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The Senate bill would authorize the purchase of two more Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

Senate Armed Services panel goes big with new defense budget

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 16, 2022 at 6:09pm
Some lawmakers are pushing for a defense budget increase that exceeds the rate of inflation.

After subcommittees’ work, Pentagon funding remains a question mark

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 13, 2022 at 6:00am
A Patriot antimissile system points east at Rzeszow Jasionska airport in Poland in March.

Armed Services panel nudges Pentagon toward more Patriot batteries

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 7, 2022 at 2:27pm
On duty in Germany in 2020: Cavoli, as head of the U.S. Army in Europe

Ukraine looms over the US general charged with leading NATO

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 26, 2022 at 3:07pm
Taliban forces secure the perimeter of Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 29, 2021, as U.S. forces departed.

Afghanistan’s fall was inevitable once U.S. left, watchdog finds

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 18, 2022 at 12:00am
The Navy wants to take out of service Littoral Combat Ships that it believes would be unhelpful in a war with China.

Tensions rise in House over Navy shipbuilding

By John M. Donnelly and Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 11, 2022 at 3:49pm
President Joe Biden met with top military advisers at the White House on April 20.

Pentagon to work with Congress to mitigate inflation’s budget bite

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 6, 2022 at 4:33pm
Crow traveled to Ukraine on a congressional delegation trip last weekend.

After Kyiv trip, Crow details Ukraine’s battlefield needs

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 5, 2022 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden developed the funding proposal with input from Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III.

Biden asks Congress for $33 billion in Ukraine aid

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 28, 2022 at 1:06pm
Ukrainians unload Javelin anti-tank missiles at Boryspil airport in January.

Defense contractors expected to struggle to meet weapons demand

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 26, 2022 at 2:56pm
Chinese and Russian ambitions don’t end with Earth’s orbit. Both nations have planned missions to the moon, where they might exploit its extensive natural resources, a report from the Defense Intelligence Agency notes.

Chinese and Russian ambitions in space pose threat, Pentagon warns

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 12, 2022 at 5:27pm
Navy Adm. Charles Richard wrote to lawmakers this month to warn that the U.S. faces a "deterrence and assurance gap" in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Military brass undercuts Biden budget by requesting billions more

By Mark Satter, John M. Donnelly and Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 6, 2022 at 7:15pm
Harvesters at work in a Ukrainian wheat field in 2017.

Food shortages loom as conflict roils Ukraine

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 17, 2022 at 4:27pm
Protests have broken out in Taiwan against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine invasion echoes in Pacific region

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 9, 2022 at 4:14pm
An Air Force veteran, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan served three years on active duty and 13 in the Air Force Reserve.

Give Ukraine US aircraft, Democratic lawmaker urges

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 4, 2022 at 5:12pm
An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft descends to land on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier during a training exercise in the Pacific in 2020.

Lawmakers push Navy to reconsider plans in light of Ukraine

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 3, 2022 at 5:26pm
Turner warned that Russia could attack NATO members, potentially drawing the United States into war.

Putin won’t stop at Ukraine, key Republican lawmaker warns

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted February 18, 2022 at 12:52pm
Ukrainian volunteers train for a possible Russian invasion last month in Kyiv.

Congress should pass defense budget to deter Putin, senators say

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted February 3, 2022 at 4:16pm
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown told a House Appropriations panel that Congress' failure to agree on fiscal 2022 appropriations could delay plans to replace the F-35 fighter.

Pentagon caught in funding fight

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted January 12, 2022 at 4:37pm
Rep. Doug Lamborn is now ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee's Strategic Forces panel, having vacated the top GOP spot on the Readiness Subcommittee.

Nunes departure prompts GOP reshuffling on Armed Services

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted January 10, 2022 at 4:37pm
The USS Theodore Roosevelt patrols the Pacific Ocean in 2019.

Senate clears compromise defense policy bill

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 15, 2021 at 1:17pm
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith says the bill will toughen prosecutions of sexual assault in the military.

