Julie Samuel
Articles By Julie
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CongressNavy Open To Alternative Plan To Restore Virginia Sub
A Navy official told senators concerned about the Pentagon’s plan to scale back Virginia-class submarine production that the Navy would work with Congress to find an incremental-funding setup to restore […]
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Congress
NASA Budget Bills Taking Shape On Hill
NASA budget-writers in the House and Senate are moving forward this week with contrasting spending plans for the space agency. The full Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) is slated to meet today […]
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Congress
Panetta Warns Congress Against Tinkering With Proposed Budget Cuts
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lamented on Monday the “great challenge” the Pentagon is facing trying to garner congressional approval of its proposed budget cuts. His comments came during a press […]
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Congress
DoD Rapid Innovation Fund Highlighted
The Pentagon is making good use of a rapid-innovation program created by Congress, even though the military hasn’t actually requested the money for it, a senior official told lawmakers yesterday. […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Eyes Maritime Strategy Tweaks
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Navy is in the “very early stages” of modifying the tri-service maritime strategy, the service’s chief acknowledged publicly Monday. The Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard released […]
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Air ForcePentagon Has Multiple Price Tags For Six Aircraft
Different offices within the Pentagon disagree on the cost of several nascent aircraft including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, according to a new report. For the six aircraft programs, the […]
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Business/FinancialWinnefeld: Requirements Reforms Will Improve Weapons Planning
The head of the Pentagon’s Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) touted reforms officials have made to the powerful body intended to improve the its weapons planning. “We’re trying to make […]
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Congress
Senate May Clash With House On Defense Funding
With word Democrats controlling the Senate may craft a budget blueprint next week, lawmakers are preparing to resume the defense-spending debate. The House passed a budget resolution two weeks ago–before […]
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Air Force
Navy, Marines Tell Congress They Have No Unfunded Needs
The Navy and Marine Corps are breaking from tradition and told a House panel they have no outstanding equipment needs not funded in the Pentagon’s official budget request. The military […]
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Congress
HASC’s Bartlett Faces Tough Reelection Battle
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), one of the House’s predominant military-weapons experts, won the Republican primary bid for his seat last night but is facing a tough reelection battle this fall. […]