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CongressCongress Moves To Relax Commercial Satellite Export Controls
Congress moved Tuesday to relax stringent commercial satellite export control laws by returning to the president the authority to determine appropriate requirements after years of military-level oversight. The compromise fiscal […]
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TSA Tasking Science Academy To Study Health Effects Of X-Ray Body Scanners
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last Friday said it plans to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to examine the health effects of backscatter X-ray-based Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) […]
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Air ForceFinal DoD Bill Challenges Administration On Multiple Weapons Programs
Congress’ final defense policy bill pushes back on Pentagon plans to fund a controversial tri-nation missile-defense program and retire aircraft, while authorizing it to continue biofuel development, study an additional […]
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Final Defense Authorization Bill Could Emerge Today
Lawmakers could unveil today the Pentagon policy bill they will send to President Barack Obama, with hopes he won’t follow through with previous threats to veto the long-delayed legislation. A […]
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SAC Chairman Inouye, Major DoD Backer, Dies
The loss of Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC), will undoubtedly impact Congress’ oversight of the Pentagon’s budget, observers said. Inouye, a World War […]
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Rogers Not Giving Up On Cyber Bill This Year
A House committee chairman said Congress still could pass cybersecurity legislation before year’s end, calling on lawmakers to advance a proposal to spur the government and private sector to share […]
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House Passes Bills On TSA Baggage Screening, DHS Financial Audits
The House on Wednesday passed by voice vote two homeland security bills, one that gives the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) more leeway on whether to re-screen checked baggage entering the […]
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Turner Grabs Air Land Panel In HASC Shakeup
The leadership of key defense panels took shape yesterday, when a new roster of House Armed Services subcommittee chairmen was announced and the head of a powerful budget panel was […]
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HASC Members Suggest DoD Savings In Place Of Major Cuts
Senior members of a key House panel singled out acquisition reform and missile defense as areas to look at in the Pentagon to save money during these austere fiscal times. […]
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Defense Authorization Compromise Near, Negotiators Say
Lawmakers said yesterday they were close to crafting a compromise Pentagon policy bill, following multiple meetings of the four key House and Senate negotiators, though some key matters remained unresolved. […]