Valerie Insinna
Articles By Valerie
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BudgetSenate NDAA Advances After Stalemate on Amendments
The Senate on Friday ended debate on the 2017 defense authorization bill after the amendment process ground to a halt. Although hundreds of amendments were filed, a series of objections […]
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BudgetSenate Defeats Amendments to Raise NDAA Topline, Leaving Bill at $602B
After Senate Republicans on Thursday shot down a secondary amendment that would authorize an additional $18 billion in nondefense funding, Democrats responded in kind, helping to defeat a measure that […]
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BudgetIn New Strategy, House Republicans Urge Next President to Step Up Homeland Security
House Republicans on Thursday rolled out a national security strategy focused on ramping up cyber and border security efforts as well more aggressively fighting terrorist groups. Not included in […]
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BudgetSenate Democrats Jockey to Expand Defense, Nondefense Spending in NDAA
The Senate appears to be divided by party lines on support for a Democratic amendment to the 2017 defense authorization bill that would match a proposed $18 billion boost to […]
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Budget
White House Issues Veto Threat for Senate NDAA
The White House has come out against the Senate’s version of the 2017 defense authorization bill, opposing a number of provisions that would overhaul the acquisition process and rework the […]
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Air Force
Senate Gears Up for Fight On 2017 Defense Authorization Bill
The Senate on Monday kicked off debate of the 2017 defense authorization bill, beginning an amendment process that could have wide-reaching implications for the defense industry. More than 300 amendments have […]
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Congress
Experts Weigh In On Congressional Acquisition Reform Proposals
Over the past two years, both the House and Senate have undertaken efforts to make far-reaching changes to the Defense Department’s acquisition process, not all of which have been popular […]
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BudgetSenate Defense Committees Knock Heads Over Future of Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship Program
Senate appropriators want the Navy to study whether it should expand its current program of record for the Expeditionary Fast Transport (EFT) ship—formerly known as the Joint High Speed Vessel— […]
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Navy/USMCContractors Start Development of Virginia Submarine’s Accoustic Superiority Upgrades
The Navy has begun awarding contracts to companies for new acoustic superiority upgrades that will make Virginia-class attack submarines more stealthy, the service’s program manager said in a May interview […]
