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Pentagon expected to deny funding for Hawaii radar [The Honolulu Star-Advertiser] Apr. 22—For the second year in a row, the Defense Department is reportedly planning to zero out funding for the $1.9 billion Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii—a move that could represent a death knell for the costly radar that’s now seen as less of a priority among evolving missile threats and competing demands. The Pentagon previously redirected funding for the powerful sensor intended for North Korean threats to other efforts, officials noted. Last year it did not budget any money for the Hawaii radar and a ...

Sen. Tuberville: Biden infrastructure plan is a ‘farce’ WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 25: Sen. Tommy Tuberville is shown on Capitol Hill on March 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan is a farce. Tuberville slammed the massive $2 trillion proposal while speaking on the Senate floor Monday. The Republican senator said calling what the Democrats are pushing an infrastructure plan is an insult to the English language. He and other Republicans have criticized the propo...

News From Antiwar.com Top US/NATO Commander Prepared to Use ‘Full Weight of the Transatlantic Alliance’ Against Russia and China General Tod Wolters, the dual-hatted top commander of U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 13 as part of a review of the 2022 Pentagon authorization request and the Future Years Defense Program. He appeared primarily in his first capacity, though the two roles are coterminous. As top NATO commander he can requisition the military assets of thirty nations with a combine...

Biden requests $715B for Pentagon, hinting at administration’s future priorities 7 hours ago The first installment of President Joe Biden’s budget plan contained only top-line discretionary spending numbers. (Alex Brandon/AP) WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget request asks for $753 billion in national security funding, an increase of 1.6 percent that includes $715 billion for the Defense Department. The request, rolled out Friday, amounts to a slight decrease for the Pentagon when adjusted for inflation, and it’s well shy of the Trump administration’s...

Senators press for more on SolarWinds hack after AP report Associated Press 1 hr ago By ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool) Key lawmakers said Tuesday they're concerned they've been kept in the dark ab...