WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- Liberal and conservative critics alike are raging at Defense Secretary Robert Gates's defense cuts: For liberals, he only nibbled at the Pentagon's enormous annual budget by cutting a number of high-profile programs. Conservatives are raging that he cut any at all.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Experts say major presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have a similar overall vision for the U.S. military but differ on specifics.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Boeing defenders in Washington voiced dismay at the revised Air Force request for bids on a jet refueling air tanker project.

BAGHDAD, May 20 (UPI) -- The majority of Iraqi detainees in U.S. custody at major prison facilities near Baghdad can be reintegrated into society, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, April 28 (UPI) -- Some U.S. lawmakers and military analysts say the Navy needs to do a better job of stating the reasons it needs to grow to 313 ships.

SAN DIEGO, April 1 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has launched a public relations campaign to secure support for the $40 billion U.S. Air Force contract awarded in February, the company said.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Army officials said "crotch durability problems" have prompted a retrofit of pants worn by combat soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department wants nearly $100 billion more for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, it was reported Saturday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A debate is under way in Washington over the success of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's efforts to modernize the U.S. military.