NASA Headquarters in Washington will welcome space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 astronauts for a visit from Tuesday, April 20, through Friday, April 23.
Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a 9:08 a.m. EDT landing Tuesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command recently conducted the second Exceptional Family Member Program Summit to enhance services for family members with special needs.
Vice President Joe Biden Monday praised Iraqi and U.S. security forces for killing two top leaders of the al-Qaida in Iraq terror organization.
Ash from an Icelandic volcano continues to wreak havoc with air flights across Europe, including American military flights.
The U.S. military's role in Haiti is slated to further decrease by June, with the 2,200-strong U.S. force currently there expected to drop to about 500 members.
On Sunday, April 25, the President and Vice President will travel to Beckley, West Virginia, to participate in a memorial service for the miners lost in the tragedy at Upper Big Branch mine. President Obama will deliver a eulogy honoring the lives of those who perished and offering his deepest…
Donald M. Berwick, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Mark B. McClellan. William J. Boarman, of Maryland, to be Public Printer, vice Robert Charles Tapella, resigned.
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:40 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Before we get started, let me see if I can make this gizmo work -- there we go. The Internal Revenue Service today began mailing postcards to more than 4 million small businesses and tax-exempt organizations to make them…
Today, President Obama nominated Dr. Donald Berwick to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services (CMS). Dr. Berwick currently serves as President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and is a professor at Harvard…
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:37 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, folks. I want to give you a brief update on an extremely important development in Iraq. Early this morning on -- early in the morning October 18th (sic April 18th), Iraqi security forces with the support of…
More often than not, things are not as they appear, even as I’ve gone accessing these old files of mine, lodged way in the back of my brain, I’ve been feeling kinda nostalgic, remembering good times, sometimes thinking, maybe, I’d like some of that all over again, then I think again. If our…
EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment. There is established within the General Services…
On Thursday, President Obama will travel to New York City where he will deliver remarks at Cooper Union on Wall Street reform. Almost two years after the crisis hit and almost one year after the Administration first laid out a detailed plan for holding Wall Street accountable and protecting…
NASA has exercised an option to extend the period of performance of the contract with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy for the Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Center.
The G-4 unveiled "Army Logistics Around the World" at the Pentagon April 16 to recognize the 300,000 logisticians who support more than 1.1 million Soldiers in 80 countries.
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency announced that it completed its mission to destroy all non-stockpile materiel declared when the U.S. entered into the Chemical Weapons Convention, an international treaty mandating the destruction of our Nation's chemical warfare stock.
Some describe April 19 as "the day the world began to look at terrorism differently."
The early morning April sky dawned clear over Forward Operating Base Iskandaryia, Iraq. Sgt. 1st Class Brandon McGuire, a platoon sergeant with 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, whose home base was Fort Richardson, Alaska, and his spotter settled in for their third day of looking for…
Beginning Oct. 1, active-duty officers wanting to get self-nominated credit for serving in a joint-service environment will need to do it quickly -- the Joint Qualification System is changing its requirements.