by ADC | Feb 29, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Wednesday he will step down from his leadership role after the November elections. In floor remarks, McConnell referenced how the Republican Party has recently moved away from its past international priorities....
by ADC | Feb 29, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faced lawmakers today about his secret stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in January, saying he “did not handle it right.” “I should have told the President and my team about my cancer diagnosis,” Austin said in opening...
by ADC | Feb 28, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The Army is cutting its force by 24,000 soldiers – about 5% – it announced Tuesday, as PBS News Hour and other outlets reported. The Army said the plan will make it more capable for future wars. “These planned reductions are to authorizations (spaces), and not to...
by ADC | Feb 28, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
A potential partial government shutdown is looming Friday night. As of Wednesday morning, there is still no agreement on a spending plan. “For the first time, [House Speaker Mike] Johnson [R-La.] is making explicit to Democrats and the White House that he’s willing to...
by ADC | Feb 27, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The Pentagon found that there was no “ill intent” in the decisions that led Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his top staff to keep secret that he was hospitalized in January. An unclassified summary of DOD’s 30-day review into the incident, released Monday, said...
by ADC | Feb 27, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Senate Republicans are putting pressure on the House GOP to agree to a spending bill and avert a government shutdown that would start this weekend. “Shutting down the government is harmful to the country. And it never produces positive outcomes — on policy or...
by ADC | Feb 26, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Part of the federal government is set to shut down Friday night if Congress does not pass annual appropriations bills or a continuing resolution. Negotiators working on a bipartisan deal had expected to release it Sunday, but there is still no agreement, as The Hill...
by ADC | Feb 26, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Recruitment
The assistant secretaries overseeing manpower and reserve affairs for the three military services will join ADC at the Defense Communities National Summit in April. They’ll discuss how military-community partnerships can help bridge the military-civilian divide as it...
by ADC | Feb 26, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The Marine Corps has become the first military branch to successfully pass an audit of its assets and inventory, Defense News reported, laying out the steps the branch took over almost two decades. “It was a goal of the commandant of the Marine Corps to pass the audit...