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Funding shortfalls could cause major readiness problems, leaders warn
Smaller budgets for training and maintenance could result in short-term savings but long-term larger costs.
Mold, vermin in military housing: Companies aren’t off the hook, lawmakers say
Lawmakers want more progress in getting rid of mold, vermin in military housing
By Karen Jowers
Air Force: No evidence of wrongdoing in aircrew stays at Trump resort
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee, blasted Air Force aircrews' stays at Trump Turnberry as a "blatant violation" of the Constitution's emoluments clause.
'ISIS will be back.’ Lawmakers voice Syria fears to Pentagon chiefs
House and Senate lawmakers on Thursday left Pentagon briefings on the crisis in Syria frustrated with the tangle of problems that came with President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria and voicing new fears the Islamic State will regroup to wage terror.
By Joe Gould
House Dems offer new limit for DoD’s border wall ‘slush fund’
House Democrats have announced a bill to sharply limit the Pentagon’s authority to reprogram military construction funds.
By Joe Gould
Are the military’s housing problems fixed or just covered up for now?
Lawmakers say they are happy with the fixes so far, but worry that military officials haven't addressed oversight problems that allowed the housing problems to fester.
House Democrats demand Shanahan explain border wall funding scheme
How will the Pentagon pay for the border wall? Lawmakers worry Congress is being sidelined.
By Joe Gould
51 Democrats want to block Trump from using military to build border wall
Amid reports President Trump is drafting a national emergency to divert Pentagon funds for his border wall, some Democrats are working to turn this path into a dead end.
By Joe Gould
New nuclear warhead still under fire from Democrats
Here's how Democrats are trying to stop the Trump administration’s plan to expand America's nuclear arsenal now.
By Joe Gould
House rejects limit on new nuclear warhead
A proposed limit on the administration’s pursuit of a low-yield nuclear weapon was among four defense policy bill amendments the House has rejected.
By Joe Gould
Democrats target low-yield nukes, warn of slippery slope to ‘nuclear war’
The House Armed Services Committee has rejected a series of Democratic amendments aimed at limiting the Trump administration’s pursuit of low-yield nuclear weapons to match Russia.
By Joe Gould