Defense
House approves $606 billion DOD spending bill in 326-90 vote
The House late Thursday approved a massive, $606 billion bill funding the Defense Department and war activities in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2013.Members approved the bill in an 326-90 vote, after two days of debate on several amendments from Democrats that sought to limit spending in Afghanistan, as well as some attempts by Republicans to […]
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR-CAPABLE BOMBERS INTERCEPTED NEAR WEST COAST IN SECOND U.S. AIR DEFENSE ZONE INTRUSION IN TWO WEEKS
wo Russian strategic nuclear bombers entered the U.S. air defense zone near the Pacific coast on Wednesday and were met by U.S. interceptor jets, defense officials told the Free Beacon.
It was the second time Moscow dispatched nuclear-capable bombers into the 200-mile zone surrounding U.S. territory in the past two weeks.
An earlier intrusion by two Tu-95 Bear […]