Julie Samuel
Articles By Julie
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Business/FinancialDoD Acquisition Nomination Stalled In Congress
A senior senator said he will block the confirmation of Pentagon civilian nominees, including of Frank Kendall to be defense acquisition chief, until the Defense Department addresses what he says […]
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CongressHouse Passes Defense-Boosting Resolution
The House passed a budget blueprint yesterday that would deal the Pentagon several billion dollars more than the Obama administration proposed, possibly giving House lawmakers more room to pitch increases to […]
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Congress
Hill Continues To Scrutinize NASA Commercial-Crew Plan
NASA continued to defend its commercial-crew program last week, when a lead House budget-writer questioned the plan for government to help private commercial companies develop systems to carry astronauts to […]
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Congress
McCain Seeks Data on Aircraft, Missile Programs
Sen. John McCain is demanding information from Pentagon leaders on an over-budget aircraft carrier and ill-fated missile-defense system. McCain, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent related letters […]
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Business/Financial
Panel Wants Array of DoD Industrial Base, Acquisition Reforms
A House panel is calling on the Pentagon to help maintain the industrial base, improve communication with industry, and revamp its acquisition processes. These and other recommendations from the House […]
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Congress
Turner Advocates Boosting Homeland Missile Defense
A congressman who will draft part of the Pentagon policy bill in the coming weeks said yesterday he is concerned the administration is disproportionally funding European missile defense at the […]
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Air ForceMcKeon Calls For Reversing Cuts, Outlines Plans
The head of a powerful committee vowed yesterday to fight defense budget cuts already set by Congress and boost funding for weapons programs including Navy ships. Just weeks before the House […]
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Congress
DoD: No Need For East Coast Missile Interceptors
A general who oversees homeland missile defense said yesterday he sees no military need to place missile interceptors on the East Coast of the United States. Army. Gen. Charles Jacoby, […]
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Congress
McCain Clamps Down On DoD Money Shifts
A powerful senator said he will greatly curtail the Pentagon’s budgeting flexibility by denying many future requests from the military to shift money in its coffers to start new programs. […]
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Business/Financial
WTO Upholds Finding Faulting Boeing Subsidies
The World Trade Organization (WTO) upheld yesterday much of its ruling from last year that Boeing [BA] received some improper U.S. government support but not as much as the European […]