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Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin (D-MI) and Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-OK) spoke to reporters about the committee’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act…

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Martin Dempsey and his fellow service chiefs testified on Defense Department proposals for military compensation. They urged lawmakers to accept Defense…

Retired military officials representing various service member associations testified on Defense Department proposals to slow the growth of personnel pay and benefits. They stressing the…

Admiral Samuel Locklear and General Curtis Scaparrotti testified on the fiscal year 2015 budget request for U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces in Korea. The hearing was primarily focused on North…

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chair General Martin Dempsey testified on the fiscal year 2015 defense budget request. It included $495.6 billion in spending, roughly the…

Army, Air Force, Marine, and Navy chiefs testified on the impact of sequestration budget cuts to national defense programs. They warned the cuts would compromise the military’s ability to…

U.S. European, Northern, and Southern Command leaders testified on their fiscal year 2014 budget request. General Jacoby said the U.S. could defend the entire country from an Iranian…

Central and Special Operations Commands leaders testified on funding for 2014 military programs. General James Mattis, the head of military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, said that his…

Military leaders testified on the potential effects of sequestration military budget cuts. They said the reductions would mean less training, furloughs for thousands of workers, and a total revision of military…

Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees spoke to reporters after finishing negotiations on a $633 billion Defense Programs bill for fiscal year 2013.

Government and private-sector defense industry experts spoke to reporters and answered questions about the potential effects of defense budget cuts on national security.

Senators McCain (R-AZ) and Levin (D-MI) spoke to reporters and answered questions about a committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013.

Military commanders in charge of cyber space, missile defense, the U.S. nuclear arsenal, space operations and other areas testified on their fiscal year 2013 budget request.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey testified on the 2013 military budget. Secretary Panetta defended proposed cuts of $487 billion over the…

Military leaders testified about U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as about conflict between government and anti-government forces in Libya. They said any effort to impose a no-fly…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing to investigate how Boeing and EADS received sensitive information about each other from an Air Force clerical error. Both companies are…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the fiscal 2011 budget request for the operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In his testimony General Petraeus addressed a number of issues including…

Witnesses testified about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, which has suffered from cost overruns and production delays. They said the average price of an F-35 aircraft as estimated by…

Witnesses testified about the fiscal 2011 budget request for the Department of Defense and armed services, focusing on budgets for the U.S. African and European Commands and U.S. Joint…

Senators Levin and McCain spoke to reporters and answered questions about defense appropriations legislation and negotiations in committee about spending and weapons system programs. The…