Defense

A recent Department of Defense white paper takes a close look at what reforms to the military retirement system might look like, even though the...

On Tuesday, the President released his budget, detailing his priorities for the upcoming year and beyond. Facing declining federal investment, the...

With the release of the FY 2015 President's budget, the Obama Administration has now presented six annual budget plans (and an additional proposal to...

A few weeks ago, we talked about the Senate veterans bill proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders, which would increase spending on veterans and pay for it...

In a somewhat atypical move, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel previewed in a speech yesterday the Department of Defense's (DoD's) budget request for...

Earlier this week, Congress moved quickly on a bill to repeal the military cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) reduction for working age retirees that...

With the debt ceiling having been reinstated last Friday, lawmakers are scrambling to come up with legislation to lift or suspend it again before...

Soon, the Senate may consider the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act legislation ( the CBO scoring...

The war savings gimmick is back! As the debate over how to offset a permanent "doc fix" to Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate formula heats up, the...

One of the most contentious provisions in the Ryan-Murray budget agreement that became the Bipartisan Budget Act was a provision that reduced cost-of...

Military personnel costs continue to increase as a share of the defense budget. One of the fastest growing components is military health care, where...

Among the many things we noted yesterday on the blog about the omnibus appropriations bill was the similarity between war spending in the bill and in...