“Such attacks could lead to the invocation of Article 5. A decision as to when such attacks would lead to the invocation of Article 5 would be taken by the North Atlantic Council on a case-by-case basis.”
The union representing many Department of Defense employees argues that special hiring authorities are the reason the agency struggles to fill out its workforce.
The Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee blasted the White House for “dragging their feet” on the federal budget, urging its release by May 10 to avoid a continuing resolution.
A recent string of fatal National Guard UH-60 accidents have raised cause for concern, but the Army general in charge of aviation plans and operations said the service is not seeing a systemic problem across the board. Nonetheless, the Army issued a new emergency response procedure to its aviators to ensure preventable mishaps don't happen.