By Brian MoonThe US Senate Budget Committee takes a look at the 2013 proposed Pentagon budget, in which President Obama wants to cut $32 billion from the $645 billion package, with additional...

By Shaun WatermanSeven Republican senators presented an alternative cybersecurity bill Thursday, saying the proposed law backed by the Obama administration would be too intrusive, too expensive and...

By Katy BachmanCyber security to guard against threats from terrorists is getting a lot of attention from Congress these days, overtaking privacy on the legislative front. A group of eight GOP...

By Walter PincusCongressional hearings on the defense budget can be a bore, and there are so many of them — 11 so far this week.But seeing them or reading transcripts provides both information and a...

By Rick MazeThe Defense Department is getting early pushback from key Republican lawmakers over proposals to increase Tricare fees.Three Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee raised a similar...

President Barack Obama's proposed funding for continued cleanup of the Great Lakes has received politically correct responses from conservationists who wish he had offered more but know — in this...

Troy Winkelman was one of a couple hundred people who packed University of Wisconsin Oshkosh's Reeve Memorial Union ballroom Feb. 22 to hear U.S. Senator Ron Johnson speak."If any politician comes...

By Stephanie RebekImagine being a Boy Scout and building wooden cars, then being accepted as an Eagle Scout. You became so involved that you were able to deliver the Report of the Nation of the Boy...