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Bill Would Cut Fed Workforce To Delay DoD Cuts

Julie Samuel

Friday, December 16th, 2011

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The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) joined with House Republicans, including the top defense budget person, in calling yesterday for reducing the federal workforce to fund a one-year reprieve from planned Pentagon budget cuts. HASC Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) told congressional reporters the Down Payment To Protect National Security Act, which he introduced Wednesday, would delay the start of $1.2 trillion in longterm “sequestration” cuts to defense and domestic spending for a year. They are slated to…

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HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW

House defense authorizers added a measure to their version of the next defense policy bill that would expand the list of weapons platforms eligible for multi-year contracts, to include the […]

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HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

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Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

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Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]