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GOP lawmakers plan more hearings, oversight on Afghanistan withdrawal

If GOP leaders win control of either chamber of Congress, expect lawmakers to focus on mistakes by the White House at the end of the U.S. presence there.

By Leo Shane III

5 months ago

Putin’s ‘probably given up’ on Kyiv as Ukraine war enters new phase

“I think Putin has probably given up on his effort to capture the capital city and is now focused on the south and east of the country,” says U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

10 months ago

A dozen of Biden’s national security nominees are on hold in the Senate

At least three lawmakers are using the nominees as bargaining chips in talks on various concerns.

By Joe Gould and Rachel S. Cohen

19 months ago

Austin, Milley defend weapons cuts in Biden’s defense budget

Top Pentagon leaders defended President Joe Biden’s flat defense budget request to lawmakers on Thursday and its “hard choices” to slash legacy weapons programs in favor of developing technologies, as a hedge against China.

20 months ago

Sea power backers propose $25 billion to fix US shipyards

The introduction of the 11-page Shipyard Act comes after President Joe Biden proposed a $2.25 trillion infrastructure package and Republicans made a $568 billion counteroffer.

21 months ago

Senate committee sets vote for embattled Pentagon policy nominee Colin Kahl

The Senate Armed Services Committee will vote Wednesday on whether to advance President Joe Biden’s beleaguered nominee for Pentagon policy chief, Colin Kahl, after a rocky few days for the nomination.

22 months ago