WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Defense Department employees on Tuesday that most of the civilian workforce will face unpaid leave of 11 days between July 8 and the end of the fiscal year on September 30, as the military scrambles to meet painful budget cutting targets Full story
Workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be exempt from the Defense Department's plan to furlough about 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 days through the end of the fiscal year. Full story
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was plenty furious after this week's release of a new Defense Department report on sexual assault in the military. He must lead the change that is desperately needed. Full story
The sexual battery arrest of the Air Force officer who led the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit underscores how far the Defense Department has to go in addressing the plague of sexual crimes in the military, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday. Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday cleared BlackBerry and Samsung mobile devices for use on Defense Department networks, a step toward opening up the military to a wide variety of technology equipment makers while still ensuring communications security. Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Defense Department counsel said he is a skeptic when it comes to a proposed "drone court," but greater government openness about its decision-making on targeted killings of terrorism suspects overseas would help alleviate public suspicions about those operations. Full story
Did his bruising confirmation hurt Chuck Hagel’s ability to run the Defense Department? Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., discusses.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on the Defense Department's budget request for fiscal year 2014 on April 11, 2013 in Washington, DC. Hagel emphasized the department's need for time to adjust to cuts, and highlighted the bud
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens to a question during a briefing on the Defense Department's FY2014 budget at the Pentagon in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a briefing on the Defense Department's FY2014 budget at the Pentagon in Washington April 10, 2013. The Pentagon unveiled a $526.6 billion budget on Wednesday that calls for base closures, program cancellations and smaller pay increases, but which is s
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens as Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff General Martin Dempsey speaks during a briefing on the Defense Department's FY2014 budget at the Pentagon in Washington April 10, 2013. The Pentagon unveiled a $526.6 billion budget on Wednesday that calls for base
