...defense department is supposed to defend the country and get the best bang it can for the money it is spending." Navy Secretary Ray Mabius defends the purchase saying, "We are doing this for national security and energy security. We are doing...

...defense department is supposed to defend the country, and get the best bang it can for the money it is spending." Navy Secretary Ray Mabius defends the purchase saying, "We are doing this for national security and energy security. We are doing...

...famous North Carolina journalist. Jonathan served FDR and Truman, as his father Josephus served Woodrow Wilson as Navy secretary. Jonathan quickly quizzed me about my politics. I said I was raised in a Republican house, now thought of myself...

...withdrawal. The Navy had agreed to transfer 8,000 acres of Vieques land to the local government by Sunday. But Navy Secretary Richard Danzig said the transfer would not occur unless Calderon stands by the pact. The Navy says Vieques is a vital...

...Clark had not submitted his written endorsement Monday afternoon but was expected to soon, the official said Monday. Navy Secretary Richard Danzig told reporters he could not discuss the matter because Clark had not yet made public his decision...

...Americans won't. "What do we tell them?" he asked. "We won't bomb on ours, but we'll bomb on yours?" Navy Secretary Gordon England has defended the decision to look beyond Vieques. He says alternatives must be found in case the Navy...

...spokesman Ari Fleischer said. Bush was naming current homeland security chief Tom Ridge to head the department and Navy Secretary Gordon England to be his deputy at the bill-signing ceremony Monday. The new Cabinet department -- an idea Bush...

...new and great responsibility," the president named two other top officials Monday. If confirmed by the Senate, Navy Secretary Gordon England will become deputy secretary. A former vice president of General Dynamics Corp., England brings...

...Friday to Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Plano, Texas, is the largest of its kind ever issued by the government, Navy Secretary Richard Danzig said. This marks the first time in the computer age that a branch of the military has turned over...

...the military and a painful reminder for the nation. "This is closure in part to the Vietnam War," said Acting Navy Secretary Robert Pirie Jr. "Good riddance." The ceremony marked an end to a $50 million, 2 1/2-year effort that eliminated...