Defense
Grant program adds three cities to highest-risk group
Boston, Philadelphia and Dallas will receive more funds under the state homeland security grant program.
Defense
Defense sexual assault programs need more resources, panel says
Department must standardize programs across the services and stabilize funding, according to task force.
Defense
Marines will be first to deploy to Afghanistan
Approximately 1,500 Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., will deploy in December.
Defense
Forward Observer: Back To Tit For Tat
Al-Qaeda and the Taliban will respond sooner or later to Obama's surge, much like the Vietcong did during the escalation of the Vietnam War.
Defense
Agencies join forces to stop arms trafficking to Mexico
ATF and ICE are putting aside their differences and pursuing a coordinated strategy to stem the flow of guns and drugs across the border.
Defense
Surge will include thousands of mine-resistant vehicles
Pentagon has already tapped Oshkosh Corp. to build 6,219 of the vehicles by April.
Defense
Lawmakers question plans for new Walter Reed
Under the 2005 BRAC, Defense is to build a world-class medical facility at Bethesda campus by 2011.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: White House cyber coordinator should have budget authority, former officials say
The current decentralized budget process hinders the administration’s ability to develop and implement a governmentwide cyber strategy .
Defense
Speaker dislikes surtax to pay for war
Pelosi also says House members will seek more details on Obama's Afghanistan plan so they can "make some judgment about the nature of the threat."
Defense
Lawmaker hopes Northrop won't drop tanker bid
Decision to pull out would be a "blow to the program," Rep. John Murtha says.
Defense
Napolitano to reset deadline for foreign cargo scanning
Homeland Security chief says cost, lack of adequate technology and inability to secure agreements with foreign governments make 2012 goal unrealistic.
Defense
Lawmakers eye Afghanistan withdrawal date, funding
Senate panel holds the first in a series of congressional hearings on Obama's decision to deploy 30,000 more troops.
Defense
Obama says Afghan surge will cost $30 billion in fiscal 2010
Debate begins over how the administration will come up with the money.
Defense
Northrop threatens to quit contest for tanker contract
Company's president says the Pentagon must significantly change the parameters of the competition for it to be worth participating.
Defense
GOP appropriator offers plan for funding Afghanistan troop increase
Rep. Jerry Lewis says Congress could free up $35 billion by limiting increases in five nondefense spending bills to 2 percent over fiscal 2009.
Defense
ADVICE+DISSENT:Intelligence File Creaky Collaboration
Concerns about information sharing persist, and they’re dividing the intelligence community.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Could mobile technology have stopped the state dinner security breach?
Some IT specialists say better communications among security forces could foil attempts to sneak into White House events, but others say nothing will fix human error.
Defense
Obama contacts Hill about Afghan decision
At least 31 members from both parties and chambers have been invited to a meeting with the president before his address to the nation on Tuesday night.
Defense
White House breach raises questions about Secret Service pay and oversight
Homeland Security requested money for more staff in its fiscal 2010 budget.
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