Budget
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Congress
Senate’s Bipartisan CR Deal Has $4.5 Billion For DoD Ukraine Aid, Columbia-Class Sub Anomaly
The Senate’s bipartisan deal to avoid a shutdown and keep the government open through Nov. 17 has $4.5 billion for Pentagon-related Ukraine aid efforts and includes an anomaly for the […]
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Pentagon
Potential Shutdown Impact Would Be ‘Extremely Disruptive,’ DoD Acquisition Chief Says
The Pentagon’s acquisition chief said Tuesday a potential government shutdown would be “extremely disruptive,” citing impacts to testing and acceptance of new equipment. Bill LaPlante, under secretary of defense for […]
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Congress
House Fails To Move Forward On Defense Spending Bill As GOP Members Sink Procedural Vote
A procedural vote in the House to move forward on its fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations bill failed 212 to 214 on Tuesday, after several hardline conservative GOP members broke […]
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Congress
Wicker: ‘I Would Not Leave Anything Off the Table’ for Aid to Ukraine
If Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) can ever get his House in order, some continuing aid for Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia may be forthcoming, as leading Republicans on the Senate side […]
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Special Operations
Possible Personnel Cuts at Army Special Operations Command Loom
A looming challenge for U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth and Gen. Randy George, the nominee to become the next Army Chief of Staff, is opposition among those in the service’s […]
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Congress
House GOP’s CR Deal With Defense Cut Exemption, No Ukraine Aid Receiving Pushback
House Republicans have offered a deal for a one-month stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown which would exempt defense from a spending cut and has an anomaly for […]
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Budget
Navy Comptroller: Sequester Would Cut Navy Budget By $15 Billion
The Department of the Navy’s comptroller this week warned if the government faces a sequester starting in 2024 the Navy would face a $15 billion budget cut and if there […]
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Budget
SECNAV Directs ‘Running Fix’ Effort To Find High-Level Savings And Efficiencies
The Navy comptroller this week said the Secretary of the Navy directed a new initiative, dubbed Running Fix, to find more ways to increase efficiencies and save money in the […]
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Budget
Energy Appropriator Hopes to Avoid Government Shutdown
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) Tuesday prodded hundreds of people here for the National Cleanup Workshop to urge their congressional representatives to avoid a federal government shutdown but stopped short of […]
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Congress
White House Opposes House Defense Spending Bill For Multi-Year Munitions Cut, Divisive GOP Policies
The Biden administration has said it “strongly opposes” the House’s fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill for not fully supporting multi-year munitions procurement requests and its inclusion of divisive GOP-led […]
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