President Bush and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld feted employers who have gone to extraordinary lengths to support their deployed Guard and Reserve workers. Factors leading to their selection ranged from providing pay differentials to extending health care. Sixteen employers received 2005 Secretary of Defense Freedom Awards. Read the list here.
The cost of the nuclear AGM-181 Long-Range Stand Off missile has come down slightly and the program is on track, but several technologies it relies on are still considered immature, the Government Accountability Office found in a report. Meanwhile, the GAO also assessed the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile as…