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Budget

Carter, Dempsey Firm: Sequestration Affects National Security Strategy

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015

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The clock is ticking, and sequestration will be back in 212 days, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Tuesday.SASC was examining the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2016 and Future Years defense program.Carter said he wanted to be clear: “parts of our defense strategy cannot be executed under sequestration, which remains the law of the land and is set to return 212 days from today (Tuesday).”Further, Carter said, “We have had the worst of…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]