Congress
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Air ForceMurtha: Upcoming War Supplemental Will ‘Set The Stage’ For Obama On Defense
By Emelie Rutherford A leading defense appropriator in Congress predicted yesterday that Pentagon spending will drop in the coming years, and that consideration of the next supplemental war-funding bill will […]
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CongressMcHugh New HASC Ranking Member
By Emelie Rutherford Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) was chosen by his House GOP colleagues yesterday to serve as the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) starting in January. […]
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ArmyReport Raps Pentagon For Slow MRAP Acquisition
By Marina Malenic Defense Department officials knew of the potential risk to U.S. troops from roadside bombs prior to the hostilities in Iraq, but the department did not begin purchasing […]
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Congress
Lawmakers To Explain Congress’ Missile Defense Views On Overseas CODEL
By Emelie Rutherford A Democratic lawmaker planning to visit Polish, Czech, and Russian officials said she will explain Congress’ mandate for not deploying a European missile-defense site without adequate testing […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Taking Steps To Alter Downward Trend of Acquisition Workforce
By Geoff Fein The Navy is looking at ways to reverse the downward trend and bolster its acquisition workforce, to recapture much of the activity that has been outsourced over […]
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Congress
Group, Including Obama Advisers, Recommends New Cyberwarfare Strategy
By Emelie Rutherford President-elect Barack Obama’s administration should create a White House cyberspace office and national-security strategy for protecting public and private Internet users from hackers, and include the Pentagon, Department […]
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Air Force
Missile Defense Systems Assailed In Think Tank Report
Report: Kill European Missile Defense And Airborne Laser; Halt Procurement, Deployment Of Aegis, GMD, THAAD, Patriot; And End Streamlined Missile Defense Budget System The multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]
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Business/Financial
Ground-based Missile Defense System Scores Major Success, Killing Target By Using Multiple Radars For Accuracy
Glitch Occurs In Target Missile, But GMD Interceptor Works Flawlessly; Win Bolsters European Missile Defense Plan Test Success Comes As Obama, Congress, Poised To Consider Funding For Missile Defense In […]
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Business/Financial
United States Has Lost Attempt To Block Iran From Developing Nuclear Weapons; ‘We Have Lost This Race:’ Bolton
Only Possibility Of Blocking Iranian Nukes Is That Israel Might Launch Military Strike European Missile Defense System Would Become Final Bulwark Against Nuclear Iran The United States has failed to […]
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Congress
Tauscher Sees ‘Increasing Danger’ From A Nuclear Iran, Recommends Talks, Inspections, Nuclear Fuel Controls, But Makes No Mention Of Ballistic Missile Defense
A key member of Congress said that an imminent move by Iran to possess nuclear weapons poses "increasing danger" to the United States, but didn’t mention deploying missile defense systems […]