A Pentagon official who wants energy efficiency to be part of the military’s “core strategic thinking” said she is working closely with requirements and acquisition officials to factor energy considerations into weapons planning. Sharon Burke, the Pentagon’s first assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs, said she already has met with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, to whom she officially reports directly. But her bigger goal beyond getting face time with new defense secretary, she said, is ensuring…
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House Republicans on Tuesday evening voted to block an attempt to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In a 211-204 vote, the House moved to refer Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) articles […]
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Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), House Republicans’ top defense appropriator, has officially won his reelection bid. Calvert was running for a redistricted seat against fellow House Republican Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), […]
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Top Senate Democrats threw cold water on any GOP plans for a $350 billion fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill, or any defense reconciliation bill, before a new Congress is sworn in […]
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More than three dozen industry associations on Monday called on congressional defense committee leaders to scrap a provision in the final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act that […]
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