December 20, 2015 GOP-led House backs limits on Obama's authority In an election-year challenge to President Barack Obama, the Republican-led House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a $570 billion defense bill that halts any Guantanamo transfers for a year in the furor over the American-for-Taliban swap and pulls back government spying.
December 20, 2015 Billions spent, thousands of lives lost: US investment in training Iraqi forces thrown into doubt Billions of U.S. dollars invested in training and equipping Iraq's security forces are in danger of going to waste as Iraqi soldiers abandon their posts in the face of Al Qaeda-aligned militants on a deadly march through the country's north -- not to mention the thousands of American lives lost in the nine-year war.
December 20, 2015 Obama calls for more spending on military presence, training in Europe On the first day of a four-day European trip that will include a remembrance of D-Day and much discussion about the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, President Obama called on Congress to approve up to $1 billion in spending on additional U.S. air and ground forces in Europe.
December 20, 2015 Military cuts could increase cost of living for troops, veterans and families Military groups and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are vowing to fight proposed cuts to the Defense Department budget unveiled this week that would increase the cost of living for American troops, veterans and their families.
December 20, 2015 Hagel calls for shrinking Army to pre-WWII size Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Monday for shrinking the U.S. Army to its smallest size in decades, along with other cuts, drawing criticism that the drastic changes will hurt U.S. security.
December 20, 2015 US military to unveil plan to cut personnel costs Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is set Monday to recommend a limit on military pay raises, higher fees for health-care benefits and less generous housing allowances to prune billions of dollars in benefits from the defense budget, setting up an election-year confrontation with veterans groups and lawmakers.
December 20, 2015 'Windfalls of war': Companies with spotty records making billions off Afghanistan The U.S. has now appropriated more than $100 billion for Afghan reconstruction. A FoxNews.com review shows several companies with questionable track records have been able to snag a sizable piece of the pie.
December 20, 2015 Afghan soldiers still can't read, despite $200M US-backed program, report finds The U.S. government has committed $200 million to a program teaching Afghan soldiers to read -- but a new report shows more than half of them still may be illiterate.
December 20, 2015 Pentagon sent Afghan jewelers on lavish ‘months-long gem training programs’ A Pentagon task force in Afghanistan is under investigation for wasting taxpayer dollars to send Afghan jewelers on lavish “gem training” trips to India, Paris, and Milan, according to findings by a government watchdog.
December 20, 2015 Defense bill hits snag over land swaps, wilderness Quick passage of a sweeping defense policy bill hit a snag on Wednesday over public lands, dividing Senate Republicans.