Julie Samuel
Articles By Julie
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CongressCongress Finalizes Four-Week DoD Funding Plan
The House is poised to take up a government-funding plan tomorrow that would temporarily cover the Pentagon for the next month and also deal NASA a full-blown budget that is […]
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Air ForceSASC Cuts $21B From DoD Policy Bill
The Senate could debate the delayed Pentagon policy bill as soon as this week, after the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) revised the legislation yesterday by cutting $21 billion in funding […]
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Congress
GOP Hopefuls Share Scant Views On Weapons Spending
Republican presidential candidates touched briefly on Pentagon weapons-buying–including fixed-price contracts and Navy shipbuilding–during their Saturday night debate. Some observers, though,want to hear more from the GOP field on defense budgeting. […]
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Air Force
DoD Details Potential Weapons Cuts Under Sequester
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned yesterday that if the Pentagon receives the largest-possible budget cuts, weapon programs including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the next-generation bomber, the Littoral Combat Ship, […]
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Congress
Panetta: Strategic Review Coming In Weeks
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called on Feb. 10 for the Pentagon to unite behind a strategic review intended to determine where $450 billion in budget cuts will be made, which he […]
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Congress
Cornyn Joins Fight Against DoD Sequestration Cuts
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) joined a growing number of lawmakers yesterday who have pledged to fight automatic Pentagon budget cuts slated to be made if a deficit panel and Congress […]
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Congress
SASC Plans Anti-Counterfeit Parts NDAA Fixes
A Senate panel chairman said yesterday he will offer legislative proposals intended to thwart counterfeit parts from entering the defense supply chain, including one requiring contractors pay for fake electronics […]
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Business/FinancialWhite House Proposes Aircraft Export Changes
The Obama administration unveiled yesterday proposals for making it easier for U.S. companies to export some military aircraft equipment. A defense-industry group hailed the publishing of the proposed export rule changes, […]
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Air Force
SASC Finds Counterfeit Parts In Major Weapon Systems
A Senate committee investigation found myriad instances of suspected counterfeit parts in weapon systems including military aircraft, and it leaders want the defense industry to contribute more for replacement parts. […]
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Sequester Shuffle. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) ask Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to describe what the Pentagon would do if the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction […]