House chairman makes deal to avoid cuts in employee benefits

House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., has maneuvered to avoid having to cut $39 billion from federal employee benefits programs. But the cuts will have to come from other agency spending.

• Congress Daily
• March 21, 2003

House, Senate pass resolutions supporting troops

• Mark Wegner
• March 21, 2003

Panel brushes aside objections; extends defense supply law

• Congress Daily
• March 21, 2003

Pilots crank up ‘shock and awe’ operations over Iraq

ABOARD THE USS CONSTELLATION —Marine Corps fighter pilot Capt. Guy Ravey’s voice went up a few octaves Thursday night on his cockpit radio when he saw a green blur with a white tail rise like a bottle rocket in front of his F-18 fighter.

• George Cahlink
• March 21, 2003

Squadrons launch massive assault on Iraqi capital

ABOARD THE USS CONSTELLATION —Dozens of fighter planes catapulted off this aircraft carrier Friday night to play a leading role in the American military’s relentless aerial assault on Baghdad.

• George Cahlink
• March 21, 2003

Senators vote to raise cap on homeland security spending

• William New
• March 21, 2003

Depots could outsource more work under Defense proposal

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• March 21, 2003

Diplomat resigns to protest war

• Shane Harris
• March 21, 2003

Mary A. Wright's resignation letter

• March 21, 2003

Tax relief

Lawmakers want to reduce civilian and military retirees’ tax bills.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• March 20, 2003

Navy cruiser delivers first strikes in war on Iraq

ABOARD THE USS BUNKER HILL—More than a dozen cruise missiles raced off this cruiser in the northern Persian Gulf Thursday morning local time, delivering some of the opening punches in the war against Iraq.

• George Cahlink
• March 20, 2003

OMB chief questioned on homeland funding, TSA staffing

• Jeffrey Hipp
• March 20, 2003

USDA chief says administration may seek new meat inspection powers

• Congress Daily
• March 20, 2003

Reauthorization of Defense procurement bill delayed

• Margo MacFarland
• March 20, 2003

House panel acts to speed SEC hiring

• Pamela Barnett
• March 20, 2003

House committee votes to boost federal energy efficiency

• James F. Greene
• March 20, 2003

GSA pushes federal travelers to book reservations online

Federal agencies must push more of their employees to book travel reservations online, under a General Services Administration bulletin issued to federal leaders Wednesday.

• Brian Friel
• March 20, 2003

Reservists and families unaware of benefits and support services

Reservists called to active duty for Operation Iraqi Freedom--and the family members they leave behind--need more information about the benefits and support services available to them, according to a new General Accounting Office report and an advocacy group.

• Amelia Gruber
• March 20, 2003

House passes military tax relief bill

• Congress Daily
• March 20, 2003

Retroactive civil service pay raise still in limbo

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• March 20, 2003