Lack of US Cyber Policies Called Illegal

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), tells Deputy De­fense Sec­ret­ary Robert Work and Dir­ect­or of Na­tion­al In­tel­li­gence James Clap­per, their lack of cyber policies is illegal, reports NextGov.

Defense News reports, the House and Senate have reached a reconciled National Defense Authorization Act. The bill will move to the House floor Thursday, reports The Hill.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency attention for the past quarter century to create an exoskeleton to transform a fatigued and fearful warrior into a super-soldier is very nearly ready, reports Defense One.

Presidential hopeful and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) receives his second rebuke from the GOP, failing to gain a procedural courtesy issued routinely by both parties, reports Politico. Presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s tax plan was rebuffed in an analysis by a conservative-leaning group, reports The Hill. All Democratic candidates for president are invited to the CNN Oct. 13 debate, including Vice President Joe Biden if he should decide to run up to the day of the debate, reports Politico.

Under the Radar reports on the 10 most dangerous jobs in the military.

Two senior Veterans Affairs officials could face criminal prosecution for coercing others out of jobs to take for themselves, reports Military.com. Rep. Jeff Miller, chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said the findings are “simply the latest in a long line of investigations showing VA officials helping themselves instead of helping America’s veterans.”