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Arms-Control Advocates Push Against East Coast Missile Site

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

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Arms-control advocates are sounding alarms about a potential East Coast missile-defense site, as lawmakers prepare to negotiate the proposal as soon as tomorrow. Members of the House and Senate armed services committees are slated to convene a conference committee tomorrow that will combine the versions of the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill passed by each chamber, with the goal of having a finished product by next Monday. The legislation the House passed in May authorizes $100 million for beginning…

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HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW

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HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

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Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

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Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]