Senate advances compromise defense policy bill

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 14, 2021 at 2:12pm
U.S. Navy Admiral Christopher Grady speaks during a Memorial Day celebration at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York on May 28, 2018.

Senators question Biden nominee on fighting China and Russia

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 8, 2021 at 3:21pm
Congress would bar the Pentagon from retiring the older, A-10 Thunderbolt for one year.

House passes compromise defense policy bill

By Andrew Clevenger, Mark Satter and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 7, 2021 at 4:02pm, Updated at 9:58pm
Marco Rubio's insistence on a vote on his amendment targeting slave labor in China could cost his GOP colleagues votes on their proposals.

Defense bill’s new path forward would cost votes on GOP priorities

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 3, 2021 at 2:43pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans blocked progress on the defense bill to secure more amendment votes.

Leaders point fingers as defense bill remains stalled in the Senate

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted November 30, 2021 at 4:12pm
Sen. Tim Kaine is seeking a vote on his amendment to end the 2002 authorization for the use of military force against Iraq.

Senate pushes action on defense bill to after Thanksgiving

By Andrew Clevenger and Mark Satter
Posted November 19, 2021 at 3:09pm
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth believes a commission independent of Congress should examine the Afghanistan war.

Duckworth’s Afghanistan commission set for inclusion in defense bill

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted November 18, 2021 at 2:53pm
Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed and ranking Republican Jim Inhofe hope to shepherd the defense authorization bill through the Senate this month.

Defense policy amendments pour in ahead of floor action

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted November 9, 2021 at 4:42pm
Top appropriators, Leahy (left) and Shelby, have not agreed on overall spending levels, delaying an agreement on funding the government this fiscal year.

Leahy says GOP intransigence on spending threatens defense

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted November 4, 2021 at 3:44pm
Onlookers examine the site of a U.S. drone strike that killed 10 people in Kabul in August.

Pentagon investigator finds no crime in Kabul drone strike

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted November 3, 2021 at 5:31pm
Sen. Tammy Duckworth wants the commission to investigate all the U.S. agencies involved in the failed nation-building campaign in Afghanistan.

Duckworth touts independent commission to study Afghanistan War

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted October 27, 2021 at 3:46pm
Taliban celebrate before storming Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 31.

Hundreds of Americans remain in Afghanistan, Pentagon official says

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted October 26, 2021 at 4:54pm
The Taliban, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, center, arrive for talks with Russian officials in Moscow in 2019.

Lawmakers press Pentagon to keep Taliban from sheltering terrorists

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 29, 2021 at 4:54pm
Gen. Mark Milley, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III testify during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Sept. 28.

Pentagon told Biden not to withdraw from Afghanistan

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 28, 2021 at 12:55pm
A soldier gets ready for a Navy and Marine Corps training exercise at Camp Lejeune in October 2017.

Hawks have upper hand as Pentagon spending debate looms

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 24, 2021 at 2:10pm
Flight deck personnel work near an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft aboard the USS Nimitz in 2020.

House passes major defense policy bill

By Andrew Clevenger and Mark Satter
Posted September 23, 2021 at 4:14pm, Updated at 9:30pm
In the annual defense policy bill, Congress directs and authorizes Pentagon programs.

House defense policy debate underway

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 22, 2021 at 2:36pm
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says lawmakers should stop blocking the retirement of aircraft simply because they are built or based in their home state or district.

Air Force secretary asks Congress to let him retire aircraft

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 20, 2021 at 4:03pm
Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, admitted Friday that a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan killed 10 civilians.

Pentagon admits Kabul drone strike killed only civilians

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 17, 2021 at 5:10pm
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, right, and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III leave the Capitol after briefing members of Congress on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Aug. 24, 2021.

White House backs Milley after reports he called China

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 15, 2021 at 3:24pm
John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in February 2020.

Congress’ Afghanistan watchdog will continue oversight

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 14, 2021 at 4:54pm
Women and minorities are underrepresented among Air Force pilots.

