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Congress approves waiver for Biden’s pick for defense secretary

President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon took a major step closer to confirmation on Thursday, after House and Senate lawmakers voted to waive a rule blocking the recently retired general from assuming the post.

By: Joe Gould and Leo Shane III 3 days ago

Biden keeps Trump appointee as acting nuclear weapons chief

Verdon will become one of the few Trump national security appointees kept on in an acting capacity.

By: Aaron Mehta 3 days ago

Biden should focus Defense Production Act on fixing the COVID supply chain

Jeffrey Bialos argued that Biden needs to focus the use of the Defense Production Act on understanding and fixing the supply chain left behind by the Trump administration.

By: Jeffrey P. Bialos 4 days ago

Pentagon announces new acting CIO as Deasy departs

The department's principal deputy CIO takes over from Dana Deasy until President Joe Biden's eventual pick gets confirmed.
By: Andrew Eversden 4 days ago

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, a strong proponent of modernization, steps down

McCarthy’s tenure was marked by ambitious modernization initiatives, but civil unrest requiring Guard mobilizations and trouble at Army posts was never far away.
By: Kyle Rempfer 4 days ago

Biden inaugurated commander in chief amid heavy military presence at Capitol

Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States.
By: Leo Shane III and Joe Gould 5 days ago

SecDef nominee pledges to evaluate information operations

Austin told senators he plans to review the DoD's posture in the information environment if confirmed.
By: Mark Pomerleau 5 days ago

After huge hack, Biden security picks want more cyber coordination with industry

Nominees for defense secretary and director of national intelligence say more government-private information sharing is needed to prevent breaches.
By: Andrew Eversden 5 days ago
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