A Visual Look Inside DoD’s 2015 Budget Proposal

Deciphering the Pentagon’s 2015 spending proposal has been difficult, but Defense News has some charts the could serve as a decoder ring. Out friends at VisualDoD helped us compile data from the Defense Department’s spending plan to create these detailed graphics, which tell a story on their own. First, the chart at the top of…

White House Response to DoD’s Heads Up on Tanker Winner: ‘We Don’t Want to Know’

It was the ultimate Washington cliche: A Pentagon competition for a multibillion-dollar contract that pitted an American company against a foreign one — and states versus other states for precious skilled jobs. Oh, and the American firm’s headquarters just happened — due to the Air Force’s inability the previous decade to complete a competition —…

Congress Bristling Over Obama’s Syria Policies

Members of both parties increased their pressure on president Obama Tuesday over sending weapons to embattled rebels in Syria, as a group of Senators wrote letter to the White House asking the president to “take specific steps to change the military balance of power in Syria against the Assad regime and its foreign supporters.” The…