Julie Samuel
Articles By Julie
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BudgetHouse Passes Defense Policy Bill
The House passed the annual defense authorization bill via a 315-108 margin last Friday, after adding a requirement to sell F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan and rejecting members’ attempts to […]
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Budget
House Starts Debating DoD Authorization Bill
The House began debating a slew of amendments to the Pentagon policy bill Thursday, clashing over funding for items including aircraft carriers. Shortly after the House kicked off floor debate […]
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Air ForceSASC Backs F-35, Pushes Back On East Coast Missile Site
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved a defense policy bill Thursday that supports the Pentagon’s request for buying F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), while scaling […]
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Air Force
HAC OKs Bill With Weapons Cuts That Faces Opposition
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved a $512.5 billion defense appropriations bill Wednesday that trims $3.4 billion from the Pentagon’s proposed budget, faces opposition from the White House, and cuts […]
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Air Force
SASC Panel Backs Most Air, Land Programs
A Senate panel wants to authorize the Pentagon to spend nearly all of the funding it requested in fiscal year 2014 for Army and Air Force weapons programs and naval […]
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Budget
Durbin Seeks DoD Reforms
A senior senator is researching ways to reform Pentagon weapons buying and plans to offer legislation intended to build up the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009. Sen. Richard […]
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CongressLCS Faces Scrutiny On Hill
Lawmakers are expected to seek restrictions on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program during multiple defense debates in Congress this week. Recent congressional concerns about the program to build […]
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Budget
HASC Eyes Changes To Contract Source Selections
The House will consider legislation next week that could impact the way defense contracts are awarded. In the wee hours of the morning on Thursday the House Armed Services Committee […]
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Air Force
HASC OK’s Weapons Changes, Shields F-35
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is calling for changes to ship, vehicle and missile-defense plans, while rejecting a move to limit F-35 Joint Strike Fighter funding, in the fiscal […]
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Budget
House Panel Plans Littoral Ship Oversight
A House panel likely will hold hearings on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), in the wake of a damning report from government auditors, and may try to restrict funding for […]