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CongressExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle Survives Budget, QDR Scrub
By Emelie Rutherford President Barack Obama’s budget request to Congress for the Marine Corps calls for keeping alive yet delaying the once-troubled Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) effort, which was scrutinized […]
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Obama Expected To Call Today For Axing NASA’s Constellation Program
By Emelie Rutherford Florida, Alabama, and Texas lawmakers are girding for a battle over NASA’s future this week following word President Barack Obama today will recommend canceling the Constellation program […]
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Air ForcePelosi Wants DoD Spending In Freeze; Defense-Savings Talk Ramps Up
By Emelie Rutherford House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s call to freeze some Pentagon funding received a cool reception from many of her congressional colleagues yesterday. Still, President Barack Obama’s exclusion of […]
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Amid Deficit Talk, War-Tax Bill Takes Backseat
By Emelie Rutherford Senior Democrats continued to voice concerns yesterday about funding the wars through borrowing, though lawmakers acknowledge legislation to create a surtax to pay for the conflicts in […]
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Air Force
CSBA: No Big Weapon-System Cuts Coming In DoD’s FY ’11 Budget, QDR
By Emelie Rutherford Defense analysts said yesterday they do not expect the Pentagon to propose major weapon-system cuts in the fiscal year 2011 budget request and Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) […]
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Navy Experts: More Ships Than Planned Likely Needed For Missile Defense
By Emelie Rutherford Military analysts told lawmakers yesterday the Navy may need to buy dozens of additional ships beyond those currently planned to satisfy President Barack Obama’s vision for sea-based […]
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Air Force
Taylor Prods DoD To Bring More National Guard Equipment Back To CONUS
By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) is pushing the Pentagon to bring more National Guard equipment home from Iraq for use in the United States. In an interview with […]
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Conway: Amphibious Ships Lose In Pentagon Review
By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps’ top officer expressed concern yesterday about future plans for amphibious ships spelled out in the not-yet-unveiled Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) report. Though he did […]
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Wittman: 313-Ship Navy Fleet Needed But Not On Horizon
By Emelie Rutherford A shipbuilding-focused lawmaker said yesterday the Navy cannot expect to reach its stated goal of having a 313-vessel fleet any time in the near future, yet he […]
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Congress To Probe Possible Need For More Ships For Obama Missile-Defense Plan
By Emelie Rutherford House lawmakers seeking more information on President Barack Obama’s new European missile-defense plans intend to grill experts next week on whether additional Navy vessels will be needed for the […]