentagon post
The Trump administration is coming under increasing pressure to nominate someone to lead the Pentagon, nearly three months after President Donald Trump’s first secretary of defense, Jim Mattis, resigned in a policy dispute.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Senators complain of ‘slush fund’ and lack of border wall details as Pentagon chief faces budget questions
Patrick Shanahan, in his first congressional testimony since taking over as the interim Pentagon chief, fielded combative questions from senators Thursday about a Defense Department budget maneuver that Democrats said amounts to a political gimmick.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Congress votes to cancel Trump’s national emergency amid worries it hurts the military; veto expected
The Senate has voted to overturn the president's national emergency, baiting him to issue the first veto of his presidency.
Trump’s defense secretary faces ethics complaint over Boeing promotion
The complaint asks officials to investigate whether the acting defense secretary has improperly pushed for Boeing contracts while serving as a government official.
By Tara Copp, AP
Here’s how much money the Defense Department wants for its trio of new space organizations
Out of the Space Force, U.S. Space Command or the Space Development Agency, which organization is set to get the most money in fiscal 2020? The answer may surprise you.
By Valerie Insinna
This week in Congress: The fiscal 2020 budget finally drops
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 11, 2019.
House Democrats demand Shanahan explain border wall funding scheme
How will the Pentagon pay for the border wall? Lawmakers worry Congress is being sidelined.
By Joe Gould
The precarious perch of a potential Pentagon chief
Patrick Shanahan, the former Boeing executive, was in a familiar place — aboard an airplane — when he got word of a bolt-from-the-blue political shot across his bow, an apparent blow to his chances of being nominated as the next secretary of defense.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
As border deployment grows, lawmakers demand details
U.S. lawmakers want the acting defense secretary to explain the long-term plans for troops at the southern border, and how much those deployments cost.
By Joe Gould