by David Uberti | Feb 28, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The September attack in Yemen that used Predator drones to kill al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki was the latest high-profile strike showing that future wars could be remote-controlled. The key to the airstrike wasn’t the Hellfire missiles that took out...
by Edwin Rios | Feb 28, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The best course of action for tomorrow’s Air Force under President Obama’s new budget is to trade size for quality, top brass told a key House committee Tuesday. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz testified...
by Rachel Morello | Feb 21, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – In a year that combines federal belt-tightening and election year politics, President Barack Obama’s administration released a budget proposal that asked every department to “tighten their belts to free up more resources for areas critical to...
by Mattias Gugel | Feb 15, 2012 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Acting budget director Jeffrey Zients struggled to stay on script defending President Barack Obama’s budget proposal when he faced fire about its claimed savings from a Republican-controlled budget committee on Wednesday. This was part of Zients’ two-day...
by Edwin Rios | Feb 15, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON — There is a growing need for improved relations between the federal government and private companies to protect the nation’s cyber networks, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a House committee Wednesday. Napolitano called for more...
