Mai Hanoon
Articles By Mai
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BudgetPentagon Officials Brief Non-HASC Members on Sequestration’s Effect on Readiness
Twenty-eight members of Congress attended a classified briefing yesterday afternoon hosted by House Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) and HASC readiness subcommittee chairman Rob Wittman (R-Va.) to learn […]
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BudgetCongressmen Air Frustrations With Budgeting Process, Relationship with Pentagon
Two congressmen who currently serve in the military discussed what they see as a growing schism between Congress and the Pentagon, with their frustrations at the budgeting process on display. […]
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CongressFrelinghuysen to Chair House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
House Appropriations Committee chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said yesterday that Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) would serve as the chairman of the defense subcommittee, after former chairman Bill Young (R-Fla.) died […]
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Congress
Thornberry Wants Acquisition Reform to Help Limited Defense Dollars Go Further
With terrorism and cyber threats evolving every single day, the military and Congress need the agility to respond or stay ahead of the threats. But House Armed Services intelligence, emerging […]
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Budget
Durbin to Defense Industry: Expand Lobbying Effort Against Sequester This Month
The chairman of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee yesterday challenged the defense industrial base to target Congress with a grassroots campaign to save itself from sequestration. Durbin brought seven witnesses […]
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Congress
HASC Seapower to Look at Spending Needs, Funding Allocation in Context of Asia Pivot
House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee chairman Randy Forbes (R-Va.) believes even pre-sequestration levels of funding are short of what the military needs to modernize and support the […]
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Budget
McFarland: DoD Surveying Industry on ‘Unproductive Processes’ in Acquisition
The Defense Department is reviewing “unproductive processes and bureaucracy” it has put in place over the years in the hopes of better understanding how that hinders industry as part of […]
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Budget
Greenert: Navy Will Seek Significantly Higher Savings Than 20 Percent Headquarters Goal
The Navy’s top officer gave some insight into its alternate budget plans at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Nov. 7, noting that the Navy is considering making about […]
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Congress
HASC Readiness Subcommittee To Inquire About Need For BRAC, Closely Watch Pacific Pivot
With resources tight for the foreseeable future, House Armed Services readiness subcommittee chairman Rob Wittman (R-Va.) knows the military cannot afford to spend money unless there is a clear goal […]
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Air ForceService Chiefs: Lack of Control Over Own Budgets Causing Inefficiencies, Misdirected Spending
Congressional interference in spending plans and the inflexibility of sequestration have a cost, the military service chiefs told the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday–inefficiencies stemming from cuts and uncertainty will […]