Budget
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BudgetMikulski ‘Deeply Troubled’ With NASA’s Budget Request, Cuts To Science Programs
A key lawmaker said Thursday’s she’s deeply troubled with NASA’s budget request and proposed cuts to science programs, including the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA’s fiscal year 2015 budget request […]
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BudgetAs HASC Members Rush to Find Money, Wittman Won’t Sacrifice Readiness for Modernization
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said committee members were pushing back against nearly all the tough choices the Pentagon had to make in its fiscal year […]
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BudgetHASC Subcommittees Added More Spending Than They Removed, a Ranking Member Says
The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee ranking member said he was very concerned lawmakers were adding too many items into the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act without […]
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BudgetGAO Finds DoD Report Offers Limited Insight Into GMD Testing Options
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds a Defense Department report to congressional defense committees on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system’s test program offers limited insight. The April 30 report, […]
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ArmyHASC Panel Wants Army AMPV Report,To Include Wheeled Medical Vehicle
Until congressional defense committees receive a report on the Army’s plan to replace M113 vehicles with Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV), including a look at a wheeled medical variant, a House […]
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BudgetForbes: HASC Worked Across Subcommittee Lines to Support High-Priorities in NDAA
The House Armed Services subcommittee chairmen and ranking members worked together this year to pool their resources and craft a defense spending plan that most benefits the military, rather than […]
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Air ForceHASC: OSD Money Would Hinge on Carrier Refueling; Funding for Rocket Motor Authorized
The House Armed Services Committee would withhold half the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s money until the Navy begins planning the refueling and complex overhaul of its aircraft carrier […]
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BudgetHouse Lawmakers Proposing More Tomahawk Missiles For Navy
House lawmakers are considering whether the Navy should plan on buying 96 additional Tomahawk cruise missiles, nearly doubling the 100 the Navy requested in its fiscal 2015 budget proposal. The […]
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Air ForceAir Force Developing ‘Master Plan’ That Adheres To Spending Limits, Welsh Says
The Air Force is developing a new 20-year “master plan” that will adhere to estimated future spending limits as part of a new three-part strategy document, the service’s top officer […]
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Budget
House Armed Services Committee to Distribute NDAA Amendments Electronically This Year
The House Armed Services Committee will distribute amendments to its Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act electronically this year, rather than handing out paper copies in the hearing room, […]