Reuters – President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on Tuesday defended her decision to limit military recruiting at Harvard and rejected Republican charges she would be a liberal judicial activist. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Boeing announced it will buy combat engineering firm Argon ST for about $775 million Wednesday, reflecting a shift by defense contractors seeking to accommodate a Pentagon that now wants high-tech intelligence tools as much or more than big guns and heavy armor. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – President Barack Obama says U.S. troops are carrying too much of the burden in Iraq and Afghanistan and doing too many things that are more appropriate for civilians, such as building schools and setting up justice systems. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The Pentagon on Monday told the US defense industry to bring down costs and find more savings in a “new era” of more modest military spending. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on Tuesday defended her decision to limit military recruiting at Harvard and rejected Republican charges she would be a liberal judicial activist. Read the rest of this entry »