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Business/FinancialSequestration Report Delayed, Expected Late This Week
The White House missed a deadline for sending Congress a report on so-called sequestration budget cuts last week, but said it will deliver the document in the coming days. Republicans […]
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CongressObama Accepts Nomination Amid Defense Talk
President Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president at his party’s convention last night, when Democrats touted his national-security credentials. The Democratic National Convention (DNC) included more public talk […]
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Business/FinancialImminent Sequestration Report May Not Provide Minute Detail On DoD Cuts
The White House is poised to send Congress a report on how so-called sequestration budget cuts would be implemented, a document the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer implied yesterday will not […]
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CongressRomney Accepts Nomination, Barely Cites Defense Matters
Mitt Romney formally accepted the Republican nomination for president during a speech last night that touched only briefly on military matters. Defense-minded observers have been frustrated that the former Massachusetts […]
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CongressRomney Pledges To Stop $1 Trillion In Defense Cuts
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said yesterday if elected he intends to shield the Pentagon from planned spending cuts. Romney, addressing the American Legion in Indianapolis, took aim at reductions […]
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CongressSurvey of Voters Highlights Politics of Sequestration
A key group of voters want lawmakers to prevent across-the-board Pentagon spending reductions soon, according to a new poll released yesterday, when the Republican party approved a new plan resisting […]
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CongressGOP Poised To Approve Pro-Weapon System Platform
Republican National Convention delegates plan to approve a new platform today that advocates robust military spending–while touting aircraft, Navy ship, and missile defense needs–without setting specific goals for the size of the Pentagon […]
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Business/FinancialAnalyst: Sequestration Would Not Fully Hit Industry Next Year
Even if so-called sequestration cuts to the Pentagon budget kick in next year, the defense industry would not feel the full impact of the decade-long spending reductions for a few years, […]
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CongressRyan Says He & Romney Have Plan For Stopping Sequestration
Vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan told defense contractors yesterday he and Mitt Romney would vigorously support the military and also stop looming defense cuts in January if Congress has not […]
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Business/FinancialCBO Recession Prediction Has Pols Pointing Fingers
Lawmakers pointed fingers at each other yesterday after a new report predicted the economy will go into a recession next year if several things happen–including the start of across-the-board defense cuts–that observers call […]