Defense & Homeland Security

A specialized corps of defense lobbyists is springing into action ahead of President Obama’s expected request for a new round of military base closures. 

Republicans will confront Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday morning for his role in the botched Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.

Lawmakers from both parties are signaling they will do everything in their power to stop base closures.

Defense Secretary Panetta’s announcement will ignite a battle in the halls of Congress and the presidential campaign.

House Republican leaders had a difficult time uniting their members in 2011, but some were far more exasperating than most. 

The likelihood of military conflict between the U.S. and Iran is higher now than in more than two decades.

The 10th anniversary of the Guantánamo Bay prison was marked with protests Wednesday.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress are poised for an ideological battle over the future of the U.S. military.

A deadly U.S. airstrike that killed nearly 30 Pakistani troops revealed a deep mistrust between American and Pakistani forces that permeates both militaries.

A monthlong investigation into the incident uncovered several "miscommunications" between the two countries' forces up and down their respective chains of command, Brig. Gen. Stephen Clark, of Air Force Special Operations Command, who led the investigation, said Thursday.

The strike, which occurred during the overnight hours of Nov. 25-26 when U.S. ground forces were attempting to raid a village when they came under fire, killed nearly 30 Pakistani troops at a border post in the northwestern part of that nation. The posts, which were still being erected, were located in the rugged Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.

Clark told reporters at the Pentagon via telephone that his investigation found fault on both sides.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said a nuclear-armed Iran would be “unacceptable,” but a senior House Democrat on Tuesday raised concerns about the growing drumbeat to confront Tehran.