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Congressional Appropriators Agree to Fund TSA’s FY ’18 Request for Screening Equipment

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 28th, 2017

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The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have both recommended fully funding the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) funding requests in FY ’18 for passenger and checked baggage screening and for the agency’s research and development effort aimed at evaluating various technologies for operational use before procurement decisions are made.Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, just before Thanksgiving released his mark for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) FY ’18 spending levels, and included $4 million for checkpoint…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]