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China challenging U.S. military technological edge: Pentagon official

May 23, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military's technological superiority is increasingly challenged by China, and efforts to maintain an edge are complicated by shrinking defense budgets that have cut money for...

U.S. military giving troops more leeway for religious clothing, beards

August 24, 2021 at 7:38 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon took steps on Wednesday to give individual troops greater latitude to wear turbans, head scarfs, yarmulkes and other religious clothing with their uniforms, but advocacy...

U.S. budget watchdog eyes steps to control military health costs

August 24, 2021 at 7:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most effective way to control the rising expense of the military healthcare system is to boost cost-sharing among retirees, the Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday,...

U.S. budget watchdog eyes steps to control military health costs

May 23, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most effective way to control the rising expense of the military healthcare system is to boost cost-sharing among retirees, the Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday,...

U.S. needs modern nuclear deterrent despite high price tag -Hagel

August 24, 2021 at 7:08 p.m.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday the United States had always supported a strong nuclear deterrent and would continue to do so, even as...

U.S. nuclear weapon plans to cost $355 billion over a decade: CBO report

August 24, 2021 at 6:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's plans for the U.S. nuclear weapons complex, including modernization of bombs, delivery systems and laboratories, will cost the country about $355 billion over the...

U.S. nuclear weapon plans to cost $355 billion over a decade: CBO report

May 23, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's plans for the U.S. nuclear weapons complex, including modernization of bombs, delivery systems and laboratories, will cost the country about $355 billion over the...

U.S. Representative Buck McKeon (R-CA) (L) and Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) (R), chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, hold a news conference to talk about progress between the two chambers on the National Defense Authorization Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 9.

U.S. Senate OKs defense policy bill with sex crime reforms

November 3, 2021 at 7:46 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved its annual defense policy bill late Thursday despite partisan rancor, agreeing to reform the way the military justice system responds to sexual assaults...

Rape case removed from U.S. Air Force general who made controversial ruling

August 24, 2021 at 6:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force general who provoked outrage early this year by overturning a fighter pilot's sexual assault conviction has been removed as the officer in a...

U.S. Senate OKs defense policy bill with sex crime reforms

December 24, 2018 at 6:06 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved its annual defense policy bill late Thursday despite partisan rancor, agreeing to reform the way the military justice system responds to sexual assaults...

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