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    Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Obama taps O'Malley to co-chair national homeland security panel

    President Barack Obama has named Gov. Martin O'Malley one of two co-chairmen of a panel of state and federal officials focused on defense and homeland security, the governor's office said Monday. The Maryland Democrat will co-chair the Council of...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Regional Authority, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Martin O'Malley

    2. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Hagel wins another GOP vote, others call for nomination to be pulled

    WASHINGTON – Fifteen GOP senators called on President Obama to withdraw Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, even as support from another Republican increased the likelihood he will be confirmed when Congress returns from recess next week.
    WASHINGTON – Fifteen GOP senators called on President Obama to withdraw Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, even as support from another Republican increased the likelihood he will be confirmed when Congress returns from recess next...

    Tags: White House, John Cornyn, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Mike Johanns

    3. Mar 2, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. Hagel: budget cuts won't erode US military power

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel lamented $46 billion in automatic defense budget cuts as "abrupt and arbitrary" but expressed confidence Friday that the Obama administration will find ways to manage them without jeopardizing national...

    Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Employees, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    4. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  4. FAA closing control tower at Lynchburg Regional Airport

    The sequestration plan is hitting home again, this time at Lynchburg Regional Airport.
    The sequestration plan is hitting home again, this time at Lynchburg Regional Airport. It's one of 149 regional airports across the nation forced to close its control tower in an effort to cut federal spending. Friday brought bad news for smaller...

    Tags: Ray LaHood, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Budget Control Act of 2011, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    5. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. What is sequestration?

    Deep U.S. budget cuts are due to kick in Friday unless Congress acts to stop them, which is unlikely.
    Reuters
    Deep U.S. budget cuts are due to kick in Friday unless Congress acts to stop them, which is unlikely. The $85 billion in across-the-board cuts, mandated by a 2011 deficit reduction law, apply in equal measure to defense and non-defense spending....

    Tags: Customs and Tradition, Layoffs and Downsizing, Barack Obama, Medical Procedures and Tests, Unemployment

    6. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Md. veterans official accused in benefits kickback scheme

    A former high-ranking official at the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused of running a kickback scheme from his state office, allegedly fabricating military achievements and disability claims in exchange for a cut of the resulting government payouts.
    A former high-ranking official at the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused of running a kickback scheme from his state office, allegedly fabricating military achievements and disability claims in exchange for a cut of the resulting...

    Tags: Lawyers, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vietnam, Diabetes, Trials

    7. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  7. Conflict in Syria causing discord

    Last August, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David H. Petraeus proposed that the United States change its policy and send weapons and other aid to the rebels fighting the Syrian government. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta...

    Tags: White House, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama, Leon Panetta, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    8. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  8. Pentagon furloughs coming soon in U.S. government budget fight?

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may have to shorten the workweek for the "vast majority" of the Defense Department's 800,000 civilian workers.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may have to shorten the workweek for the "vast majority" of the Defense Department's 800,000 civilian...

    Tags: White House, U.S. Military, Layoffs and Downsizing, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate

    9. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Marine fatally shoots 2 and kills self in Quantico base rampage, officials say

    A Marine killed two fellow military staffers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, then killed himself in what appeared to be an isolated incident, military officials said on Friday.
    A Marine killed two fellow military staffers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, then killed himself in what appeared to be an isolated incident, military officials said on Friday. There was no immediate explanation for the motive of the gunman...

    Tags: FBI, Chuck Hagel, Shootings, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Marine Corps

    10. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. The GOP sequester

    One of the more amusing subplots of Washington's latest (if not most pitiful) fiscal standoff is the greater investment in finger-pointing and history rewriting than in actually negotiating a compromise. House Speaker John A. Boehner is particularly...

    Tags: White House, Iran, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Money and Monetary Policy

    11. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. As budget cuts loom, is government shutdown next?

    WASHINGTON (AP) — With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when a government shutdown instead of just a slowdown will be at stake.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when a government shutdown instead of just a slowdown will be at stake. Both topics...

    Tags: White House, Chuck Schumer, Parties and Movements, Tom McClintock, Barack Obama

    12. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Obama's dangerous defense experiment

    Mindful of the repeated rounds of cuts the military has already endured, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, recently delivered a grim warning: "If you want [the military] to be doing what it's doing today, then we can't give you another dollar."
    Mindful of the repeated rounds of cuts the military has already endured, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, recently delivered a grim warning: "If you want [the military] to be doing what it's doing today, then we can't give you another...

    Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, U.S. Department of Defense

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