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Business/FinancialSen. Sessions: Senate Authorizers May Balks At Missile Defense Funding Cuts, But House, Others, May Favor Obama Moves To Slash Protection
Tough Battle Ahead, But Not Hopeless, Sessions Says President Obama’s plan for dramatic cuts in funding missile defense programs likely will be challenged in the Senate, especially among authorizers on […]
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Business/Financial
GOP Lawmakers Assail Obama Cuts In Missile Defense Budget
Republican House members blasted President Obama’s proposed cuts to ballistic missile defense programs, saying a rising missile threat makes such cuts reckless. Further, they expressed incredulity that there could be […]
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Business/Financial
MDA Director O’Reilly Says Missile Threat ‘Extremely Worrisome,’ Not Slowing Down
O’Reilly Urges Emphasis On Hitting Enemy Missiles In Ascent Phase, But Also Endorses Not Buying Another Airborne Laser Aircraft ABL Needs Design Changes, O’Reilly Says; Existing ABL Shows How To […]
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Business/Financial
Democratic Leader Hoyer Flails Iran For ‘Dangerous’ Pursuit Of Nukes, And Terrorist Missiles Hitting Israel
Biden Cites U.S. Commitment To Peace And Security Of Israel Netanyahu: Iran Must Be Barred From Developing Nuclear Weapons Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the House Democratic leader, assailed Iran for […]
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CongressSurging Taliban Threatens Pakistan, Wants To Abolish Democratic Rule, Parliament Member Warns In Forum
The Taliban terrorist group aims for no less than the abolition of democratic government rule in Pakistan, a member of the Pakistani Parliament warned. While some say the Taliban haven’t […]
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Business/Financial
North Korea Openly States It Will Pursue ICBM Testing And Uranium-Based Nuclear Weapons Program Development
North Korea openly threatened to push forward with a uranium-centered nuclear weapons production program, and with further intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, the International Herald Tribune reported. That outburst came […]
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Homeland Security
Chinese Vessels Again Harass U.S. Navy Ships
China did it again. Two Chinese fishing vessels veered dangerously close to a U.S. Navy intelligence-gathering ship, the USNS Victorious, as it moved peacefully in international waters, according to the […]
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Congress
While Gates Whacks Weapons Procurement Programs, Soaring Personnel Costs Fly Untouched Under Radar
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is ignoring the legal mandate to rationally reexamine defense spending priorities every four years, and he is remiss in two ways, a well-known analyst asserted. […]
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SpaceAtlantis Set For Launch At 2:01 P.M. ET Monday
Space Shuttle Atlantis is poised to launch at 2:01 p.m. ET Monday on the STS-125 Mission to repair and refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope. Final launch preparations are underway at […]
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Business/Financial
NLOS-LS PAM Missile Passes Captive Flight Test
The Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System (NLOS-LM ) Precision Attack Missile (PAM) passed a captive flight test. That system is provided by NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co. [RTN] and […]