John M. Donnelly
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Pentagon to talk Space Force plans, uniforms with Trump
Defense Department brass are expected to brief President Donald Trump on their plans for standing up a new military branch called the Space Force. → Read More
Pentagon to talk Space Force plans, uniforms with Trump
Defense Department brass are expected to brief President Donald Trump on their plans for standing up a new military branch called the Space Force. → Read More
Faulty $5 part causing nearly $1 billion nuclear arms overrun
Flawed electrical component used on two types of new nuclear weapons — valued at about $5 — will require at least $725 million in fixes → Read More
Senate panel backs special $1 billion military ‘readiness’ fund
Defense spending bill creates $1.1 billion fund for programs that build military “readiness,” which has come to mean just about anything in Pentagon budget. → Read More
Senate spending bill would slash foreign military aid
The Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing to cut more than $2 billion from U.S. military overseas aid programs largely due to mismanagement. → Read More
Child care centers, cybersecurity facility among Pentagon projects delayed for wall
Pentagon officials briefed lawmakers Wednesday on which military construction projects would be delayed to pay for border barriers instead. → Read More
US military bases lack digital security oversight, audit finds
Most military service branches are not monitoring the use of digital security systems to control access to their facilities, according to an audit. → Read More
DOD workers bought thousands of Chinese electronics vulnerable to hacks, spying
Pentagon personnel bought thousands of devices made in China with known espionage and hacking risks, according to inspector general audit. → Read More
Racial terms have marred military forms
An official 2019 Defense Department death certificate described her son’s race as “negroid.” It was “a slap in the face,” says Joni Resilard. → Read More
Racial terms have marred military forms
An official 2019 Defense Department death certificate described her son’s race as “negroid.” It was “a slap in the face,” says Joni Resilard. → Read More
House orders Pentagon to say if it weaponized ticks and released them
The order requires the agency to say if it experimented with ticks and other insects for use as a biological weapon between 1950 and 1975. → Read More
Pentagon aid to Taliban gets blocked by House vote
The House adopted an amendment that would bar the Pentagon from spending funds to aid the Taliban, something the Trump Administration requested this year. → Read More
Air Force secretary: send disaster money ASAP
Heather Wilson said the Defense Department needs disaster aid to repair military bases damaged by storms, which officials say will cost nearly $10 billion. → Read More
Administration wants to reimburse Taliban’s travel expenses
The Trump administration asked Congress for funds to reimburse Afghanistan’s Taliban for expenses the insurgent group incurs attending peace talks. → Read More
Navy routinely buys defective ships
The habit is expensive, dangerous and leaves overworked sailors to deal with faulty ships in need of repair — yet it has escaped scrutiny in Washington. → Read More
U.S. commander warns of risks from Trump’s troop withdrawal
His testimony contrasts substantially with recent remarks by Trump, who has celebrated the complete defeat of the Islamic State. → Read More
Congress could block big chunk of Trump’s emergency wall money
More than a third of the money Trump wants to redirect from other programs to build his border wall is likely to be unavailable from the sources he’s identified. → Read More
Congress has had it up to here with agencies not taking its spending advice
Across the government, departments and agencies had not implemented more than 15,000 proposals from their inspectors general that could save $87 billion. → Read More
Concerns pile up in Senate over Trump’s troop withdrawal
Top general said he was “not consulted” before the president announced he would pull U.S. troops from Syria. → Read More
McConnell amendment pits GOP security establishment against Trump
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has set the stage for what could become a Senate rebuke of President Donald Trump’s stewardship of America's wars. → Read More