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Air ForceDespite Funding Cut, C-17s Order Stays At 15 Planes; Hopes Up For Future
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force confirmed last week it plans to order 15 C-17 Globemasters early next year, and will use money in its coffers to make up for […]
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CongressGriffin Would Remain NASA Administrator If Obama Asked, But Griffin Says Invitation Unlikely
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he would be "happy" to remain in his post if President-elect Obama asked, but Griffin doesn’t expect that request from the newly-elected leader, the Orlando […]
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Obering Steps Down From Missile Defense Agency; General Is ‘Encouraged’ Obama Backs Missile Defense, But Longer-Range Iranian Missiles Worrisome
General Warns That Delaying Missile Defense Such As In Europe Would ‘Severely Hurt’ Ability To Defend United States, Allies Against Enemies U.S.-European Missile Defense Scheduled To Be Operational By 2013, […]
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Business/FinancialTauscher Says Missile Defense Shield Doesn’t Deter Rogue Nations From Developing Missile Forces; Therefore, What Is The Point Of Creating Missile Defense?
U.S. Nuclear Weapons May No Longer Provide Credible Deterrence, Tauscher Says, Urging Nukes Reduction Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), whose subcommittee oversees U.S. missile defense efforts, today questioned the value of […]
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Business/Financial
Griffin Awaits Two Studies Detailing How To Shrink Five-Year NASA Travel Gap
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is awaiting two studies probing how to shrink the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won’t be able to take even one astronaut to low Earth orbit. […]
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Business/Financial
Medvedev, Sarkozy, Back Off From Harsh Anti-American Rhetoric Aimed At European Missile Defense, In G-20 Summit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, coming to the United States for a Group of 20 Nations summit confronting economic issues, backed off from their prior harsh […]
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Business/Financial
Study Sees No Gigantic Defense Spending Cuts Under Incoming Obama Administration
But Missile Defense Generally, And The Airborne Laser Especially, Will Face Close Obama Scrutiny While some military analysts have voiced concerns that President-elect Obama will slash defense spending deeply when […]
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Tauscher Predicts Changes To Missile Defense Agency Under All-Democratic Rule
By Emelie Rutherford A leading lawmaker who oversees the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) predicted the arm of the Pentagon championed by the Bush administration will undergo major changes when Democrats control […]
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Some Defense Transition Team Members Announced
By Emelie Rutherford President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team yesterday announced some key members dealing with defense matters. The Department of Defense Agency Review Team is lead by John White and […]
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Tauscher Wants To Improve Nuclear Stockpile, Says RRW Deserved "Ugly Death"
By Emelie Rutherford A leading House authorizer voiced support yesterday for the initial concept behind the Bush administration’s beleaguered Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) effort, and said the next Congress will […]