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U.S., Iran Lack 'Dialogue' to Avoid a Costly Miscalculation
Tweet Share on Facebook January 31, 2012 Comment (1)U.S. and Iranian war ships have well-established ways of communication designed to avoid misreading their maneuvers and actions, but the two militaries still lack a mechanism commanders on each side could use to stave off a costly miscalculation.
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Key Admiral Denies U.S. Sending Commando 'Mothership' to Middle East
Tweet Share on Facebook January 31, 2012 CommentThe admiral in charge of the Navy's fleet Tuesday denied Pentagon officials are sending a special operations "mothership" to the Middle East to give America's elite commandos a floating base in the volatile region.
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Senior DOD Official Extends Hand to North Korea, Warns Others
Tweet Share on Facebook January 30, 2012 CommentA senior Pentagon official invited North Korea's new leader to the negotiating table Monday after sternly warning other would-be foes that shrinking defense budgets do not equal an American military in decline.
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U.S. Military Envisions More Bases Like Djibouti Facility
Tweet Share on Facebook January 30, 2012 CommentA little-known U.S. military facility in the Middle East is a model for the kind of American bases President Obama's new defense strategy suggests soon will pop up around the globe, a senior Pentagon official said Monday.
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CIA Boss Petraeus Weighs In On Defense Cuts
Tweet Share on Facebook January 30, 2012 Comment (1)The battle over declining national security dollars is officially underway, and some parts of the federal security system will take a helping hand from wherever they can find one.
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Army Chief on Troop Cuts: What Goes Up...
Tweet Share on Facebook January 27, 2012 Comment (1)What goes up, must come down. At least that is the case for an army during and after wartime, according to its top general.
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Pentagon Faces Tough Sell on Base Closures
Tweet Share on Facebook January 27, 2012 Comment (5)Defense Department officials face an uphill battle in convincing Congress to approve several of the proposals in the next military spending plan. For instance, Pentagon brass clearly understand how tough it will be for lawmakers, in an election year, to order a new round of military base closings that could hit their states and districts.
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Florida Poll: Obama Beats GOP Candidates on Foreign Policy
Tweet Share on Facebook January 26, 2012 Comment (1)Florida voters give President Barack Obama slightly better marks on handling foreign policy issues than Mitt Romney, but more feel the incumbent would handle global affairs better than New Gingrich.
The Quinnipiac University poll, released today, shows 46 percent of Florida voters feel Obama would do a better job on foreign policy than GOP candidate Romney. Sunshine State voters favored Obama on global affairs by a wider margin (49 percent to 43 percent) when the commander in chief was pitted against the other Republican front-runner, Newt Gingrich.
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Rep. Thornberry Predicts Congress Will Void First Batch of DOD Cuts
Tweet Share on Facebook January 26, 2012 CommentA senior House Republican said today Congress almost certainly will find a way this year to void the first year of a decade-spanning Pentagon budget cut, and suggested repealing President Obama's healthcare reform law would pay for the defense deficit.
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Three Things to Expect from Pentagon Budget Preview
Tweet Share on Facebook January 25, 2012 Comment (2)Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will unveil some details of the Pentagon's 2013 spending plan Thursday, which will be delivered to Congress next month. The budget proposal will ask lawmakers for just under $525 billion for next year, according to a White House memo leaked to reporters in December.
Panetta is expected to reveal some of the major decisions made as Pentagon officials enacted the first round of a $350 billion reduction from planned spending mandated by a congressional-White House debt deal struck in August. Here are three things to expect from Panetta's announcement:
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