Congress
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CongressGreater Information Sharing Required To Counter Diffuse Terrorist Threat, Johnson Says
The terrorist threat facing the nation is becoming more diffuse and in the case of individuals that are self-radicalizing even harder to detect so continuing to improve information sharing within […]
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CongressMcCain: Work’s Support of LCS ‘Makes Me Wonder About Your Qualifications’
The Senate Armed Services Committee took up the issues of acquisition reform and accountability during the confirmation hearing for the prospective deputy secretary of defense, Robert Work. Sen. John McCain […]
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BudgetCongress Considers Repealing COLA Cuts Without Affecting Rest of DoD Budget
Congress began formal discussions about repealing the cuts to military retirees’ pensions that were passed in December as part of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement (BBA)–and, for now, repealing the Cost […]
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CongressHouse Committee Passes Cyber Security Bill As Attention Turns To NIST Framework
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved bi-partisan cyber security legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security authorities to protect federal civilian computer networks and strengthen […]
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CongressDefense Think Tanks Would Cut Readiness, Force Structure to Maintain Warfighting Capabilities
Four Washington think tanks agreed the Army should significantly reduce its ground forces and the Navy should retire two to four aircraft carriers while the military overall should boost its […]
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CongressHASC Member Rob Andrews Resigns, Will Leave Congress This Month
House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) announced Tuesday morning he would leave Congress after the upcoming President’s Day recess to join a Washington law firm. The congressman […]
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CongressLawmakers Vie for Missile Defense Site After Pentagon Announces 4 Finalists
The Defense Department announced four locations it will investigate as a potential East Coast missile defense site to supplement interceptors in Alaska and California. The four locations–Camp Ravenna, Ohio; Fort […]
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BudgetSenators Lament NATO Military Deficiencies Ahead of Munich Summit
As lawmakers prepared to see what would come out of this year’s Munich Security Conference this weekend, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told a Center for Strategic […]
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CongressDefense-Focused Lawmakers Disappointed in State of the Union Address
The high point of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night may have been telling the story of Army Sgt. 1st Class Corey Remsburg, who sat in […]
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CongressHASC Questions Whether Asia-Pacific Rebalance Leaves Risk in Middle East
Though the Obama administration is moving ahead with its whole-of-government rebalance to the Asia-Pacific, a handful of House Armed Services Committee members expressed concern Tuesday morning that the government, and […]