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Democrats On Senate Panel Decry Proposed Cuts To Homeland Security Grants

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 6th, 2017

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Democrats On Senate Panel Decry Proposed Cuts To Homeland Security Grants

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday said that the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to various homeland security grant programs and are not supported by state and local law enforcers and first responders.Pointing to recent events in Britain where terrorists successfully carried out various attacks against people in open areas, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), ranking member on the panel, highlighted proposed cuts to mobile security teams deployed by the Transportation Security Administration and to critical…

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Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

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Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

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Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]