Budget
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BudgetSenate Democrats Say White House Proposing Counter-Terrorism Funding Cuts In FY ’19
The White House budget office wants the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pare $44 million from its FY ’19 budget proposal for various homeland security grants and other programs […]
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CongressTrump Signs FY 2018 Defense Authorization Bill, Urges Hill To Finish Defense Appropriations
President Donald Trump signed the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization conference report (H.R. 2810) into law Dec. 12, calling the nearly $700-billion measure “a momentous step” toward rebuilding the military […]
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PentagonContinuing Resolutions Slowing Munitions Buys, DoD Official Says
The lack of a fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations act is delaying Pentagon plans to boost production rates for heavily used munitions, a Department of Defense official said Dec. 7. […]
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BudgetRep. McCarthy Says Defense And Domestic Spending Shouldn’t Be Treated Equally In Budget Deal
Congress is aiming to pass a short-term resolution this week to give it time to craft a longer term budget agreement that avoids automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration, but […]
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BudgetLockheed Martin CEO: Budget Uncertainty Hurts Industry As Much As Military
Defense budget cuts and an ongoing series of stopgaps spending measures is hollowing out the U.S. defense industry as much as Pentagon leaders accuse funding uncertainty for threatening military readiness […]
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Air ForceAir Force Base Grounds T-6A Trainers After Physiological Events
Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma has grounded its T-6A Texan II trainer planes while it investigates a series of recent physiological events, the Air Force said last week. Flights […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Direct DHS Accelerate Program To Protect Federal Networks
Senate appropriators are proposing a slight increase in overall operations and procurement accounts for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cyber security efforts, including additional funds to accelerate a program […]
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BudgetSenate Unveils $651 Billion FY 2018 Defense Appropriations Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) on Nov. 21 unveiled a nearly $651 billion fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations bill that adds $15.4 billion to the Trump administration’s budget request to boost […]
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Budget
Cochran’s Mark For DHS Provides For 10th National Security Cutter
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) on Tuesday released his funding recommendations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’18, including construction of a 10th National Security […]
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BudgetSenate OKs Defense Authorization Conference Report
The Senate passed the nearly $700 billion fiscal year 2018 defense authorization conference report by voice vote Nov. 16, sending it to President Donald Trump for his consideration. After the […]