March 22, 2017 Mattis Presses for Immediate $30 Billion Extra for Defense The military badly needs an infusion of $30 billion extra in defense spending, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday.
March 16, 2017 Pentagon Seeks $30 Billion Extra in This Year's Budget The Pentagon wants $30 billion more this year on top of the $589 billion already requested for Fiscal Year 2017.
March 16, 2017 White House Names Pick for Pentagon No. 2 President Donald Trump on Thursday named a successor to Obama holdover Bob Work as the No. 2 civilian at the Pentagon.
March 16, 2017 Lawmakers: Trump's $54 Billion Defense Hike 'Not Enough' The Trump administration's budget proposal would boost defense spending by $54 billion and end the sequester caps.
March 15, 2017 US Mulls Sending 1,000 More Troops into Syria The White House and the Pentagon are considering a plan to speed up the campaign against ISIS by sending 1K more troops to Syria.
March 14, 2017 Mattis withdraws Pentagon pick seen as Muslim Brotherhood supporter Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has withdrawn his nominee for the Pentagon's top civilian job over opposition from lawmakers concerned about her close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
March 8, 2017 Pentagon's Transgender Student Policies Remain Unchanged DoD schools will continue to work with transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice on a case-by-case basis.
March 8, 2017 More Base Services Cut Due to Federal Hiring Freeze Officials at Marine Corps Camp Lejeune and Air Station New River announced child care, exchange and other service cutbacks.
March 8, 2017 Navy Secretary Nominee Withdraws, Citing Ethics Rules Financier Philip Bilden announced he has withdrawn his name from consideration for secretary of the Navy.
March 8, 2017 VA Data Show Low Rate of Discipline for Drug Loss, Theft Doctors, nurses or pharmacy staff at VA hospitals were fired in only a small fraction of reported cases of missing prescriptions.