Congress
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CongressTSA Lacks Comprehensive Program To Monitor Airport Security Breaches, IG Says
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has programs in place to report and track security breaches at the nation’s airport but lacks a comprehensive program to gather information about all of […]
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Air ForceWhite House Threatens To Veto DoD Bill As Lawmakers Pitch Amendments
The White House threated yesterday to veto the Pentagon policy bill the House is slated to start debating today, saying it adds too much funding to the president’s proposal and […]
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CongressSASC OK’s Kendall To Be DoD Weapons Chief
A Senate panel approved yesterday President Barack Obama’s nomination of Pentagon officials including Frank Kendall to be defense acquisition chief after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) dropped his objections. The Senate […]
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CongressHill Grappling With How To Stop DoD Cuts
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle blasted planned “sequestration” cuts to the defense budget yesterday but remained at odds over how to prevent them. A week after the GOP-led […]
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CongressPanel Rejects Special Funding Setup For Submarine
A key House panel approved plans to restore a submarine the Navy cut from its budget but is refusing to back a special funding setup the service said it needs […]
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CongressHouse Passes Ill-Fated Bill To Prevent DoD ‘Sequester’ Cuts
House Republicans passed ill-fated legislation yesterday that is intended to prevent the first year of so-called sequestration cuts to the defense budget. The chamber’s approval of the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation […]
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Air ForceHASC Passes DoD Bill, Puts Pressure On F-35
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is calling for pressuring the Pentagon to firm up usage dates for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in the defense policy legislation it passed via […]
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CongressHouse Report Says Airport Security Equipment Languishing In TSA Warehouse
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has thousands of pieces of security equipment worth nearly $200 million stored in a warehouse in Texas, most of it there for at least six […]
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CongressHouse Panel Approves $39.1 Billion DHS Budget
The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee yesterday approved by voice vote a $39.1 billion discretionary budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’13, $393 million less than […]
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CongressHouse Appropriators Plan $400 Million Cut From DHS Budget
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday released its proposed markup of the FY ’13 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget, showing plans to trim $393 million from the request with the […]