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ArmySupplementals Would Be ‘Very Helpful’ For Continued Ukraine Support, Army Secretary Says
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Tuesday supplemental funding from Congress would be “very helpful” to ensure continued support for Ukraine in light of the debt ceiling agreement’s defense spending caps. […]
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CongressDems Push Back On ‘Harmful Policy Riders’ In House GOP’s FY ‘24 Draft Defense Spending Bill
The House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) draft defense spending bill for fiscal year 2024, released on Wednesday, has received sharp pushback from top Democratic appropriators who cited its “harmful policy riders” […]
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CongressSenate Homeland Panel Approves DHS Bills
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved several authorization bills for the Department of Homeland Security, including a measure directing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to […]
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CongressNuclear Weapon Programs Receive Modest Budget Boost in House Armed Services Defense Bill
A House committee’s first draft of an annual defense policy bill would increase funding for plutonium pit production, a controversial sea-launched cruise missile warhead and other nuclear weapons modernization programs. […]
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Missile DefenseHouse Defense Policy Bill Adds More THAAD Interceptors Due To China Concern
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s mark, or first draft, of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill would add $100 million to fund six more Terminal High […]
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Navy/USMCDraft FY ‘24 NDAA Gives Multi-Year Authority For 13 Subs, Hundreds Of MK-48 Torpedoes
The initial mark of the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s portion of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill would give the Navy authority to award multi-year […]
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CongressSenators Introduce Bill To Boost Screening Of Outbound Vehicles On Southern Border
Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Monday introduced a bill authorizing Customs and Border Protection to increase the number of vehicles being screened as they leave the […]
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CongressHouse Strategic Forces Markup Could Again Halt Potential W76 Retirement, Limit Hruby’s Travel Until Reports Are In
Members of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee are proposing to withhold funding for retirement of the W76-2 warhead unless the military and National Nuclear Security Administration can prove […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Mark Seeks To Fund LPD-33, Keep Five Ships From Retirement
A House Armed Services panel’s portion of the fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill seeks to fund another San Antonio-class Flight II amphibious transport dock ship (LPD) and prevent five […]
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ArmyHASC Panel Proposes Limit To SecArmy’s FY ‘24 Travel Budget Until FARA Study Submitted
The House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee has proposed limiting travel funds for the Secretary of the Army until the service submits the Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) […]