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18 May 2007, 3:45 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives voted 220-208 [roll call] Thursday to pass an amendment [PDF text, via CR] to the FY'08 Defense Authorization Bill [PDF text; HR 1585 summary] to require the Office of the Secretary of Defense to develop a report within 60 days after the bill is signed into law, identifying the "current capacity at Department of Defense (DOD) facilities in the United [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 2:38 pm
On Friday, President Donald Trump sign a memorandum under the Defense Production Act ordering the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to "use any and all authority available under the Act to require General Motors Company to accept, perform, and prioritize contracts or orders for the number of ventilators that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 9:34 am
[JURIST] US Defense Secretary Robert Gates [official profile] confirmed Tuesday that the military prison at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] would remain open for the duration of President George W. [read post]
15 Dec 2005, 2:22 am
[JURIST] The US House committee investigating the government's actions in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] issued a subpoena Wednesday commanding Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld [official profile] to turn over internal records on the Pentagon's efforts to stabilize public safety, mobilize active duty forces in the region and send supplies to victims. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 2:23 pm
On June 23, 2023, a coalition of companies, including venture capital firms like Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst and Founders Fund, and start-up defense technology companies, published an open letter to the Department of Defense (DoD), addressed to Secretary Lloyd J. [read post]
12 Jan 2007, 10:35 am
[JURIST] US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson has set off a firestorm of protest by publicly questioning the propriety of some of the country's top law firms representing Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 8:30 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld [JURIST news archive] can be sued by a former US military contractor who claims he was tortured while imprisoned in Iraq. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 8:08 pm
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Appeals court allows US citizens' torture suit against Rumsfeld; The judges ruled 2-to-1 that two US citizens can bring a civil suit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for their alleged torture while they were held in a US military prison in Iraq in 2006. [read post]
21 Jun 2006, 8:35 am
[JURIST] The US House Judiciary Committee [official website] passed a non-binding resolution [HRES 645 text] Wednesday asking the President and the Secretary of Defense to provide the House with information on the NSA domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 9:41 am
Defense Secretary? [read post]
31 May 2008, 3:04 pm
NIMJ's web site reports that the "Executive Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has [unanimously] adopted a resolution calling on the Secretary of Defense to rescind the Department's May 9, 2008 policy on use of DoD information systems (Standard Consent Banner and User Agreement). [read post]
11 Jul 2004, 7:17 am
DeForest Soaries, chairman of the US Election Assistance Commission, had alerted Homeland Defense Secretary Tom Ridge that no federal agency was authorized to move the elections. [read post]
3 Aug 2021, 8:54 am
The committee will hear the testimony of Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State; Richard Visek, Acting Legal Adviser for the Department of State; and Caroline Krass, general counsel for the Department of Defense. [read post]
28 May 2020, 11:03 am
A group of US senators wrote to the US Secretary of Defense Wednesday expressing concern about the potential for a “significant outbreak” of COVID-19 at the Pentagon prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [read post]
28 May 2010, 9:52 am
On behalf of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Under Secretary of State Ellen Tauscher, it is a pleasure to join you today. [read post]
10 Jun 2021, 3:15 am
According to this Corporate Secretary article, that’s another thing that’s changed due to the pandemic. [read post]
21 Feb 2003, 5:29 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought last week [JURIST report] against President Bush and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld by a coalition of US soldiers, parents of US soldiers and Congressmen challenging the authority of the President and the Secretary of Defense to wage war against Iraq absent a clear declaration of war by the United States [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 4:12 pm
I wasn’t sure whether this included Defense Secretary. [read post]
23 May 2012, 4:53 am
Under the legislation, the secretary of defense and the secretaries of the military departments could neither require nor prohibit bidders, contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or adhere to PLAs and would also be prohibited from discriminating against any bidder who refused to enter into a PLA. [read post]
11 May 2016, 3:16 pm
To better understand the national security implications of these developments, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing on the military utility of recent U.S. industrial base LENR advancements to the House Committee on Armed Services by September 22, 2016. [read post]
