Congress
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CongressGlory Days: NASA Remembers When First Lunar Circumnavigation Mission Launched Into Space 40 Years Ago
NASA is commemorating the heady days in the 1960s when the United States was committing enormous resources, both financial and technological, to its space program, with a celebration this week […]
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Business/FinancialPaper: Obama Shouldn’t Use Military Force To Halt Iranian Nukes, But Should Convince Iran That Military Force Remains An Option U.S. Will Use
The United States shouldn’t use a military strike to annihilate Iranian nuclear production facilities, but President-elect Obama should order talks with Iran and convince Tehran leaders that the United States […]
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CongressObama Team Invites NASA To March In Inaugural Parade
While NASA supporters worry that President-elect Obama might cut funding for the space program, an upbeat sign came when Obama’s team invited NASA to march in his inaugural parade Jan. […]
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ArmyDavis Slams Reported Stryker, Abrams Cuts
By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) followed the actions of dozens of his House colleagues this week in sending a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates slamming the Pentagon’s […]
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CongressDefense Firms, Lobbyists Boosted Murtha, Other Appropriators’ War Chests
By Emelie Rutherford Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) raised more contributions from the defense industry than any other House candidate did this past election season, and his former aide’s lobbying firm […]
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CongressBipartisan Mix Of Senators Calls For Obama To Boost Shipbuilding Support
By Emelie Rutherford Eighteen senators called yesterday for President-elect Barack Obama to support "a robust shipbuilding budget and policies" for military and commercial vessels. "Such policies and funding would create […]
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CongressPanel’s Citing of Nuclear Deterrent Need May Impact Post-RRW Debate
By Emelie Rutherford A congressionally mandated commission’s finding that there is value in maintaining a nuclear deterrent is expected to fuel arguments on Capitol Hill for a successor effort to […]
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CongressCommission Focused On Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Not On Missiles, Because Missiles Tough To Build
The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, which predicted a WMD terrorist attack likely will occur by 2013, focused on weapons of mass destruction rather than possible […]
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Business/FinancialGriffin Contradicts Report That He Has Blocked Obama Team From Gaining Information About NASA
Report: Griffin Confronts, Lambastes An Obama Transition Team Member, Resists Requests For Information NASA Administrator Mike Griffin flatly denied as untrue a report by the Orlando Sentinel that he blistered […]
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CongressIran Is On Verge Of Going Nuclear, Lawmakers Say, But World Community Doesn’t Take Preventive Steps
An Air Strike By A Threatened Israel May Be Last Chance To Stop Iran No Chance Seen For U.S. Strike On Iranian Nuclear Facilities Iran is on the verge of […]