Despite President Trump's veto threat, Democrats moved to rename military bases named after Confederate officers in an annual defense policy measure that has passed every year since the Kennedy administration.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Service Committee’s Personnel Subcommittee, the Navy’s chief of personnel, Vice Adm. Bob Burke, updated lawmakers on how far and fast the sea service has come in revamping the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act, the landmark 1980 legislation that’s come to be known as simply “DOPMA.”
Japan plans its first aircraft carrier and big increases in defense spending and weapons capability in the coming years, according to new defense guidelines approved Tuesday that cite its need to counter potential threats from North Korea and China and other vulnerabilities.