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CongressWhite House Critiques Senate NDAA Language Limiting Space Force, Missile Efforts
The Trump administration has registered discontent with several elements of the Senate-passed fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and issued a letter last week urging remedies be applied […]
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BudgetSenate and House Leaders Confirm Separate Plans for Short-Term CR
The leaders of the House and Senate have each announced plans to buy time for Congress to move through the fiscal year 2020 appropriations process by passing a continuing resolution, […]
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Defense Budget Talks to Resume En Masse Upon Lawmakers’ Return to Capitol Hill
Congress is scheduled to return from its annual August recess Sept. 9 and will waste no time diving into negotiations to flesh out the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization and […]
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CongressThree House Members – Including One HASC Member – to Retire in 2020
Three House lawmakers announced Sept. 4 that they will not seek reelection in 2020, including the number-two Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and a longtime NASA observer […]
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InternationalSenators Call Out White House for Withholding Ukraine Assistance Funds
A bipartisan group of senators who are part of the Ukraine Caucus and on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent a letter Sept. 3 to White House officials, urging the […]
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CongressRatcliffe, Khanna Plan Bill To Codify Federal Cyber Security Program
Congressmen John Ratcliffe (R-Calif.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Monday said they will introduce a bill this week that codifies a key Department of Homeland Security program that helps protect […]
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CongressSenate Veterans Affairs Chairman to Resign Due to Health Concerns
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), the chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, saud Aug. 28 that he would resign at the end of 2019, three years before his term is […]
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CongressErnst Calls on DoD to End Purchasing of Cyber Risk-Prone Foreign Equipment
A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is calling on the Defense Department to end its pattern of purchasing electronic equipment with known cybersecurity risks, particularly from China. […]
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CongressFlorida Lawmaker Seeks New Policy for Hosted Payloads on Commercial Spacecraft
A senator and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s science subcommittee wants the U.S. government to ensure that any hosted payloads hitching rides on commercial satellites are subject to “launch […]
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CongressRetired Vice Admiral Joins Iowa Democrat Race Against SASC Member Ernst
A retired vice admiral and former deputy commander for military operations at U.S. Africa Command plans to run as a Democrat against Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member Sen. Joni […]