Congress
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Air Force
F-35 Won’t Be Spared Sequestration Cuts, Hale Says
The F-35 strike fighter aircraft program will be subject to the same cuts as other defense programs under the budget sequester, the Defense Department’s Budget Chief told a House panel […]
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Budget
SASC Chair Calls For Calm On East Coast Missile Site
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is calling on lawmakers pushing for a new missile-defense site on the East Coast of the United States to temper their […]
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Budget
Review of New Defense Strategy Ordered By May 31
The Pentagon is reviewing the new Defense Strategic Guidance it released last year in light of fiscal constraints, but said it has not gone as far as to end the […]
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Congress
Thompson Introduces Bill To Force TSA Stakeholder Outreach
Following criticism of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from some stakeholders in the aviation community over the agency’s pending change to its list of items allowed to be carried onboard […]
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Budget
Hawkish Lawmakers Applaud Missile Defense Expansion Efforts
Hawkish lawmakers applauded the Pentagon’s announcement that it will boost missile-defense efforts–including burying more interceptors in Alaska–in response to Iran and North Korea’s work to develop long-range missiles. Yet Republicans […]
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Budget
Sessions Claims Senate Resolution Off On War Funding
The Senate Budget Committee passed on Thursday night a federal budget resolution, which the panel’s lead Republican charged provides incorrect estimates for war funding. The Democratic-led panel approved its 10-year, […]
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Congress
Despite Pushback, Pistole Says Small Knives Not A Terrorist Threat
Citing his agency’s authority to prevent terrorist attacks as well as to continue to move toward a screening model focused on bad people rather than just bad things, Transportation Security […]
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Budget
Senate CR Vote Delayed Until Monday At Earliest
Senate leaders gave up their hope of passing a government budget bill Thursday night, pledging to find a way to work through a slew of amendments and pass the measure […]
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Congress
House Panel Approves Cyber Security Bill
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee yesterday unanimously approved a cyber security bill that promotes, and improves coordination of, related research and development (R&D). Key provisions of the Cyber […]
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Budget
Senate Budget Plan Replaces Sequestration Cuts
Senate Democrats unveiled a broad budget resolution Wednesday that calls for ending the $500 billion in across-the-board “sequestration” cuts to defense over a decade but keeping roughly half that amount–$240 […]