Joseph Dunford

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo shows the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., where the US Cyber Command is located. U.S. officials say the Trump administration, after months of delay, is finalizing plans to revamp the nation's military command for defensive and offensive cyber-operations. The plan would eventually split it from the intelligence-focused National Security Agency in hopes of intensifying America's ability to wage cyber war against the Islamic State group and other foes.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Cyber Command nominee sets sights on powerful new budget authority

The nominee to lead Cyber Command says the new authorities will put CYBERCOM on par with the likes of U.S. Special Operations Command from a programming…

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Office of Personnel ManagementMargaret Weichert, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management and deputy director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget., holds a challenge coin.

Thousands of federal employees to be asked about benefits this coming fall

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Associated PressFILE - In this Dec. 1, 2018 file photo, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. William Moran describes the function of the USS Thomas Hudner prior to its commissioning ceremony  in Boston.  Moran, the Navy admiral set to become his service's top officer on Aug. 1, 2019, says he will instead retire. The extraordinary downfall of Moran was prompted by what Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Sunday, July 7 called poor judgment. Spencer faulted Moran for having a professional relationship with a person who had been disciplined for what Spencer called

Admiral picked to lead Navy is retiring; bad judgment cited

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PHOTOS: US, France commemorate Armistice Day centennial

President Donald Trump, and other officials, visit Paris to commemorate the 100 years that have passed since the end of World War I.

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Jim Mattis, Joseph Dunford

Space Command plans are underway, expenses still being calculated

The Pentagon is starting to build U.S. Space Command after congressional requirements.

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In this July 29, 2017 photo transgender U.S. army captain Jennifer Sims lifts her uniform during an interview with The Associated Press in Beratzhausen near Regensburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Trump administration gets blow back from both sides of the aisle on military transgender policy

Lawmakers, military officials and civil rights groups all slammed the policy barring most transgender people from military service.

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