Julie Samuel
Articles By Julie
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Air ForceDoD To Meet With Industry About 2nd Engine Self-Funding Plan
Pentagon officials plan to meet with the contractor building the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine about its proposal to self-fund the embattled program, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said yesterday. […]
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CongressHASC Leader Rallying Troops Against DoD Cuts, Creates New Panel
The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said yesterday he was preparing to meet with a member of the deficit-cutting committee about his opposition to additional defense budget […]
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Air Force
McKeon Stands By F-35 2nd Engine Plan
The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said yesterday he still sees a need for a second F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine despite the current fiscal pressures on […]
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Congress
HASC Dem Sees Need To Counterbalance China
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) called last week for a balanced approach to China as it increases its military might, saying U.S. weaponry should be […]
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Congress
Debt Panel Member Kyl Says No To More DoD Cuts
As the new congressional committee charged with finding up to $1.5 trillion in additional federal budget cuts met yesterday, a Republican member said he will leave the bipartisan panel if […]
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Congress
SAC Sets DoD Budget At $513 Billion
A key Senate committee called for cutting the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2012 defense budget request by $26 billion yesterday, as the end of the fiscal year neared and a deficit […]
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Congress
Senate Panel Wants To Reverse Some House Cuts To DHS
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) plans to weigh a spending plan today that would cut the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) budget request, for items including Coast Guard ships, less […]
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Business/FinancialIndustry Groups Fight Defense Cuts
Industry groups are calling on President Barack Obama to protect aerospace and defense positions as he prepares a job-generating plan and lawmakers prepare to weigh more Pentagon budget cuts. The Aerospace […]
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Congress
Panels Poised To Start Defense Deliberations
Two powerful congressional committees will start their work crafting the Pentagon’s budget next week. The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC)–the only of the four panels that writes the defense budget that […]
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Congress
State Department Allies Look For Clarity In Deficit Cuts
Advocates of creating a combined budget for the Defense and State Departments have mixed reaction to a definition, in the new deficit-cutting law, of “security” spending that includes multiple defense-related […]