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Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper, Charles ‘Chuck’ Mawhinney, dies at 75
The Lakeview, Oregon, native recorded 103 confirmed kills in Vietnam over the span of 16 months in 1968 and 1969.
By Jon Simkins
Senate’s China competition bill threatens NDAA passage
Packaging the annual defense bill with another sweeping bill to make the U.S. more competitive with China will swamp the entire thing, the Democratic chair of the House Armed Services Committee is warning.
By Joe Gould
Former Virginia governor, senator Chuck Robb pens book about being a Marine
Chuck Robb served as a Marine Corps major long before he became a holder of high office.
By Todd South
Senate ‘likely’ to move defense bill this week, Schumer says
The Senate is “likely” to vote on its long-delayed annual defense policy bill this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says.
By Joe Gould
Still no timeline for when annual defense authorization bill may move in the Senate
Lamakers have just a few weeks left this year to finalize the measure, which has passed through congress for nearly six consecutive decades.
Shutdown averted; Congress approves stopgap budget plan
The budget extension came just a few hours before federal agencies would have been forced to shutter due to a lack of funding.
Can defense squeeze onto Congress’ busy agenda?
On Congress’ agenda when members return from the July 4 recess: late-arriving defense spending and policy bills as well as President Joe Biden’s pick for Navy secretary, among other Pentagon nominees.
By Joe Gould
House repeals 2002 war authorization, with Senate action coming next
The House voted Thursday to repeal the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq, a step that supporters say is necessary to constrain presidential war powers even though it is unlikely to affect U.S. military operations around the world.
By Joe Gould
Schumer, White House back repeal of Iraq War authorization
The White House said it supports the legislation and stressed that no ongoing military activities are reliant upon the 2002 authorization.
Pence pleaded with acting defense secretary to ‘clear the Capitol,’ timeline of riot shows
With Trump not engaged, it fell to Pentagon officials, a handful of senior White House aides, the leaders of Congress and the vice president holed up in a secure bunker to manage the chaos.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Pentagon policy nominee Colin Kahl survives Senate committee vote
Pentagon policy nominee Colin Kahl received a split vote in the Senate Armed Services Committee.
By Joe Gould