U.S. and Chinese soldiers completed a joint disaster relief exercise Friday in an effort to promote joint military cooperation between the two countries, Reuters reports. Terri Yue Jones writes this was the
MoreThe White House is objecting to language in the Senate’s defense authorization bill calling on the Pentagon to cut 5 percent of its civilian and contractor workforce between 2013 and 2017, the
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Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has proposed removing provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act to eliminate language requiring the Defense to cut 5 percent of its civilian and contractor workers between fiscal
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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is meeting with Chinese leaders this week in Beijing to discuss the U.S. shift in focus to the Asia-Pacific region, Foreign Policy reports. The meetings began Monday with
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Short-term reductions in defense readiness funds would allow the Defense Department to allocate more resources toward development of future weapons and equipment, according to a study from a Washington think tank. Reuters
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The Defense Department has promoted Ruth Moser, a former program analyst, to serve as director of space programs and policy in the office of the under secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics.
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday the alliance is on track to meet its 2014 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, American Forces Press Service reports. Claudette Roulo writes Rasmussen
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has appointed Randall Conway, a management and program analyst in the office of the chief information officer, to the Senior Executive Service. The Defense Department said Conway is
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The Defense Department is running a pilot program to help service members acquire credentials for civilian professional fields, American Forces Press Service reports. Frank DiGiovanni, director of training readiness and strategy, told
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U.S. Transportation Command has opened a joint cyber center for securing the command’s information networks, American Forces Press Service reports. Donna Miles writes the command’s commercial partners deliver 70 percent of its
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