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Defense Downturn: Which Missions Will Go Away?
Beggars can't be choosers. When a government accumulates trillion-dollar deficits year after year, eventually there is a day of reckoning....
China legislature declines to reveal defence spending
China's national legislature declined to announce the country's 2013 defence budget at a press conference Monday, in a departure from...
Officials: Cuts, Unstable Budget Threaten Intelligence Mission
Along with al-Qaida, nuclear proliferation and cyber threats, budget instability and the prospect of further deep spending cuts are among...
Cyber Effort Under Way to Safeguard Infrastructure, DoD
The Defense Department continues to work toward transformation into a joint information environment with defense industry and interagency partners, a...
Hagel takes office as 24th SecDef
Just before his private swearing-in ceremony as the 24th secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel and his wife, Lilibet, arrived at...
India Ups 2013 Defense Budget by 14%
In the midst of a major modernization drive, the Defence Ministry on Thursday got a 14 per cent hike in...
US Senate Confirms Hagel as Sec. of Defense
After a two month battle by a group of Republican senators opposing his nomination, the US Senate Tuesday confirmed former...
China takes aim at extravagance in military spending
China's military has introduced new rules to combat "extravagance and waste" in spending, state media said Sunday, as the country's...
Spending Cuts Would Cause Chaos, Carter Says
Deep, across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1 would cause chaos for the Defense Department, Deputy Defense Secretary...
NATO Chief Calls for Defence Cuts Halt
The NATO Secretary General has put out his clearest statement yet that he wants defence cuts to stop before they...
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