Congress
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CongressRetired Navy Rear Admiral, POTUS Physician Running for Thornberry’s House Seat
A retired Navy rear admiral and one-time cabinet official nominee is running in 2020 for the seat of the outgoing House Armed Services Committee (HASC) ranking member. Ronny Jackson, who […]
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CongressNegotiations Ongoing For NDAA As Clock Ticks Toward 2020
Armed services committee leaders remain adamant that a deal could be reached for the fiscal year 2020 defense authorizing bill by early next week, but must still reach consensus on […]
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CongressSASC Member Urges DoD Leaders To Invest More In Logistics
The Defense Department should place a greater emphasis on funding and developing transportation and logistics capabilities to support its lethal assets in a future conflict, and explicitly prioritize it in […]
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CongressPlan For TSA To Lead Federal Counter Drone Operations At Airports ‘Unlawful,’ Hill Aide Says
A new federal plan giving the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) responsibility for countering unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that pose potential threats to airport operations is “unlawful” and should instead come […]
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BudgetFuture of Space Development Agency Could Be in Jeopardy as Budget Talks Continue
Continuing resolutions and budget uncertainty are a perennial concern to the U.S. military, but the nascent Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future appears particularly tied to how quickly lawmakers can authorize […]
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Budget
Armed Services Leaders Express Renewed Confidence for NDAA Deal to Be Reached By Next Week
The chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees were emphatic that a deal on the conference fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) could be reached by […]
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CongressTop Republicans on House Panels with DHS, FAA Oversight Object to Counter UAS Plan
A Department of Homeland Security plan to authorize the Transportation Security Administration’s Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) to operate anti-drone technologies at U.S. airports goes against law passed by Congress […]
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Air ForceLawmakers Call For Ramp-Up Of Light Attack Aircraft Program To Support SOCOM Requirements
Defense authorizers in the U.S. House and Senate are pushing for a rampup of the Light Attack Aircraft to support special operations forces (SOF) on the ground. H.R. 2500 and […]
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Budget
Senate Passes December Continuing Resolution Bill
The Senate has passed a House amendment to extend the current continuing resolution to Dec. 20, voting the day the current CR was scheduled to expire. The bill was passed […]
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PentagonMajority Of Pentagon’s Agencies To Receive A Clean Audit Within 5 Years, Norquist Says
The Deputy Secretary of Defense told lawmakers on Wednesday the Pentagon’s recently failed audit was expected as the department makes incremental improvements to address lagging inefficiencies, noting he predicts a […]