Air Force takes hard look at racial disparities

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 9, 2021 at 6:04pm
Former Trump budget chief Russell Vought says he won't leave his position on the Naval Academy's board.

Biden moves to purge Trump appointees from service academy boards

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 8, 2021 at 5:39pm
U.S. servicemembers assist with the evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 24, two days before a terrorist attack killed 12 servicemembers.

Attack in Kabul prompts more calls to extend withdrawal deadline

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted August 26, 2021 at 5:44pm
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, right, here testifying at a House hearing with Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III in June, says “nothing” indicated that the Afghanistan forces or government would collapse so quickly.

Pentagon counters critics of Afghanistan withdrawal

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted August 18, 2021 at 5:05pm
The collapse of the Afghan government may cause handwringing in Washington, but “it ultimately does not affect the defense authorization or appropriations process in any significant way,” says Todd Harrison, the director of defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Afghanistan collapse won’t dramatically alter defense spending

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted August 17, 2021 at 5:00am
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, who testified about the defense budget last month, announced Monday that the Pentagon would start to require all active-duty troops to get a COVID-19 vaccine by mid-September.

Pentagon to add COVID-19 to required vaccines for troops

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted August 9, 2021 at 3:24pm
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., the chairman of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, said lawmakers are skeptical of retiring weapons built in their states.

Navy, Air Force defend plans to retire planes and ships

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted July 21, 2021 at 2:28pm
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith pushed back at experts who said the Pentagon budget is ill-focused on near-term threats.

Pentagon budget puts US at risk of Chinese and Russian aggression, experts say

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted July 20, 2021 at 5:23pm
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has said she will seek a floor vote on her bill as a stand-alone measure.

Senate Armed Services set for contentious authorization debate

By Andrew Clevenger and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 19, 2021 at 5:01am
Roger Towberman, a Space Force member, displays the service insignia.

Lawmakers pan Biden’s first Space Force budget

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted July 13, 2021 at 11:19am
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who chairs the Armed Services Committee's Personnel panel, has introduced legislation that would take the prosecution of serious military cases, not just those involving sexual assault, out of the chain of command.

Senate sets NDAA markups for mid-July

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted July 8, 2021 at 2:36pm
Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies during the House Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.

Pentagon leaders push back on GOP ‘critical race theory’ accusations

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 23, 2021 at 6:55pm
Navy Secretary designee Carlos Del Toro previously served as commanding officer of the USS Bulkeley, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, seen here in the Gulf of Oman in 2014.

Biden to pick Cuban-born Navy veteran to be Navy secretary

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 11, 2021 at 3:19pm
Christine Wormuth, nominee to be secretary of the Army, testifies during her Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on May 13.

Second time’s a charm? Senate confirms Wormuth, again, as Army secretary

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 27, 2021 at 1:28pm
Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, greets Massachusetts National Guardsmen as he arrives for a House Armed Services Committee hearing April 20.

Extremism, racism in the military: ‘Here’ no evil?

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 24, 2021 at 10:30am
Christine Wormuth, nominee to be secretary of the Army, testifies during her Senate Armed Service Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday.

Army secretary nominee glides through confirmation hearing

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 13, 2021 at 2:22pm
Ranking member Mike Rogers, R-Ala., speaks Wednesday during the House Armed Services Committee hearing on "An Update on Afghanistan” on Washington.

Defense officials sidestep questions on Afghan withdrawal plans

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 12, 2021 at 4:24pm
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, greets Navy Adm. Charles Richard, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, during a September 2020 hearing.

Military commanders disavow notion of extremists in their ranks

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 20, 2021 at 5:52pm
Just because they aren’t home to big defense interests doesn’t mean Minnesota and Montana will be left out in the cold when appropriators fund the Pentagon.

New defense cardinals, same game

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 22, 2021 at 10:30am
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, is docked at Naval Base Guam in Apra Harbor amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 27, 2020.

