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Pentagon Prepares for Layoffs in Budget Standoff

The Pentagon expects to notify Army and Navy commanders this week to begin preparing to lay off civilian employees, a Defense Department official said yesterday.

Democrats Bow to Bush's Demands in House Spending Bill

House Democratic leaders yesterday agreed to meet President Bush's bottom-line spending limit on a sprawling, half-trillion-dollar domestic spending bill, dropping their demands for as much as $22 billion in additional spending but vowing to shift funds from the president's priorities to theirs.

Reduction Could Help Army Readiness

WASHINGTON -- If the Army opts to buy fewer bomb-resistant vehicles for troops in Iraq, the leftover money should be used to sharpen the combat edge of US ground forces, according to congressional proponents of the trucks.

Lawmakers Urge the Pentagon to Delay Furloughs

House Majority Leader Steny H . Hoyer (D-Md.) promised yesterday that Defense Department civil service employees would not be laid off because of a budget dispute between the White House and Congress.

House Nears Approval of Domestic Spending Bill

The House last night moved toward approving a $515.7 billion domestic spending bill that shaves billions from the Democrats' hoped-for spending levels but uses emergency spending and other tactics to challenge President Bush on his budget demands.

House Passes $516 Billion Spending Bill

WASHINGTON -- The House Monday approved a $516 billion measure funding 14 Cabinet agencies and funding for troops in Afghanistan, setting the stage for a year-end budget deal with the White House.

Senate to Take Up $516B Spending Bill

WASHINGTON -- The Senate is poised to take up a $516 billion measure to fund 14 Cabinet agencies and troops in Afghanistan, with President Bush likely to sign the measure if his GOP allies can add up to $40 billion for the war in Iraq.

Va. Firm's War Gear Includes Tourniquets

RICHMOND -- As an Army surgeon in the Middle East, Keith Rose watched a colleague bleed to death when a truck in his convoy was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade.

The Long and Winding Road

In 1996, the Marine Corps Combat Development Command determined that its expeditionary forces needed an agile and mobile weapon to fire over the enemy's front lines, a concept quickly dubbed Dragon Fire.

Bush budget seen renewing battle with Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will on Monday unveil a $3 trillion budget that likely will spark anew the wrangling between the White House and the Democratic-led Congress over Iraq war funding, tax cuts and the sagging economy.