55% of the public, including majorities of Republicans and Democrats, say state-based health insurance exchanges should be a top priority for their state government, according to a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Within the next few years, women in the military will no longer be banned from serving in combat. As the Associated Press reported Wednesday, “women will soon become eligible for hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and possibly elite commando jobs.” The orders Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave to military...
“The Pentagon could begin furloughing civilian employees one day a week starting in mid-April if sequestration took effect on its new March 1 deadline,” Politico reports. ... A Pentagon spokeswoman, asked to confirm the account, acknowledged that officials have been preparing for sequester under the instructions of Defense Secretary Leon...
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that he will become the chairman. He takes over from the late Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI).
The big question is how a pushed-back showdown over the debt ceiling would affect the dynamics of the debate over sequestration, set to begin taking effect March 1. Morning Defense writes, “On the surface, a delayed debt-ceiling would appear to remove the GOP’s leverage at the negotiating table, since Republicans...
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is in the market for “subsistence” in the form of 678 dozen doughnuts — raspberry-filled, lemon-filled, glazed and other delicious varieties. The solicitation, first reported by Time Magazine’s Mark Thompson, seems to fly in the face of recent reports that the military is getting stricter...
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