Navy conquered COVID-19 on ships, but pandemic has a long tail

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 11, 2021 at 6:02am
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, commander of the District of Columbia National Guard, arrives at the Capitol to testify in a Senate joint committee hearing on Wednesday.

DC Guard chief details Pentagon delays during Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 3, 2021 at 4:51pm
Reps. Diana DeGette of Colorado, center, and Veronica Escobar of Texas, right, take cover Wednesday as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote.

National Guard troops deployed as pro-Trump mob swarms Capitol

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted January 6, 2021 at 4:40pm
Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 9 after being formally nominated to be Defense secretary by President-elect Joe Biden.

A milestone for African Americans, but women’s wait continues

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 14, 2020 at 10:30am
Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrives for a House Armed Services Committee hearing July 9, 2020.

Defense secretary’s press avoidance speaks volumes

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted October 8, 2020 at 6:00am
Ranking member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, center, Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, right, and Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., attend the House Armed Services Committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act on July 1.

Issues linger after House Armed Services’ smooth NDAA markup

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted July 6, 2020 at 6:32am
Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth has put a blanket hold on 1,100 military promotions until Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper assures her in writing that impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alex Vindman will not be punished for his testimony.

Duckworth blocks military promotions to protect impeachment witness

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted July 2, 2020 at 5:40pm, Updated at 7:30pm
Aerial view of the Pentagon building.

Less time, less drama: Congress steps up work on NDAA

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 29, 2020 at 8:00am
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., shown walking through the atrium in the Hart Senate Office Building on June 10, cautioned Thursday against rushing a coronavirus vaccine for political reasons.

Science to drive vaccine efforts, not politics, nominee pledges

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 18, 2020 at 3:41pm
A member of the D.C. National Guard patrols near the Vietnam Women's Memorial on Wednesday, June 3, after days of protests.

Smith unsatisfied with Pentagon answers on protest response

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 11, 2020 at 5:28pm
President Donald Trump addresses the nation about the widening coronavirus crisis from the Oval Office on March 11, 2020.

Common Defense: Too many emergencies

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 8, 2020 at 10:32am
The USS Theodore Roosevelt, above, was sidelined earlier this year after more than 100 of its sailors tested positive for coronavirus.

Pandemic gives Navy ‘opportunity’ to revise its long-term plans

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 2, 2020 at 9:12am
Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, says he hopes his legislation will end the practice of surplus military gear going to law enforcement departments.

Lawmakers eye NDAA to limit military gear transfers to police

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 2, 2020 at 7:00am
House Armed Services ranking member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, discusses defense policy at the Brookings Institution on March 2, 2020.

Thornberry: Pentagon budget cuts would be shortsighted

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 7, 2020 at 3:35pm
Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the Pentagon will ask Congress for more money to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

Pentagon mulling request for additional COVID-19 funds

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 4, 2020 at 3:08pm
The Defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment said Thursday that the DOD may not have the flexibility to redirect portions of its $738 billion budget.

Pentagon may seek coronavirus funds in next relief bill

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 30, 2020 at 12:39pm
Chairman Adam Smith, left, confers with ranking member Mac Thornberry before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on March 6, 2019.

Undeterred by pandemic, lawmakers ready their NDAA proposals

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 30, 2020 at 10:00am
Aerial view of the Pentagon.

Pentagon devises new approach to fight COVID-19 spread

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 22, 2020 at 3:25pm
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., talks on his phone as he leaves the Capitol after the final vote of the week on June 5, 2019.

Warning: Data danger ahead

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 22, 2020 at 12:22pm
The Pentagon also wants additional relief from Congress to help companies pay salaries and keep their specialized workforces intact.

Pandemic threatens to delay Pentagon weapons production

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 20, 2020 at 3:28pm
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sits pierside in Guam as Navy Seabee vans prepare to take sailors with COVID-19 ashore on April 10.

Pentagon juggles transparency, obfuscation in COVID-19 age

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 15, 2020 at 10:33am
Senate Armed Services Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the panel's top Democrat, talk before a 2018 hearing.

