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The Defense Department faced questions from reporters Monday as to why it sent only active-component forces to the border last week instead of more...

The growth in the defense spending may soon end. Last week, President Donald Trump directed Pentagon officials to develop a fiscal 2020 defense budget...

NGAUS bestowed the 2018 Harry S. Truman Award to Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today in his state office in Atlanta. Isakson and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont...

The U.S. military received only a passing grade in its annual report card from the Heritage Foundation. The force is likely capable of meeting the...

For the first time in a decade, the Defense Department is beginning a fiscal year with its full funding in place. President Donald Trump on Friday...

Initial Air Force plans for a separate Space Force include no role for the National Guard. In a Sept. 14 memo outlining its recommendations for the...

Washington decision-makers are a step closer to providing the U.S. military with its first on-time budget in a decade. The Senate today approved a...

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson says the Air Force is too small for a possible future conflict with a major power, such as China or Russia. On...

Lawmakers from both chambers and both sides of the aisle have asked the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs to do research on marijuana’s...

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said the acrimony and infighting among the political parties is being watched closely by those...

A bipartisan quartet of senators has cautioned government agencies to avoid waste and abuse when quickly spending remaining budgets as the end of the...

Congress has an early start in completing a budget process before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. The Senate passed a defense budget for fiscal 2019 of...