On May 17, 2012, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the fiscal year 2013 defense-spending bill.

In a May 14, 2012, memo, acting Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall endorses the use of next-generation performance-based logistics strategies.

In March 2012 the Pentagon delivered its annual report to Congress on developmental testing and systems engineering issues.

On May 16, 2012, the House Appropriations Committee released the draft report accompanying the fiscal year 2013 defense-spending bill.

In a May 16, 2012, Pentagon briefing, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno discussed his service's efforts in Afghanistan as well as end-strength issues.

In a May 15, 2012, statement on the House version of the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill, the Obama administration tells lawmakers that "if the cumulative effects of the bill impede the ability of the administration to execute the new defense strategy and to properly direct scarce resources, the president's senior advisors would recommend . . . that he veto the bill."

List of amendments submitted to the House Rules Committee for consideration during the House floor debate on the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill.

On May 15, 2012, acting Assistant Defense Secretary for Public Affairs George Little and Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby discussed the F-22A Raptor aircraft and other topics.

The May 15, 2013, Government Accountability Office report found that the Army "has taken steps to improve [its] reset process, but more complete reporting of equipment and future costs is needed."

The May 15, 2013, Government Accountability Office report found that "improved oversight, guidance and training [are] needed for the National Guard's efforts with foreign partners."

On Feb. 15-17, 2012, the Defense Department held its annual Cost Analysis Symposium. Includes briefing slides from the "New Budget Environment" track.

On Feb. 15-17, 2012, the Defense Department held its annual Cost Analysis Symposium. Includes briefing slides from the "Post-WSARA Assessments" track.

On Feb. 15-17, 2012, the Defense Department held its annual Cost Analysis Symposium. Includes briefing slides from the "Tools and Data" track.

On Feb. 15-17, 2012, the Defense Department held its annual Cost Analysis Symposium. Includes briefing slides from the "Operating & Support Costs" track.

On May 11, 2012, the House Armed Services Committee released the report accompanying the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill.

In a May 11, 2012, letter to the House Armed Services Committee, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the panel's fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill "would decrease net direct spending by $33 million in 2013, $554 million over the 2013-2017 period, and $44 million over the 2013-2022 period."

On May 10, 2012, the House Rules Committee released the final print of the House Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill.

On May 9, 2012, the Navy released the long-awaited final request for proposals for the multibillion-dollar Next Generation Enterprise Network. Includes the RFP as well as a performance work statement.

In a May 11, 2012, letter, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) responds to assertions about the Pentagon's fiscal year 2013 budget made by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during a press briefing the day before.

On May 11, 2012, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Frank Rose gave a speech on missile defense at the National Defense University Congressional Breakfast Seminar in Washington.

On May 11, 2012, the Pentagon released an interim final rule for the DOD-DIB Voluntary Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CS/IA) Program. Also includes a fact sheet.

In the early  morning hours of May 10, 2012, the full House Armed Services Committee completed the mark-up of the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill.

On May 10, 2012, the Senate Armed Services readiness and management support subcommittee held a hearing on "the current readiness of U.S. forces in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal Year 2013 and the future years defense program." Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing as well as the prepared testimony of the service vice chiefs of staff.

On May 10, 2012, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing as well as the prepared testimony of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy James Townsend; Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon; Prof. Charles Kupchan of Georgetown University; Ian Brzezinski of the Brzezinski Group; and Hans Binnendijk from the National Defense University.

On May 10, 2012, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey held a news briefing at the Pentagon where they discussed the fiscal year 2013 budget request.

In a May 10, 2012, report, the Government Accountability Office recommends that the Defense Department "clarify its intent for security force assistance, including how combatant commands should adjust their current planning efforts and provide a means to track activities."

In a May 10, 2012, letter to Congress, the Government Accountability Office found that actions are "needed to evaluate the impact of efforts to estimate costs of reports and studies" done by the Defense Department.

In a May 10, 2012, statement, the Missile Defense Agency announces a Standard Missile-3 Block 1B interceptor had shot down a short-range ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii.

In an undated draft briefing, the Naval Research Advisory Committee discusses Marine Corps capabilities for countering precision weapons. Note: one slide has been removed due to a contractor's claim of proprietary information, and several other slides are marked "for official use only."

The February 2012 report from the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation -- released May 8, 2012 -- pulls the curtain back on the internal workings of Pentagon cost analyses and offers a new glimpse at how they shaped 2011 decisions about how to proceed with developing and procuring big-ticket weapon systems.

On May 9, 2012, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave a speech in support of ratifying the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.

In an April 30, 2012, letter, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notifies Congress of a proposed $435 million sale of support services for Singapore's continental United States-based F-15 aircraft.

On May 9, 2012, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert Papp testified before the Senate Appropriations homeland security subcommittee on his service's fiscal year 2013 budget request.

On April 6, 2012, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale sent lawmakers a $311.5 million reprogramming request to shift fiscal year 2012 missile defense funding "in support of higher-priority items based on unforeseen military requirements." Lawmakers trimmed the proposal by $5 million, allowing the Missile Defense Agency to proceed with $306.5 million of the requested account transfers.

On March 5, 2012, Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Howard Berman (D-CA) introduced a bill that would "express the sense of Congress regarding the United States-Israel strategic relationship, to direct the president to submit to Congress reports on United States actions to enhance this relationship and to assist in the defense of Israel, and for other purposes." The legislation will be introduced on the House floor on May 9, 2012.

On May 7, 2012, a senior defense official gave a background briefing about the upcoming visit of China's national defense minister to the Pentagon.

On May 7, 2012, the House Appropriations Committee released the defense subcommittee draft of the fiscal year 2013 military spending bill. Also includes a statement from the panel.

On May 7, 2012, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) released the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill that his panel will mark up on May 9.

The April 6, 2012, Congressional Research Service report describes "current issues for Congress concerning the LCS program, includ[ing] the program's mission modules, the combat survivability of the LCS, hull cracking and engine problems on LCS-1, and corrosion on LCS-2."