Joel Gehrke

Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that most of the DOD’s 800,000 civilian personnel will be furloughed up to 11 days, in response to budget cuts brought on by sequestration. “After extensive review of all options with the DoD’s senior military and civilian leadership on how we...

MICHAEL BIESECKER

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim -- she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to. So before deploying to Afghanistan last year for her...

Jed Babbin

Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

April was a pretty awful month for President Obama, but it's too early for Republicans to start celebrating his political demise. People keep trying to compress the political calendar, wanting to convince us that time is running out for Obama, even though he's barely past 100 days in his...

Scott McCabe

Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

The head of the U.S. Air Force sexual assault prevention office was arrested in Crystal City over the weekend on charges of sexual battery. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski was accused of groping a woman in a Crystal City parking lot in the 500 block of S. 23rd Street early Sunday, according to an...

ROBERT BURNS

Published: Wed, Feb 20, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may have to shorten the workweek for the "vast majority" of the Defense Department's 800,000 civilian workers. They would lose one day of work per week,...

associated press

Published: Wed, Feb 20, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may be compelled to furlough the "vast majority" of the Defense Department's 800,000 civilian workers. He also said the across-the-board spending...