by Chelsea Sanchez | Jun 18, 2013 | Monitor
The House of Representatives Passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act last Friday, June 14. The Senate Armed Services Committee passed through their version of the defense bill this week, focusing on investment rather than construction. While the...
by Chelsea Sanchez | Jun 13, 2013 | Monitor
The FY-14 House Armed Services Committee National Defense Authorization Act markup occurred last Wednesday, June 5th 2013. During the markup, there was discussion on whether to mandate an East Coast missile defense site by 2018. Today, the House Appropriations...
by William Chodkowski | Dec 19, 2012 | Monitor
Contractors fear sequester’s impact Darren Samuelsohn/Politico Some of the biggest names in defense contracting aren’t just making a stink over what sequestration does to the Pentagon. Players like Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Dynamics have billions of dollars...
by Daniel Painter | Jun 27, 2012 | Monitor
June 18th U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on sidelines of G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. The meeting reportedly focused on the situation in Syria; however, the two leaders also issued a joint statement in which they vowed to...
by Casey L Coombs | Jan 12, 2012 | Monitor
REUTERS/Deborah Gembara – Detainees participate in an early morning prayer session at Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay On New Year’s Eve, President Barack Obama signed into law the post-9/11 practice of detaining terrorist suspects...