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Lawmakers want stronger oversight of troops' housing conditions - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of lawmakers filed legislation to create a Military Housing Readiness Council to monitor housing quality.

Roll Call · Aug 3, 2022

Fight brews over Pentagon’s push to counter extremists

WASHINGTON — Democrats in both chambers are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups’ attempts to influence service members.

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Fight brews over Pentagon's push to counter extremists - Roll Call

Democrats are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups.

Roll Call · Jul 22, 2022

House poised for NDAA floor debate

WASHINGTON — The House takes up its annual National Defense Authorization Act this week, and the most consequential amendments may or may not be the ones that generate the most rhetorical heat.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

House poised for NDAA floor debate - Roll Call

The most consequential amendments on the defense policy bill may or may not be the ones that draw the most rhetorical heat.

Roll Call · Jul 12, 2022

Virgin Orbit Rocket Launches 7 US Defense Satellites

A Virgin Orbit rocket carrying seven US Defense Department satellites was launched from a special Boeing 747 flying off the Southern California coast and streaked toward space Friday night. The modified jumbo jet took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in the Mojave Desert and released the rocket over…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 2, 2022

2 Seattle startups racing to transform next-gen space travel

The phrase "nuclear energy" conjures images of large steaming towers or Tony Stark's arc reactor from the iconic "Iron Man" movies. But two Seattle-based startups are designing nuclear technologies small enough to pick up and carry that, thanks in part to buy-in from the Defense Department, they hope will fuel…

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Senate Armed Services panel goes big with new defense budget - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed a roughly 10 percent increase in national security funding for fiscal 2023.

Roll Call · Jun 16, 2022

EPA sets stricter advisories for 'forever chemicals' in water - Roll Call

The EPA released health warnings for drinking water with trace amounts of so-called forever chemicals.

Roll Call · Jun 15, 2022

After subcommittees’ work, Pentagon funding remains a question mark

WASHINGTON — Last week, House Armed Services subcommittees approved their portions of the Pentagon’s annual policy bill, indicating support for a big pay raise for troops and some resistance to ship retirements. But the panels left the biggest question unresolved: how much defense funding to authorize.

Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2022