There is no military necessity for a draft at this time.
If sequester levels remain in place, DOD will ask for flexibility to apply the reductions in a more strategic manner.
Curbing the growth in compensation is prudent and does not increase risk to recruiting and retention programs.
Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska was sworn in as secretary of defense.
The battle over Chuck Hagel's nomination is over. The Senate today confirmed the former Nebraska senator as Defense secretary. The vote was ...
Senate Republicans today blocked a vote to confirm defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel.
The President's fiscal year 2014 budget continues to implement the $487 billion in spending reductions over 10 years agreed to in the Budget...
We have a constitutional obligation to provide for the defense of this Nation of ours and a moral responsibility to pass a safe Nation on to...
I do not personally believe that you can eliminate the command structure in the military from this process.
I made this decision very reluctantly. I made it reluctantly because I recognize the significant hardship this places on our civilian person...
We cannot stand by and allow this unbalanced approach to remain the law of the land.