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BEIJING — North Korea conducted its third test of a nuclear device Tuesday, raising fears of instability in Northeast Asia and new questions about whether the isolated authoritarian regime can be stopped in its decades-long …

Opposing budget “sequestration” is possibly the safest political position to take in America today.

Republicans oppose it, so do Democrats.

Hawks loathe it, so do many doves (for different reasons).

Congressional …

The Pentagon inspector general confirmed Monday what anyone who has spent any time looking into military aircraft accidents knows: that when the pilot isn’t around to defend himself – or herself – the service tends to blame …

…all problems begin to look like a nail. According to a new Government Accountability Office report released Monday, the U.S. government spent 25 times more money on rebuilding Afghan security than it spent on humanitarian aid …

Like mushrooms spouting after a summer thunderstorm, there are all kinds of groups sprouting to denounce the prospect of sequestration – those pending budget cuts that could lop off up to $600 billion in Pentagon spending over …

The same day that the SEAL who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden is griping about being short-changed by the U.S. government at the end of his 16-year Navy career, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signs a memo titled …

In an “Esquire” article, the Navy SEAL who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden says he has nothing to show for his 16 years of service

The Navy is moving forward with plans to include Navy women in previously closed billets including the Marine Corps and Special Warfare (Navy SEALS).

Gender-neutral occupational standards will need to be developed and …

President Obama will submit a new five-year spending plan for the entire federal government in his annual budget message to Congress later this month.

Included in his message will be the Pentagon’s five-year spending plan. …