Julie Samuel
Articles By Julie
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BudgetHouse Budget Resolution Seeks Modest Defense Boost
A House panel is calling for slight increases in defense spending over the next decade–which are more than currently projected but not as much as House Republicans previously sought. The […]
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Budget
Republicans Stall CR Debate In Senate
Work on the new government-funding bill was stalled in the Senate Tuesday by Republican senators who said they needed more time to review the measure a Democrat-run panel released late […]
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CongressSenate Prepares To Debate CR With DoD Budget
Senate Democrats released on Monday night a new government budget, which Pentagon planners eagerly are awaiting to help them manage the across-the-board “sequestration” cuts that started March 1. “It doesn’t […]
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Budget
Senate CR Expected Today
March 12, 2013 UPDATE: Senate Prepares To Debate CR With DoD Budget Senate Democrats released on Monday night a new government budget, which Pentagon planners eagerly are awaiting to help […]
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Congress
TRANSCOM Fighting Increasing Cyber Attacks
The Pentagon’s Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), a major target of cyberattacks, has refined its network and its dealings with private companies to fend off an increasing number of intrusions, its commander […]
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Congress
SASC Chair Levin Won’t Run For Reelection
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) announced yesterday he will retire from the Senate next year at the end of his term, after working in the Senate and […]
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Budget
House Passes CR With DoD Bill As Senate Crafts Alternative
The House passed a long-delayed defense budget bill yesterday that is intended to help the Pentagon manage the new “sequestration” cuts, sending the legislation to the Senate for scrutiny by […]
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Budget
Dems Eye Changes To House CR That Helps DoD
Congressional Democrats and the White House offered tepid support for budget legislation that would help the Pentagon, though they signaled they are not happy with the bill up for debate […]
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Budget
House Weighing DoD Budget Bill Intended To Help With Sequestration Cuts
The House is preparing to vote Thursday on a full budget bill for the Pentagon over the next seven months that is intended to help it grapple with a $42.67 […]
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Budget
Sequestration Fight Shifts to House CR Debate
Now that the long-dreaded sequestration cuts have started, the focus in the contentious military-budget-cutting debate shifts to the House as it plans to weigh a plan to make the cuts […]