by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 26, 2013 | Monitor
Chuck Hagel’s reward for making it through a bruising Senate confirmation: guiding a Pentagon currently freaking out over budget cuts. And, quite possibly, recasting its entire defense strategy.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 31, 2013 | Monitor
If Chuck Hagel wins approval in the Senate to run the Pentagon, as President Obama desires, it’ll be despite his performance in his confirmation hearing on Thursday, not because of it. The former Nebraska Republican senator stumbled through questions ranging...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 31, 2013 | Monitor
Want to know how Chuck Hagel will run the Pentagon? If you listen to his remarks to the Senate for his confirmation hearing, he’ll be a lot like Obama’s previous defense secretaries.
by Robert Beckhusen | Jan 31, 2013 | Monitor
The combination of tons of cash from advanced military projects and excessive secrecy is a dangerous one — it fuels corruption and graft in defense industries around the world. Here are seven of the most secret defense companies.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 11, 2013 | Monitor
The Pentagon is grounding planes and leaving ships in port — not because it wants to, but because Congress’ budgetary chaos leaves it little choice.