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Business/FinancialBush Opposed Israeli Plan To Bomb Iranian Nuclear Production Bunkers
President Bush last year opposed an Israeli plan to launch an air strike employing earth-penetrating ordnance to annihilate deeply-buried nuclear processing facilities in Iran, according to The New York Times […]
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Business/FinancialAIA Report Urges Treating NASA, Military, Civilian Space Programs As Unified Entity
Recommendation Comes As Some Urge Dumping Ares I NASA Rocket For EELV Military Lifter AIA Says Studying Shift To EELV Worthwhile, But AIA Doesn’t Recommend That Change It would be […]
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Business/FinancialFull Transcript Of Speech
A Valedictory: NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Sums Up Challenges, Opportunities Facing Space Agency NASA Can Create ‘New Options For Our Grandchildren’s Grandchildren, Or Leave That Privilege To Others’ NASA Administrator […]
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CongressGAO Assails Poor Results, Little Savings By NASA Inspector General Cobb; He Compromised Independence, Abused Staff
NASA Inspector General Robert "Moose" Cobb was one of the worst-performing inspectors general among federal agencies reviewed, in terms of cutting waste and saving funds, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) […]
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Air ForceBattle Lines Being Drawn On Hill Over Tanker Split Buy
By Emelie Rutherford A battle is brewing on Capitol Hill over whether to compel the Pentagon to buy aerial refueling tankers from each of the two firms battling for the […]
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CongressNavy Names SSN-785 For Former Virginia Senator John Warner
Navy Secretary Donald Winter yesterday named the next Virginia-class attack submarine the USS John Warner, in honor of recently retired Virginia Senator John Warner, according to the Navy. The USS […]
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CongressBartlett Out As HASC Seapower Ranking Member As Committees Reorganize
By Emelie Rutherford An influential naval panel on Capitol Hill will have a new Republican leader for the next two years, because Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) had to relinquish the […]
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CongressLawmakers Lobby Obama On Shipbuilding; Murtha Calls Proposed 12-Ship Buy High
By Emelie Rutherford As dozens of lawmakers from both chambers and parties lobby President-elect Barack Obama to boost shipbuilding funding, a powerful congressional budget writer said their goal to budget […]
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CongressNew Administration More ‘Sympatico’ Than Expected, Counterterrorism Official Says
By Ann Roosevelt The incoming Obama administration appears to be in sync with what the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department is doing, according to the […]
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Air ForceGates Outlines Supp With $69.7 Billion Minimum, But Says Obama To Make Final Call
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s request for the supplemental war-funding bill is not complete and may cost $69.7 billion or more, depending on decisions regarding force levels in Afghanistan, the […]