Hagel: Pentagon staff cuts will save $1 billion
December 4, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says cutting his Pentagon staff by 20 percent will save at least $1 billion over five years. At a Pentagon news
An epic tale of Pentagon waste, doctored books
November 18, 2013
Linda Woodford spent the last 15 years of her career inserting phony numbers in the U.S. Department of Defense’s accounts. Every month until she retired
Harsh Pentagon budget cuts
July 31, 2013
A second, deeper round of automatic federal budget cuts is on its way, and it’s going to hit the Pentagon hard. Already reeling from a
Some 650,000 Petagon workers face a day without pay
July 6, 2013
A day without pay, the first of 11 through September, comes next week for more than 650,000 people who hold civilian jobs with the Defense
The Army: Be all that you can’t know
December 21, 2010
Nearly one-fourth of the students who try to join the U.S. Army fail its entrance exam, painting a grim picture of an education system that
Pentagon wants leaked documents back
August 6, 2010
The Pentagon demanded Thursday that a website that solicits leaked government secrets cancel any plan to publish more classified military documents and pull back tens
Pentagon is going broke
July 15, 2010
The Pentagon said on Wednesday it may be forced to take extreme measures — like not paying salaries — if the Democratic-led Congress fails to
Gates to military: Curb runaway spending
May 9, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the U.S. military on Saturday it must rein in spending that he called out of sync with today’s tough economic
Iraq U.S. war deaths stand at 4,397
May 5, 2010
As of Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at least 4,397 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March
White House lied about oil spill response
May 4, 2010
To hear Obama administration officials tell it, they’ve been fully engaged on the Gulf Coast oil spill since Day One, bringing every resource to bear