Defense Spending

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to soldiers about the Army's future during a visit to Fort Eustis, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Hagel is proposing to shrink the Army to its smallest size in three-quarters of a century, hoping to reshape the military after more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan and roped in by fiscal constraints set by Congress. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham)ÃÂ

Op-Eds

Obama-Hagel defense budget is based on dangerous guesswork

February 28, 2014 5:00 am

The USS Freedom Littoral Combat Ship pulls into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USS Freedom, which is stopping in Hawaii on its way to a deployment to Singapore, has advantages bigger U.S. Navy ships lack. (AP Photo/US Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Furey)

Magazine

Littoral Combat Ship comes under fire

Tim Mak -

February 28, 2014 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a briefing at theÃÂ Pentagon.ÃÂ (AP/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

No, the Pentagon press corps didn’t get the story of Army budget cuts wrong

Charles Hoskinson -

February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel briefs reporters at the Pentagon on Monday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Senate Republicans vow to block Chuck Hagel’s military cuts

Susan Ferrechio -

February 26, 2014 5:00 am

In this Dec. 8, 2013 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with U.S. troops at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The latest Pentagon budget proposal, outlined Monday by Hagel, proposed cutting the Army to 450,000 soldiers or less -- the lowest level since 1940 -- as fighting in Afghanistan winds down. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool-File)

Magazine

Examiner Editorial: Now is not the time to cut the world’s finest army again

Washington Examiner -

February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, where he recommended shrinking the Army to its smallest size since the buildup to U.S. involvement in World War II in an effort to balance postwar defense needs with budget realities. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pentagon budget request would reduce troops

Tim Mak -

February 24, 2014 5:00 am

The American ship MV Cape Ray arrived Thursday at the Spanish naval base of Rota for crew rest and refueling ahead of an unprecedented mission to collect and destroy highly toxic substances that form part of Syria's chemical weapons program. (AP image)

National Security

US chemical arms ship arrives in Spain

Miguel Angel Morenatti -

February 13, 2014 5:00 am

The numbers show federal contractors are paid an average of twice what than private sector workers earn in the same position -- and defense contractors earn three times as much as their private sector counterparts, according to a 2012 report by the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Economy

Defense contractors make three times private sector wages, numbers show

Logan Porter -

February 12, 2014 5:00 am

1st Lt. Aaron Dunn kisses his wife Leanne, holding their baby Emma, age 14 months, following an arrival ceremony for soldiers returning from a deployment in Afghanistan, at Ft. Carson, in Colorado Springs, Colo., before sun up Friday Nov. 30, 2012. 1st Lt. Dunn, with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, had not seen his wife and baby since he deployed in February. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Columnists

What John Boehner should say about the cut in military retirement benefits

Hugh Hewitt -

February 9, 2014 5:00 am

Though the federal debt issue has largely been forgotten in D.C., a Tuesday report from the Congressional Budget Office reminds us that it's far from gone. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Federal debt may be forgotten, but it’s far from gone

Philip Klein -

February 5, 2014 5:00 am

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