Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter noted that improving acquisition becomes even more important as the budget tightens. One example of what to expect: easing up on the use of fixed-price/incentive-fee contracts.
24% of men and 2% of women are veterans, according to a Gallup poll released this week. While just 12% of men aged 25 to 34 are veterans, a majority of those over the age of 65 have served in the military. In fact, 80% of those aged 85-89 are...
The president spoke this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi about the Israeli strikes in Gaza. “The President reiterated to Prime Minister Netanyahu the United States’ support for Israel’s right to self-defense in light of the barrage of rocket attacks being launched from Gaza...
Obama is pressuring lawmakers to complete work on immigration next year—and making progress quickly is actually doable, as National Journal’s Fawn Johnson reports. Under the administration’s vision, “he is simply picking up the conversation where it left off in 2007, when a massive immigration bill died on the Senate floor,”...
Wonks are waging war over the issue of a carbon tax, as think tanks and economists ramp up support for the idea as a one-stop grand bargain to solve climate change and fix the deficit. Meanwhile, the fossil-fuel industry is bringing in the big guns to fight back. But the...
The House Republican leadership team has signed a pledge that in the 113th Congress, they will “oppose any legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in current government revenue.”
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