Senate Armed Services puts ‘paper hearings’ on hold

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 9, 2020 at 2:10pm
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., attends a committee hearing in the Rayburn Building on Jan. 15, 2020.

Coronavirus response to take priority in NDAA, House Armed Services chairman says

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 7, 2020 at 4:08pm
The defense industry has not been called on to switch over to making products directly related to dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak.

Defense industry on sidelines, for now, during pandemic fight

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted April 1, 2020 at 6:00am
Army National Guard personnel assemble tents to be used as a coronavirus testing site at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando on Monday.

More than $10 billion for Pentagon in Senate COVID-19 bill

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 25, 2020 at 2:15pm
Eric Fanning, now the president of the Aerospace Industries Association, takes his seat to testify during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of the Army in 2016.

Defense industry to carry on in face of coronavirus

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 20, 2020 at 3:26pm
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a coronavirus news briefing at the White House Wednesday. The president invoked the Defense Production Act, redirecting domestic industry and manufacturing priorities to battle the pandemic.

Defense contractors are unlikely to pivot to coronavirus response

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 18, 2020 at 5:25pm
Defense Secretary Mark Esper cautions that there are limits to what the his department and the Army Corps of Engineers could provide to hospitals strained by the coronavirus pandemic.

Defense secretary: Army Corps can’t build hospitals overnight

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 17, 2020 at 5:01pm
Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., USMC, left, and Lt. Gen. Richard D. Clarke, U.S. Army, testify during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in 2018. He told lawmakers Tuesday the U.S. has sufficient time to monitor the Taliban as part of a new Afghanistan peace deal.

Taliban peace deal draws fire from both parties

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 10, 2020 at 3:03pm
Ranking member Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, raised constitutional issues over Pentagon's move of weapons money to border wall.

Lawmakers blast, defend Pentagon’s shift of cash to border wall

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted February 26, 2020 at 3:20pm
The Pentagon

Elections have consequences, but so do election years

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted February 25, 2020 at 10:36am
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, left, and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive for a briefing in Capitol Visitor Center for a closed-door briefing about Syria on Oct. 17. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Analysis: The Pentagon has a credibility problem, and it’s only getting worse

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted January 24, 2020 at 4:30pm
From left, Reps. Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill, Chrissy Houlahan, Elissa Slotkin and Xochitl Torres Small conduct a meeting in the Capitol in September. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Freshman national security Democrats seize political moment

By Andrew Clevenger and Rachel Oswald
Posted January 10, 2020 at 11:25am
President Donald Trump signed into law the sweeping fiscal 2020 appropriations measure on Dec. 20, 2019, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, United States. Language limiting Trump's ability to go to war with Iran, which got support in both chambers, was included in the House version but didn’t make it into the final bill. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Congress unlikely to check Trump’s power to start war with Iran

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted January 3, 2020 at 3:50pm
Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan is calling for a national conversation on repeated increases to defense spending. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats ‘got completely rolled’ in NDAA talks, critics say

By Andrew Clevenger and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 10, 2019 at 4:50pm
An F-35 zips past the Capitol dome during a flyover in Washington on June 12. In the decades since World War II, the Pentagon’s track record of buying the weapons and equipment needed to execute its mission to protect America and its interests has become spotty. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The perils of positive thinking

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 5, 2019 at 6:00am
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director of European affairs at the National Security Council, testifies during the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Democrats question Pentagon over protecting impeachment witnesses

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted November 20, 2019 at 12:31pm
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (left) and Lt. Col. Oliver North (right) both wore uniforms while working for the National Security Council and testifying before Congress. (CQ Roll Call)

What to wear? Republicans flag Vindman’s sartorial choice

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted November 19, 2019 at 4:24pm
Senate Armed Services Chairman James M. Inhofe, left, and ranking member Sen. Jack Reed before the start of a confirmation hearing on July 31, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

As NDAA talks drag on, Inhofe readies pared-down bill

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted October 24, 2019 at 1:03pm